Process Safety and Risk Advisor at ExxonMobil

This job role provides Personnel Safety and Risk advisory support to operating assets, or new development projects. The Personnel Safety and Risk advisory support is structured to help build a professional foundation and promote rapid skill development while contributing to business results. Safety and Risk advisors will focus on building core expertise in one or more of the following: process safety, personnel safety, risk management, work management, Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS), incident investigation and emergency preparedness and response, while interfacing and building relationships with internal customers (e.g. Operations), internal partners (e.g. engineering or project disciplines) and external partners (contractors and regulatory agencies) in alignment with business need.

Job Role Responsibilities

What will you do?

The ideal candidate should, among other things:

• Understands Corporate/Business Line safety and risk standards/programs and applicable regulations impacting customer (e.g., Operations or Projects), advises customer on requirements, collaborates to implement cost effective solutions for compliance, and monitors for compliance
• Becomes familiar with operating asset, Business Line/Function, or Project activities within job scope, and Corporate safety and risk policy and standards
• Understands Corporate practices and positions on safety and risk issues/programs, both locally and broadly, and supports advocacy of those representing ExxonMobil with governmental and non-governmental institutions
• Identifies non-conformances with key safety and risk practices and systems, and recommends corrective actions in line with best-in-class, but business and cost appropriate, solutions.  
• Participates in HAZOPs, PHAs, Scenario Based Risk Assessments, Risk Screenings, and other risk discovery processes as applicable
• Understands the principles of Behavioral Safety and Human Performance
• Develop an understands and support effective implementation of ExxonMobil's Personnel Safety Management System (PSMS)
• Develop an understanding of ExxonMobils Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS) requirements that pertain to the role and support effective implementation
• Understands and applies the basics of Contractor Safety Management
• Understands internal and external incident reporting requirements (e.g., regulatory, personnel and process safety, IIHL, etc.)
• Lead incident investigations to identify the root causes and corrective measures
• Shares incident learnings and/or process safety and risk related lessons learned within project, site, function
• Provide office based and in-the-field support for our assets in all the above roles and responsibilities

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree, preferably in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering. A higher degree in Risk / Safety Engineering would be an added advantage 
• 0 to 5 years relevant oil & gas industry experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs. 
• Fluency in written and spoken English, especially as it applies to technical and business communications.

Experience

• Knowledge & application of process safety related codes, standards, and practices in regulation of oil and gas facility production design and operations (i.e. API 14C, 14J, 794, NFPA etc) and Personnal Safety & Human Performance would be an added advantage.  Proficiency in consequence assessment modelling tools, like PHAST, would be an added advantage

Functional Skills

• Assess & Improve Operations Integrity
• Applied Human Performance
• Transformative Learning from High Potential Events
• Risk Assessment & Management
• Emergency Preparedness