HSE Services Environment Systems and Compliance officer

Main Functions

• Develop yearly work plan for environmental studies and other activities to execute this service.
• Develop new and review existing environmental studies procedures, plans and work instructions.
• Proactively identify and initiate environmental studies for new projects, ongoing projects and existing installations.
• Ensure environmental studies compliance with NUPRC and FMENV regulations, State government regulations, Petroleum Industry Act, Company referential, IPIECA, IFC Standards, ESG goals etc.
• Coordinate site visits as required for environmental studies.
• Liaise with project and asset owners to gather comprehensive technical information to prepare environmental studies scope of work (SOW)/terms of reference (TOR).
• Coordinate the planning and development of GIS based environmental studies sampling maps with the support of Geomatics team.
• Develop Environmental Screen Reports (ESR) and Preliminary Impact Assessment Report (PIAR) as may be required.
• Prepare environmental studies SOW/TOR, obtain regulatory approvals, and ensure environmental studies execution in full compliance to the approved SOW/TOR, and Company specifications.
• Overall responsibility for planning, preparation, mobilization, successful completion and demobilization from environmental studies field surveys without health, safety, environment, and security incidents including coordination of environmental survey vessel and security vessel provisioning and inspection, lifting inspection, security cover, sampling stations positioning services, community engagements, laboratory Premob inspection, survey equipment and materials Premob inspection, kick off meetings, job risk assessments, permit to work, equipment and personnel logistics, medical ambulance, environmental samples chain of custody etc.
• Coordinate environmental samples laboratory analysis witnessing with regulators.
• Coordinate preparation and execution of EIA stakeholders’ engagement events with support from COMPANY Community Affairs Division.
• Act as the Responsible for Safety and Environment on Site Delegate (RSES-D) during environmental survey, ensuring full compliance to all HSES measures during field surveys.
• Ensure environmental studies field survey data and laboratory analysis data are reliable, defensible, and adequately interpreted to establish conclusive status of environmental and socio-economic conditions of project areas.
• Coordinate impact assessment and evaluation of environmental studies based on a life cycle approach.
• Coordinate the environmental studies-Engineering interface, ensuring adequate integration of project engineering into environmental studies from project concept to detailed engineering design.
• Coordinate environmental studies reports development, printing, and submission, ensuring quality control and conformance to statutory guidelines and Company specifications.
• Plan and coordinate environmental studies technical/report review workshops.
• Liaise with Company’s Public Affairs Division to implement radio announcement and newspaper advert as part of public disclosure of EIA study.
• Secure final approvals for applicable environmental studies from regulatory bodies (NUPRC, FMENV) and maintain records of regulatory approvals and certificates.
• Support the implementation of conditions in environmental studies regulatory approval letters.
• Support operated assets and projects to develop and implement Environmental Management Plan.
• Continually liaise with regulators, partners, communities, project/asset owners throughout the environmental studies.
• Liaise with COMPANY Geomatics to design and maintain GIS database to capture, analyse, and present environmental studies data.
• Coordinate environmental studies budget, call for tenders, contracts, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, and Job Progress Certificates (JPC), Special Processing Requests (SPRs), Remita.
• Provide guidance on the environmental studies’ regulatory approval process.
• Maintain a register of all environmental studies requirements and ensure the validity of certificates/approvals.
• Maintain a record of all environmental Studies reports, EIA Approvals and Certificates, correspondences with regulators and partners.
• Environmental Studies Permits applications/approvals follow up
• Participate in EMS internal audits, EMS management review meeting, EMS Site Implementation Team (SIT) meetings, maintenance of EMS Aspect register and EMS Compliance Register in preparation for ISO14001 certification/recertification of COMPANY offshore and onshore facilities.
• Participate in EnMS internal audits, EnMS management review meeting, Energy Team coordination meetings, maintenance of Significant Energy Use register and Compliance Registers, in preparation for 50001 certification/recertification of COMPANY offshore and onshore facilities.
• Participate in HSE Committee meetings, HSE Management System Audits, World Environment Day preparation and execution.
• Coordinate the logistics of all environmental survey team members including COMPANY representatives, regulators and partners representatives.
• Ensure safekeeping and maintain oversight function on safe handling of Company Environmental survey equipment and materials survey equipment (CTD, Niskin bottles, water analysis multiparameter equipment, box corers, garbs).
• Carry out all other activities as may be assigned to him from time to time by the hierarchy such as Support in Oil Spill contingency management, and a member of the IMT

Accountabilities:

• Ensure environmental studies are carried out and approvals received for applicable company projects.
• Ensure satisfactory and balanced integrated coverage of the biophysical, social and health aspects of the Environmental assessment
• Ensure the quality of parameters are benchmarked against applicable standards and requirements.
• Ensures that on accredited Contractors with adequate equipment carry out environmental studies at all sites and locations

Job Requirements

• Possess minimum of BSc in environmental sciences / applied sciences with a minimum of second-class lower division and at least 10 years post qualification experience, of which 5 years should have been spent in the oil & gas industry participating but preferably coordinating environmental studies or related duties.
• Power of persuasion is essential for interfacing with sites, regulatory authorities, and other stakeholders.
• Good report writing, oral communication, and presentation skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong team player with networking ability
• In-depth knowledge of the industry’s standards and regulations.