Senior Engineer, HSE

Job description / Role

Job Purpose

Monitor the HSE' performance and practices to ensure that operations and plant assets are operating safely and in accordance with the HSE standards, policies and procedures. Act as a focal point for HSE management systems' implementation, while providing with the needful support for the respective functions and personnel.
Provide with recommendations and feedback to HSE Technical Function or HSE Advisors to ensure proper resolution of incidents, and the implementation of HSE development projects within the respective area; plants, assets, etc., while facilitating the HSE communications and training courses for the respective personnel.

Job Specific Accountabilities

HSE Monitoring
- Monitor the HSE inspection to ensure that the products, services, equipment, and any other item listed for the inspections, is meeting the HSE standards and safe for the next processing or use by others. While ensuring that the inspection activities are sufficient.
- Review reports, feedback and inputs by other functions; technical, projects, quality, etc., to ensure aligned and timely support for any HSE related matter.
- Monitor the HSE compliance and performance by the staff, and participate to complex and high-impact HSE inspection' activities to ensure compliance with HSE standards and procedures; i.e. for equipment installation, asset and facilities operations starting, loading, offloading, and shutting down etc.
- Act as first point of contact for safety, health and environment aspects for the company's HSE management systems, and ADNOC COP's, to support and facilitate understanding and communication with the plant personnel.
- Revise purchasing standards to ensure equipment and material purchased meet applicable safety codes and conform to the latest technology.

Operations Safety
- Identify hazardous and risk activities to undertake steps to mitigate risk and ensure proper disposal of hazardous, waste, toxic chemicals, etc.
- Monitor the safety, environment and health tools and equipment; i.e. personal protective equipment, glassware, spare parts for instruments and other equipment, to support HSE processes.
- Recommend on preventive maintenance programs and associated procedures to ensure safety equipment and installations are kept in optimal operating condition, follow up on safety for these programs.
- Contribute to the development of plant safety programs and ensures the availability of safety manuals, hazardous area instructions, safety materials, safety publications and posters, etc.
- Identify area of unsafe working conditions and recommends improvements.
- Prepare and update the safety inspection checklists and schedules for surveying plant facilities for assessment of hazards and pinpointing corrective actions.

HSE Initiatives & Project Implementation
- In line with HSE technical experts, lead and participate in HSE related studies; such as HSE Impact Assessment, HAZOP, HAZID, Root Cause Analysis, Risk Assessment, etc.
- Audit, review and assess the deployed projects, initiatives and recent updates to ensure sustainable and continuous development.
- Lead the housekeeping and other environmental activities and initiatives to support the working environment in the plant.

HSE Training
- Assess the training needs for HSE within the respective area, align the training sessions with HSE technical and management, and conduct and facilitate the HSE training programs and communications.
- Lead or monitor the evacuation and drilling exercises to ensure readiness and preparedness of the personnel for emergency cases.
- Communicate, educate and advise on the HSE' updates in policies, procedures, practices, technology, and any other updates to ensure timely information for the team.
- Prepare analysis and reports for routine and non-routine HSE activities.

Job Specific Accountabilities

Incident Management
- Analyse accidents and recommends actions required to minimize recurrence. And follow up on the implementation of the recommendation(s) to ensure HSE barriers in place, until close-out report issuance.
- Investigate, or participate, as per HSE management instructions, in the investigation for accidents to enable the forthcoming decision-making.
- At the time of crisis, lead the communications in line with the chain of command within the HSE for the plant, to ensure timely response by the team.

Requirements

Minimum Qualification
- Bachelor Degree in Safety, Industrial Engineering, or any related engineering fields.

Minimum Experience, Knowledge & Skills
- 8 years of experience, including at least 3 years as Safety or HSE Engineer.
- Experience in HSE project implementation, HSE inspection, conducting training and awareness sessions, and HSE systems.
- Hands-on Risk Assessment Studies; i.e. TRA, HAZID, HAZOPS, PSSR, HSEIA, etc.

Professional Certifications
- ISO 9001
- NEBOSH / NIOSH NPG
- ISO 14001 / RC
- ISO 27000

About the Company

We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s growth and diversification.

We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.

Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabi’s global emergence.

Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.