Emergency Preparedness and Response Lead
Lagos, LA, NG
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What role you will play in our team
- The Emergency Preparedness & Response (EP&R) Lead will lead in the coordination of EP&R business activities through the provision of functional guidance and support, focusing on a high level of preparedness. The individual is required to augment and strengthen the organization's EP&R requirements. The right fit is a "personnel with strong EP&R competencies who will coordinate EP&R activities across the Nigeria BU. The position provides flexibility and career mobility in the SHE Organization.
- Position to be resident in Lagos but expectation is to visit site(s) to test Emergency Response capabilities.
The closing date for this opportunity is Friday 23rd May 2025.
What you will do
- The ideal candidate should, among other things:
- Acts as a focal point for emergency preparedness and response by leading/coordinating development of functional preparedness guidance in areas such as emergency response, business continuity, and oil spill response
- Leads and develops Response Teams' support activities including training and exercises
- Leads development of functional guidance and training for emergency preparedness and response personnel
- Promotes and leads networks or communities of practice for emergency preparedness and response, oil spill response and business continuity
- Applies analytical approach in assessing and improving the health of ER mitigative safeguard at an asset level or above (e.g., BL level)
- Designs and coordinates/leads major exercises and assessments such as business line and regional exercises and OIMS/EPR assessments
- Leads/coordinates development and delivery of formal emergency response/business continuity plan training such as leadership training, Incident Management (ICS) and Advanced Emergency Support Group (ESG)
- Promotes and leads risk or capability assessments to validate emergency response and business continuity preparedness
- Scans external environments via participation in trade associations/benchmarking efforts and applies learnings across sites.
- Coordinates communication of company position on emergency preparedness and response matters and corporate citizenship via trade groups or industry forums, or when appropriate, directly to government agencies.
- Facilitates global application of company EPR standards, advocacy, best practices, processes, tools, and procedures within business units
- Leverages EP&R SME expertise and EM's scale and experience via EP&R networks to solve unstructured problems (e.g., mitigative safeguard deficiencies) throughout the value chain.
About you
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering. A higher degree in Risk / Safety Engineering would be an added advantage
- 10+ years relevant experience in EP&R coordination in an Oil and Gas Company
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs. Proficiency in consequence assessment modelling tools, like PHAST, would be an added advantage
- Fluency in written and spoken English, especially as it applies to technical and business communications.
Behavioral expectations:
- In addition to strong interpersonal & communication skills (written and verbal), candidate should possess:
- Innovative: produces/promotes novel ideas
- Courage of Conviction
- Prioritizes and manages risk
- Creates business value to increase competitive advantage
- Develop others by demonstrating ownership and influencing others to take initiative
- Strategic: develop/deploy long-term, effective strategies
- Ability to work in challenging environments, including extended stay at offshore facilities.
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience
- Has a general understanding of spill exercises and preparedness efforts and familiar with spill response models, understand limitation and input needs
- Understands NEBA/SIMA consideration of specific spill scenarios and how the approach can be used before (strategic NEBA and SIMA), during (operational NEBA and SIMA) and after a spill
- Familiar with spill prevention methods for potentially higher risk areas such as marine facilities and river crossings for example
- Solid understanding of concepts of spill cleanup techniques and equipment to monitor and evaluate, mechanical containment, recovery, sorbents, dispersants, herders, and in situ burn
- Solid understanding of the benefits of specific response options for various spill scenarios; able to describe the weather window and environment conditions for spill response equipment
- Knowledgeable about guidance on local regulatory compliance related to spill prevention and response
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