Director of Safety

Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation (“DGOC”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diversified Energy Company PLC, a US-based company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE) under the ticker symbol “DEC”. DGOC is an established owner and operator of producing conventional and unconventional natural gas & oil wells and midstream pipelines and compression stations concentrated in the Appalachian Basin in the United States. Headquartered in Birmingham, AL, our field operations are located throughout the Appalachian Basin in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In 2021, Diversified announced expansion into the Central Regional Focus Area, including producing areas within Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

About the Role

The Director of Safety will report to the Senior Vice President of Environmental, Health and Safety and lead all matters related to Safety enterprise-wide for Diversified Energy Company. The position will be based in Downtown Houston.

Responsibilities

• Identification and elimination of safety risk through robust safety programs, policies, and procedures.
• Effective communication of safety matters including safety vision, strategy, and critical actions to advance company-wide safety performance.
• Development of a safety system in compliance with ANSI Z-10.
• Development of standard operating procedures and safe work practices working with operations.
• Ownership of safety culture efforts.
• Ownership of the Safety Leadership Committee and all matters related to initiatives, action items, and programs flowing from the committee.
• Leading the corporate safety team with strong relationships with field safety specialists and EHS managers.
• Maintaining trailing and leading statistics including SIF and PSIF with BI dashboards.
• Provide regular updates to operational and Safety and Sustainability Committee meetings.
• Delivery of high-impact messaging and training using enhanced learning techniques such as workgroups, micro-learning, video, and other dynamic content to make safety meetings engaging.
• Use of AI to assist in efficiency, quality, and management of data and workflows.
• Implementation of the enterprise safety management software (experience with KPA software is a plus).
• Management of the company’s 4 gas monitor program.
• Maintains a field presence to understand challenges of operations, identifies safety issues, and implements solutions.
• Maintains the company FR clothing program.
• Leadership in maintaining the contractor safety program including ISNetworld.
• Provide guidance and assistance to field operations and operations leaders.
• Respond to agency inquiries.
• Proactively support and/or lead EH&S initiatives that support the business and the organization's themes and corporate strategies.
• Contribute to and influence team priorities as a strong team member or leader; seeks the ideas and opinions of others.
• Encourage and motivate teams to accomplish results; fosters trust.
• Knowledge of Environmental regulations and programs (experience in leadership with environmental and regulatory programs is a plus).
• Successfully mentor operations in safety and environmental matters.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in safety, environmental, or other science, engineering, or technical subjects.
• Master’s degree in a related field or MBA is a plus.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) credential is strongly preferred.
• 15 years’ experience in safety in the oil and gas industry is required.
• Prior experience as a manager is required.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office suite.

Travel

25% travel required (up to 50% during initial training period).

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Prolonged periods working at a desk in front of a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time.