QHSE OFFICER

Job Description

• The QHSE Officer will audit, train, and guide teams to establish a culture of safety and operational excellence. The ideal candidate identifies workplace hazards, maintains ISO certifications, and ensures compliance with environmental laws to protect employees and the business.
  
  

• Enforce Permit-to-Work (PTW) systems, Job Safety Analyses (JSA), and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (HIRA) daily.
• Conduct regular safety inspections of high-risk tasks, including confined space entries, working at heights, lifting operations, and hot works.
• Lead incident investigations using advanced methods like Root Cause Analysis (RCA) or TapRooT, and track corrective actions.
• Manage emergency response protocols, coordinating drills for gas leaks, blowouts, oil spills, and medical evacuations (MEDEVAC). [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]
• Maintain compliance with ISO standards specialized for the industry, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 29001 (Oil & Gas quality management).
• Monitor environmental metrics, overseeing chemical storage safety, hazardous waste disposal, flaring compliance, and spill containment tracking. [ 1 , 2 ]
• Audit asset integrity parameters, checking safety-critical elements like gas detection systems, emergency shutdown (ESD) valves, and fire suppression systems. [ 1 ]
• Track QHSE performance indicators, compiling daily safety metrics, Total Recordable Incident Rates (TRIR), and monthly compliance reports
  
  

• Safety Certifications: NEBOSH International Diploma or IGC (Grade A/B), IOSH Managing Safely, and Bosiet / Foet certifications (if offshore).
• Experience: 5+ years of active safety experience within upstream (drilling/offshore) or downstream (refinery/petrochemical) oil and gas operations.