Oil & Gas Jobs – Technical Safety Engineer – Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU)
Job Title: Technical Safety Engineer
Organization: Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Senior Health and Safety Engineer
About US:
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) is a statutory body established under Section 9 of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act 2013, and in line with the National Oil and Gas Policy for Uganda which was approved in 2008. The PAU’s mandate is to monitor and regulate the exploration, development and production, together with the refining, gas conversion, transportation and storage of petroleum in Uganda. This includes ensuring that petroleum operations in Uganda are carried out in accordance with the relevant laws, regulations, guidelines, statutes and in line with international best practice for the petroleum industry.
Job Summary: The Technical Safety Engineer will be responsible for monitoring technical and operational health and safety aspects of oil and gas operations. He / She will also be responsible for ensuring that a Safety in Design Approach is adopted in oil and gas projects, and that a structured process is implemented to keep residual risks as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Guide on compliance of licensees to health and safety requirements in the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act, 2013, the Petroleum (Refining, Conversion, Transmission and Midstream storage) Act, 2013, Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2006 and other applicable laws, regulations, standards and industry best practice.
- Actively participate in development and implementation of a health and safety supervisory strategy for the oil and gas sector.
- Ensure safety is integrated during planning, design and execution of oil and gas activities.
- Participate in review of technical reports submitted by the licenses such as field development plans, front end engineering designs, risk assessment studies, safety reports, design philosophies, specifications, drawings and data sheets, fire and explosion protection studies among others.
- Quickly respond to emergency situations and incidents either during or after regular working hours, to provide technical assistance and advice.
- Conduct health and safety audits and inspections on operations / equipment and procedures, present recommendations for improvement; and follow-up their implementation.
- Take part in the development/review of policies, laws, regulations, standards, strategies, guidelines and plans for regulating technical & operational safety in the oil and gas sector.
- Advise on emergency preparedness and response in oil and gas operations.
- Review incident reports submitted by licensees and participate in incident investigation, including near misses, to an appropriate level; analyze immediate and root causes; and determine appropriate measures to prevent reoccurrences.
- Prepare, maintain and analyze health and safety performance statistics in the oil and gas sector (FAR, LTI, RWDC, MTC, FAC, Near Misses) and design measures to promote a safe working culture.
- Participate in the review of relevant health and safety procedures, manuals and guidelines and ensure that they meet legislative and best practice requirements.
- Perform any other duty as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) Technical Safety Engineer job placement must hold an honours Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline from an internationally recognized University / Institution.
- Three years of working experience in health and safety management in the oil and gas sector.
- A post graduate qualification in safety engineering, safety and risk management, instrumentation and control engineering or any other relevant post graduate qualification from an internationally recognized institution is desired
- Relevant certification in health and safety specializing in the oil and gas sector.
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of the Ugandan health, safety legislation, guidelines and standards.
- Membership with an internationally recognized professional body.
- Broad knowledge of safety management systems, processes, and techniques applicable to the oil and gas industry; as well as international industry fire and safety codes, recommended practices, standards and specifications.
- Knowledge of inherently safer design and risk-based design.
- Broad knowledge and understanding concepts of process shutdown, fire and gas detection, relief/flare systems, passive/active firewater protection, and emergency response.
- Innovative and with a proven high level of integrity.
- Ability to work independently and in a team.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Good research and analytical skills.
- Good written, verbal and presentation skills, particularly the ability to communicate in a multidisciplinary project context environment.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply online by clicking on the link below.
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Deadline: Wednesday, 18th April 2018 by 11:59 pm.
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