24-373.B - Safety Director

Job Objective:
Safety leader with a vision for growing and maintaining an innovative and industry leading safety culture. Develop, Direct and influence safety and safety related programs across Hilcorp Alaska including supervisory duties for fire & medical emergency response, industrial hygiene, training, and field-based safety organizations.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Optimize safety management systems for a diverse group of operating locations in Alaska.
• Advise operations and support team leadership on safety management tools and process which can deliver desired performance.
• Provide feedback to operational leaders on team level safety culture and performance.
• Ensure compliance with federal and state safety regulations and adherence to good practices; clearly identify, communicate, and work with operations teams to resolve issues.
• Provide visible leadership and guidance to asset leadership, operations, and safety team members. 
• Develop, implement, and maintain onboarding programs and related contractor management processes for safety related training.
• Demonstrate clear examples of adherence to all company values.,
• Manage relationships, inquiries, interpretations, and responses to external inquiries. 
• Define and communicate key leading and lagging safety performance metrics which influence safety performance.
• Review internal and contractor incident investigations; provide guidance to ensure quality and consistency resulting in SMART recommendations and follow-through by field staff. 
• Provide oversight and supervision of field-based personnel; set and communicate expectations, define goals, and hold staff accountable for accomplishing goals. 
• Ownership, and Alignment, especially within the context of the safety discipline.
• Regularly interact with Operations to understand impacts to operations, ensure programs and processes are aligned with safety management system objectives and Asset Team goals. 
• Manage safety staff schedule: vacation approval and coverage, major project safety coverage, medical and emergency absences, training requests, etc.
• Conduct employee performance evaluations and regularly conduct 1:1 sessions to assist employees with their performance and development.
• Ensure that all applicable documentation is managed according to regulatory requirements and company expectations.
• Possess an in-depth knowledge of applicable safety regulations, processes, and tools.
• Accountable for management of aspects of contracts related to safety with support service contract companies. 

• Provide feedback to contract companies on performance expectations and manage the annual Contractor Safety Performance review process.

Other Job Responsibilities:

• Work across team boundaries to communicate/understand impacts to adjacent programs and processes and identify opportunities for common solutions or tools.
• Ensure effective communication of incident investigation learnings and work with operations managers to develop action plans to address hazards and deficiencies.
• Maintain employee confidence and protect company assets, including intellectual property, by keeping information confidential.
• Other duties as directed by management.

Qualifications:

• Ten (10) years minimum experience in safety and operations in the oil & gas industry.
• Working knowledge of applicable state and federal safety regulations.
• Self-motivated, hard-working team player who pays attention to details and can interpret operational needs in order to develop integrated, creative solutions.
• Ability to complete multiple, diverse tasks of differing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with specific ability to translate complex information into an organized and presentable manner both at the field and leadership level. 
• Ability to maintain a positive, professional, and solutions-oriented approach with coworkers, supervisors, other departments, external agency officials, and the public.
• Successful candidate will demonstrate that they can take ownership of the job responsibilities and hold themselves accountable for their successful completion.
• Ability to be travel to remote field facilities including work in arctic and industrial facility environments as necessary to manage field-based personnel, validate field conditions and to establish & maintain good working rapport with operations personnel.
• Proficiency in the use and application Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Outlook)
• Management experience strongly preferred.

Education Requirements:

• Required: Combination of education and/or job related experience roughly equivalent to Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year university or college.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

• Required: None
• Preferred: Professional accreditation / certification in a relevant safety or EH&S area