HSE Deputy Manager

Objectives:

• Work with the HSE Manager to ensure the development, implementation and control of all aspects related to hygiene, health, safety, and environment in company activities.

Coordination of tasks and processes:

• Coordinate all aspects of HSE and their implementation in the company.
• Manage all HSE records and data.
• Ensure that material safety data sheets (MSDS) are present and up-to-date for all consumables and products used at the company.
• Ensure their distribution to every workplace and applicable key locations.
• Organise and hold company HSE meetings on a regular basis.

Audits:

• Conduct audits of all aspects of the company HSE system to ensure their compliance and improvement.
• Assist in checks to ensure that all departments are following approved procedures according to an internal audit programme.
• Monitor safety on a daily basis through past and projected indicators and keep company managers, supervisors and workforce informed.
• Ensure that all statutes and regulations are being followed in the company.
• Notify company management in advance about HSE licences which may be required for operations.
• Ensure that all documentation related to any project is duly managed according to the requirements of that project.
• Ensure that all risk-bearing activities are controlled and documented appropriately.

Management of Incidents and Non-compliances:

• Examine all incident reports to ensure that corrective measures have been implemented adequately for detected faults and non-compliances.
• Process actions taken for any detected fault or non-compliance and ensure they are followed up. Verify that these actions form part of a continual improvement process.
• Lead the investigation of incidents and report to supervisors and management in a timely manner.
• Ensure and contribute to process improvement.
• Determine needs for training and organise activities that will meet these needs.
• Identify the resources needed to efficiently implement all HSE requirements for project execution.
• Provide professional HSE advice to the entire organisation in order to achieve greater performance levels.
• Ensure that all departments understand and support the principles of HSE management and their role in the implementation of a quality management system.

HSE:

• Ensure that area/department employees comply with HSE ( health, safety and environment) policies and standards. Maintain an active role in identifying opportunities to improve HSE systems and, where appropriate, assist with the implementation of those improvements at company level.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Training in HSE.
• NIBOSH.
• Offshore health cert and safety training (HUET).

Work Experience:

• A minimum of 3 to 5 years’ work experience.

Professional Experience and Qualifications General and Multidisciplinary Skills:

• Fluent in Portuguese and English.
• User-level IT skills.

Specific Skills:

• Very good knowledge of HSE management.
• Very good knowledge of occupational health and safety.
• Good technical insight into core activities of a subsea service company.
• Very good knowledge of environmental issues.
• Experience in scheduling and monitoring tasks and developing and interpreting indicators.
• Able to understand the constraints of an industry and to pragmatically confront and solve any potential HSE problems.
• Good motivator.
• Able to communicate key HSE facts and expectations to varying levels of the organization.

Attitudes and Behaviours:

• Ability to organise and manage the work of others.
• Organisation and time management.
• Ethics and professionalism.
• Discipline and “example-setting”.
• Very good capacity for interpersonal relationships.
• Compliant with Aker Solutions’ Code of Conduct and zero tolerance policy.
• Proactive attitude toward anticipating problems and taking the appropriate preventive measures.
• Attention to detail.

Process Management Skills:

• Middle management skills. This includes knowing and/or identifying needs, scheduling and organising activities, assigning resources, applying certain control systems and writing reports.

Leadership Skills:

• Assume leadership roles for medium-sized teams (or small, highly-qualified teams) to ensure the negotiation and definition of goals, personal development and the resources needed to achieve results successfully.