Safety Officer / Fire Watch at BGI Energy Services Limited

Responsibilities

• Watch the hot work and surrounding area.
• Have and maintain line-of-sight to hot work being watched
• Inspect extinguishing equipment before the hot work starts – Check connections, hydrants, hoses, extinguishers or other components for operability, discoloration, corrosion, or wear. Verify pressure is Ok, and tag is current.
• Wet down areas where combustibles may be present, to reduce chance of ignition.
• Ensure containment and barricading is sufficient to control slag and sparks.
• Verify that a gas meter is present at the hot work at all times. If LEL readings change (beyond meter “drift”) or the meter goes into alarm, hot work must be shut down.
• Only try to extinguish fires when they are small enough to handle with your on-hand fire extinguishing equipment.Call your site emergency response number immediately prior to trying to extinguish fire.
• All fires, even flash-fires, must be reported to the site emergency operations center.
• Stop (and don’t start) unauthorized hot work.
• Do not perform any other duty that might interfere with primary duties as Fire Watch.

Requirements

• HND, B.Tech or B.Eng in Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum of 2- 5 years of relevant engineering experience in the oil and gas industry
• OPITO BOSIET.