Role Synopsis
The HSE advisor reports directly to the Wells HSE team lead and is part of the Wells HSE team. The role operates on a rotational basis and is predominantly rig-based, providing health, safety, and environmental support and oversight for well operations. The primary responsibility is to ensure that contractor safety management systems are effectively implemented and comply with organisational HSE standards, policies, contractual requirements, and bridging document agreements.
Key Accountabilities
Development of skills:
Report to the work location with promptness, be prepared and willing to learn, practise skills, and accept new challenges as identified and instructed by Wells and HSE teams.
Communication:
- Utilise communication skills in both Arabic and English to influence a positive safety culture
- Ensures the HSE Team Lead is fully informed of any relevant HSE issues identified during field visits
- Provide weekly reports to the Wells HSE Team Lead with pertinent updates and information
- Maintains a strong understanding of HSE standards and procedures, including life-saving rules, and guides the wells team as required
- Conduct research when necessary to ensure self-knowledge of applicable Iraqi HSE regulations – provide guidance when applicable to the Wells department
- Promote safe working practices and coach personnel to ensure a ‘Stop the Job’ culture is firmly embedded at the sites
- Encourage and coach all personnel to participate in the contractor’s behaviour observation programme
- Attend daily HSE meetings (when directed by the Wells HSE Team Lead) and provide support to the Wells department during planning meetings
- Support the planning and delivery of monthly HSE meetings and assist where required, collating and drafting information to be presented
- Proactively look for unidentified risks, in addition to addressing the more obvious risk areas
- Maintain a consistent presence during pre-planning meetings and toolbox talks to ensure risks, hazards and controls are understood and communicated to all personnel involved in the job
- Promote the culture that Toolbox talks are to be held before all tasks and that longer-duration jobs are to be broken down into smaller steps
- Support rig teams during rig-based risk assessments to identify HSE-related risks and control measures
- Assure that the contractor’s COW system is implemented
- Verify the PTW, JSA, SOPs and TBT documentation are completed correctly and that associated activities are conducted per COW requirements.
- Coach and support the rig contractor HSE to ensure the COW process is followed
- Provide feedback to the Wells HSE Team Lead on any deficiencies found during field visits
- Support the rig audit team during bi-annual rig audits by completing the HSE section of the audit document
- Support the Rig team with pre-spud acceptance audits
- Using the rig audit format, conduct self-verifications of contractor COW processes and activities related to the Golden Rules of Safety
- Conduct routine inspections to ensure contractor safety-related equipment/tools are inspected, maintained and in good condition prior to personnel using them.
- Verify that safety equipment registers are in place and being updated
- Conduct self-verifications of lifting equipment and ensure correct colour-coding is being maintained every six months
- Verify that ER drills are being conducted and documented as per contractor drill requirements and that any actions are being closed
- Support Wells and HSE departments in the completion of initial incident notification to line management
- Participate in incident investigations as instructed by the Wells HSE Team Lead. Support the contractor in the identification of critical factors, causes and corrective actions. Support the contractor in completing a quality investigation report based on findings
- Verify that the contractor has communicated Lessons Learned reports and that applicable actions have been applied at the site
Attend relevant training as identified by line management. When requested, support the delivery of HSE awareness training to rig site personnel.
Requirements
- Minimum 2–5 years of HSE experience in well operations
- Fluency in Arabic and English, with strong written translation skills in both languages
- Proficient in computer applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
Rotation
14/14
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.