Technical Manager - HSE

Job Requirements

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 15 to 20 Engineers with Techno managerial role.

•         Leads strategic direction for development of program and training to improve OIMS, safety, risk, and incident management processes.

• Collaborates with functional managers and business line leaders in the development of both short-term and longer-term SSHE goals, objectives and deliverables.
• Mentors SSHE staff, identifies staff developments needs/opportunities and provides timely, constructive feedback and guidance to facilitate career development and competency.
• Supports management of OIMS system, administration and overarching processes related to all OIMS Systems (including serving as OIMS Owner or Administrator on applicable systems).
• Leads implementation of safety management systems in support of objectives consistent with Nobody Gets Hurt”.
• Collaborates with functional managers and business line/site leaders to influence safety culture and oversees the safety of all direct reports.
• Provides insightful coaching, develops talent for the long term; assesses performance and provides actionable feedback.
• Responsible for the success of the project delivering with quality; Includes on-time on-budget delivery.
• Review tasks and other submission to the internal & external customers.
• Build customer relations through good interactions and responsiveness.
• Promotes collaboration and teamwork; creates a work environment where different perspectives are valued; effectively manages conflict.

Required SKILLS:

A.      Commissioning & Startup Safety

•         Provide capital project engineering support by developing and deploying Project Risk Assessment and Management Plans (RAMP) throughout the project’s timeline.

• Implement safety in design standards and requirements during change reviews for greenfield and brownfield projects.
• Complete various loss prevention and process safety deliverables to ensure safe execution throughout the project lifecycle.
• Evaluate pressure relief and disposal system adequacy to confirm design parameters match baseline requirements prior to startup.

B.       Production & Operational Risk Management

•         Manage process safety concerns at existing production facilities by leading technical change reviews.

• Address specific operational hazards including equipment overpressure, over-temperature scenarios, and chemical reaction hazards.
• Collaborate and engage with risk owners within business lines to arrive at effective risk management decisions.
• Define fire protection design requirements for different equipment types, including Fire & Gas Mapping and reviewing new system designs.

C.       Technical Governance & Incident Prevention

•         Deliver engineering solutions at the highest technical quality assurance level to manage the most concerning major accident risk scenarios.

• Lead Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) studies and execute core qualitative and quantitative risk screenings or assessments.
• Develop advanced consequence modeling using PHAST and other applicable industry dispersion and facility siting methods.
• Conduct Vapor Cloud Explosion (VCE) Consequence and structural risk analyses.
• Define preventive and mitigative safeguards using LOPA, Event Tree Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, and Availability Target setting.
• Execute robust management of change (MOC) evaluations to maintain technical integrity barriers.
• Develop and champion team capability development plans and strategy across multiple business lines.

D.      Incident Management & Safety Culture

•         Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations for high-potential process safety incidents and near-misses.

• Identify weak signals and cumulative operational deviations before they escalate into catastrophic events.
• Partner with Operations to ensure line management takes full ownership of safety behaviors and operational discipline.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

B.E/B.Tech/BS in Chemical/Petroleum/Fire & Safety/Mechanical with 12-18 years of work experience in Oil & Gas/Petrochemical LNG industry

Preferred Skills

•         Strong knowledge of SSHE regulations and standards

•         Risk assessment and Hazard Analysis

•         Incident investigation and root cause analysis skills

•         Excellent communication and presentation skills

•         Proficiency in MS office and SSHE reporting

Additional Notes

•         CCPSC (Center for Chemical Process Safety Certified) or professional Process Safety certification

•         NEBOSH International Technical Certificate in Oil and Gas Operational Safety