Quality Training Advisor at Pacific International Drilling

Job Description

The hiring entity for this position is Pacific Drilling’s Nigerian affiliate, Pacific International Drilling West Africa Limited.

Position Summary

The Quality and Training Advisor (QTA) is responsible for advising offshore personnel on Pacific Drilling Quality, Health, Safety, Environment, and Training management systems on board the vessel. The QTA assists in enhancing the QHSE skills of crew.

Position Scope

The position assists, recommends and advises the Vessel Management Team, the department supervisors and the crews on Quality, HSE and Training matters. The position provides the vital link between Quality, HSE and Training organizations onshore and implements the systems in the offshore environment. In addition to providing support to rig management, the position requires facilitation and/or delivery of Quality and HSE courses in order to develop crew skills.

Qualifications and Experience

• Three years of offshore experience and demonstrated Quality and HSE leadership or as an alternate three years of Quality and HSE experience in associated industries plus an offshore orientation period to ensure as a minimum the qualification requirements for roustabout and roughneck as per Pacific Drilling Training Matrix.
• Senior School certificate (SSCE)/ West Africa Examination Council (WAEC)/ GCE O/L, OND in Nigeria is equivalent of 2 years associate degree in U.S., while HND or BSc is for 4 years (with at least 120 credits/units)
• Nigerian In Country – resident
• Fluent English communication skills (both oral and written)

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Act as a Quality and HSE leader ensuring the ongoing identification of hazards and the implementation of controls to manage the associated risks with a special focus on Permit to Work and Isolation procedures.
• Promote 100% compliance, all the time with Pacific Drilling Quality, HSE and Training management systems by all personnel onboard.
• Observe onboard operations on a daily basis
• Facilitate/Instruct HSE-related courses.
  • Assist and advise rig crews with safe work practices
  • monitoring of critical ongoing operations
  • planning and execution of HSE meetings, pre-tour and pre-job meetings
  • the offshore access and inputs to the training management system
  • incident prevention and incident investigation techniques
• Coach rig supervisors to monitor their crew’s training progress.
• Be the offshore point of contact for all matters related to:

            ~ Quality: with the shore-based Q&HSE Manager

            ~ HSE: with the shore-based Q&HSE Manager

            ~ Training: with the shore-based Training Managers

• Provide administration/support for training on board the rig including maintaining personnel’s training records as per Pacific Drilling directions.
• Assist in maintaining Quality, HSE and Training bulletin boards updated.
• Participate in daily meetings with the PIC, department heads and client representative.

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