Lead, Commissioning Health and Safety

Duties & Responsibilities

• Aid and assist in the emergency response processes for the site
• Oversee, implement, and manage Venture Global LNG’s safety policies and procedures while ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, standards, and requirements
• Continuously inspect, observe, and audit the application of work tasks against our defined company procedures, policies, and conditions of the working environments
• Establish and maintain themselves as the focal point in the field for all Health & Safety related questions, concerns, activities and/or needs
• Spend extended periods of time in the field walking throughout the assigned area(s), climb stairs/ladders as needed to elevated work areas
• Participate or lead commissioning and start-up incident investigations to guide the identification of root causes and effective corrective actions
• Create HSE procedures related to commissioning activities
• Facilitate complex risk assessments related to commissioning and start-up activities
• Participate in management of change reviews and PSSR processes
• Participate in pre-energization walkdowns
• Ensure that hazard assessments and permitting requirements are being followed
• Engage workers in the field that are performing tasks unsafely and mentor them in the correct measures or practices to ensure that they are working with a safety-first mentality
• Utilize a mentoring or educational approach when interacting with all personnel
• Aid in compliance reviews, general risk assessments, and other safety assessments to support Health and Safety management of the facility
• Monitor all contractor activities to ensure safe work techniques and compliance to Venture Global LNG’s polices and procedures
• Possess the ability to multi-task effectively
• Enforce a zero-tolerance policy
• Control all unsafe conditions, hazards, and/or scenes when possible
• Conduct daily safety inspections, observations, and audits to ensure all unsafe acts and conditions are immediately addressed
• Perform facility audits, observations, surveys, and inspections to identify environmental, safety, and occupational hazards and weaknesses to promote effective practices and ensure compliance and develop recommendations that provide solutions, remedies, or process improvement
• Inform HSSE leadership about the results of safety inspections, observations, and audits as well as any observed deficiencies and means of mitigation
• Report all accidents, incidents, or events immediately to Shift Supervision and Health and Safety Manager. Aid and assist in the accident and incident investigation process as needed
• Inspect, control, and enforce effective and timely housekeeping standards
• Participate as a member of the Site Safety Committee
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• H.S. Education or Equivalent required
• Specific experience with Health & Safety in Commissioning and Startup activities
• Experience in Health and Safety Technician or Specialist position having previous LNG, Petrochemical or Oil and Gas manufacturing industry a plus
• Completion of OSHA general industry (CFR 29-1910) and/or construction (CFR29-1926) Occupational Health and Safety knowledge, experience, or education related to job site hazard recognition safety inspection/audits for permit to work, hazardous energy isolation, hot-work (metal welding-grinding-thermal cutting), confined space entry, elevated work/fall protection, housekeeping, and crane hoisting and rigging
• Process Safety Management (PSM) experience is a plus
• Preferred certifications (not required but a plus): OSHA 500, OSHA 510, CSP, CHST, LSP, OHST, ASP
• CPR, First Aid, and AED certification
• Eligible to work in the US, pass a drug test and background check with criminal history
• TWIC Required (Current owner or have the ability to obtain)
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively in verbal and written formats
• Ability to work off shifts and overtime