26-028.P1 - Drilling Safety Manager

Routine Engagements

Routine engagements to understand upcoming work and risks.

Identifying and Anticipating Concerns

Identify and anticipate health and safety concerns by surveying environmental, operational, and occupational risks/conditions/behaviors, and then recommending new equipment, processes, and procedures.

Providing Advice and Coaching

Provide advice and coaching on Safety related matters.

Knowledge and Tools

Possess in-depth knowledge of Alaska Safety Handbook (ASH) requirements, applicable regulations, and field level safety processes and tools.

Ensure the HSE tools (leadership engagements, JSA’s, safety conversations, inspections, etc.) are used as designed and provide feedback on the effectiveness of the tools.

Leading and Coordinating Drilling Specific Emergency Response Training

Lead and coordinate drilling specific emergency response training, coordination, and drills (safety, environmental, well control).

Mentoring and Supervising

Guide and promote safe work performance by developing safety systems to mitigate risk.

Deploy safety campaigns, communications, and recognitions.

Evaluate and, where needed, develop Hilcorp Safety governance for drilling operations.

Developing and Maintaining Audit Criteria

Develop and maintain Hilcorp owned rig audit/inspection criteria and schedule, new rig acceptance audit/inspection criteria, and new vendor/equipment audit/inspection criteria.

Investigations and Lessons Learned

Learn from incidents and injuries through investigations and sharing of discoveries and lessons from incidents.

Guide the investigation process and provide coaching and guidance to Safety Specialist, contractors, and Drilling team.

Incident Reporting and Communications

Evaluation and where needed development of Hilcorp Safety governance for drilling operations.

Bridge contractor safety systems and practices with Hilcorp’s.

Supporting Safety Initiatives

Support the development of the lessons learned communications.

Participate in the development of training materials and deliver face-to-face training, as needed.

Leadership and Communication

Coach, mentor, and supervise Field Safety Specialists, to include setting expectations, overseeing activities, assigning responsibilities, and evaluating the effectiveness of their work.

Conduct employee performance evaluations and regularly hold individual development sessions.

Manage work, vacation and training schedules.

Organize, schedule and lead routine team meetings.

Maintain presence in field (2 trips/month).

Understand how current operating environment, changes, and/or decisions impact internal clients, partners, and other stakeholders.

Develop regular cadence of interaction with Drilling Managers and their teams.

Actively seek Drilling Team input while maintaining regular communication with Field Safety Specialists on how best to ensure that programs are aligned with safety management system objectives and Drilling Team goals.

Communicate and collaborate with Drilling Contractors through regular meetings, audits and other requests or support as required.

Compliance and Reporting

Comply with federal, state, and local safety regulations by studying existing law, anticipating future legislation, interpreting standards, enforcing adherence to regulations, and advising management on proactive efforts.

Define and communicate key safety performance metrics influencing safety performance and correlating to business performance goals, industry performance, and company targets.

Aid in safety incident reporting, classification, and communications, adeptly taking a lead role or delegating to safety team as best suits the scenario.

Other Responsibilities

Ability to be available 24 hours per day (on call for questions, emergencies, etc.).

Maintains employee confidence and protects drilling operations by keeping information confidential.

Ability to solve problems accurately and exceptional proficiency in data management.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, supervisors, other departments, officials, and the public.

Ability to complete multiple, diverse tasks of differing priorities.

Ability to travel to remote locations via large and small planes, helicopter or boat, and ability to don and doff immersion suit.

Strong leader, self-starter, excellent communicator with solid interpersonal skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with specific ability to translate complex information into an organized and presentable manner.

Outstanding administrative and organizational skills.

Proficiency in the use and application of the following software: Preferred: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook), ChemWatch or other SDS management system, VelocityEHS or other incident management system.