Health Impact Assessment Lead at Shell Petroleum Development Company

Reference ID: 109990BR
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Skillpool group: Health Safety Environment & Security

Job Purpose
The Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Lead acts as subject matter expert (SME) and drives (HIA) and other health related input to environmental studies in Shell Nigeria. He/she leads the quality assurance and delivery of HIA & other health input to various environmental other studies:

• Contributes and leads the delivery of HIAs in all IAs/studies.
• Provides advice and support for the implementation of HIA aspects of the Impact Assessment (IA), including regulatory requirements and their implications to the business.

Principal Accountabilities

• Top quality of HIAs integrated into Impact Assessment studies
• Contribute quality and cost-effective health input to the Opportunity Realisation Framework (ORF) for projects.
• Serve as liaison between projects and the rest of the Health function
• Top Quality of HIA support and environment, social and health management plan advice provided to asset teams
• Effective liaison with regulators on Health aspects of studies
• Facilitating regulators site visits and consultation with communities and other stakeholders
• Good quality input to scoping workshops and consultation/participation of stakeholders in environmental studies process
• Drives HIA input into studies in compliance with Company and Group standards as well as local and international specifications.
• Contributes to the integrated effort for securing timely regulatory approvals/permits for projects
• Developing Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) – Health aspects - for projects. Work closely with project and asset teams to ensure that all plans/designs/operations take account of Environmental studies findings and recommendations and participate in the Hazards and Effects Management Process (HEMP)/ Hazard Identification (HAZID) process
• Develop cost-effective health impact studies/ strategy and ensure that study conclusions and recommendations are practicable and realizable for project implementation.
• Ensure evolving regulatory provisions/good industry practices are applied in Impact Assessment (IA) studies. Help to raise health impact awareness among team members/staff, contractors and community members in operating areas.
• Keep abreast of evolving regulatory provisions/good industry practices and ensure a corresponding level of HIA awareness among staff, contractors and community members
• Maintain health studies database in conjunction with relevant Shell internal party(ies)
• Contribute to the development and update of Standards, Procedures, Manuals and Guidelines for Environmental studies – HIA aspects.
• Mentor young engineers in Impact Assessment team and the company to grow HIA skills.

Job Requirements

• A University degree preferably in Primary Health. 
• Postgraduate qualifications in public, community health is required for this role.  (Additional qualification in Occupational health and Project management will be an added advantage)
• Minimum of 4 years post qualification experience.
• Good understanding and appreciation of the IA process is required
• Experience working in an Oil and Gas industry is desirable.
• Good knowledge of health safety and environment influence on energy business
• Knowledgeable in HIA studies, Research and Development are required.
• Knowledgeable in customer intimacy and environmental ecological processes
• Good understanding of business aspects of HSE in the short and long term

Behaviours Attributes:

• Strong focus on Enterprise First (ensuring close connection and alignment with other Shell Businesses
• Passion to drive HSE performance excellence
• Good communicator
• Able to work effectively in a global (virtual) team
• Good analytical ability and keen sense of reality.