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Kent Recruitment

HSE Manager - Expat

Location
Iraq, Iraq
Category
Date Published
13/06/26
Status
Open
About you:
Join us. Unleash your energy within.

If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.

We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.

We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.

Our purpose and beliefs:
As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.

It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:

We PLAY BIG
We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY
We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE
We are built on INFINITE THINKING

Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us:

Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:
We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.

Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
• Maintain and ensure compliance with the HSSE Management system on the Project in line with Legal,
client and Kent requirements.
• Provide support and guidance on effective HSSE risk management on the project.
• Ensure Project specific HSSE legal requirements are identified, evaluated, and communicated.
• Develop an effective HSSE plan for the project to ensure compliance with HSSE requirements.
• Establish leading and lagging indicators for the project and monitor the performance regularly.
• Develop and monitor implementation of waste management plan and ensure waste disposal log is
maintained.
• Develop and implement emergency response preparedness plan and practice drills for identified
potential emergency situations.
• Develop adequate and specific Project HSSE Procedures where required.
• Ensure effective management review of the project HSSE management system.
• Establish and maintain the assurance process to ensure effective monitoring of every aspect of the
HSSE Management system. Perform trend analysis and communicate findings.
• Monitor involvement of project management team and supervision in the HSSE Program.
• Conduct internal audits to assure compliance with the HSSE Management system and the international
standards. (ISO 14001, 45001).
• Monitoring the implementation of an effective inspection procedures to ensure proper and timely
inspection, testing and color-coding is performed in accordance with the project inspection matrix.
• Ensure an effective HSSE Communications and consultation.
• Ensure all incidents are reported and investigated in a timely manner on the incident reporting
portal

•Ensure investigations are comprehensively undertaken with effective RCA and sufficient corrective
actions to prevent recurrence.
• Validating the effectiveness closeout of corrective actions in a timely manner.
• Develop a comprehensive and accurate monthly report on the project HSSE performance and provide the
report to the Project Manager and the Regional HSSE Director.
• Develop, maintain, and deliver an effective HSSE training plan for the project.
• Monitor the effectiveness of the HSSE training program and include the findings in the monthly reports.
• Design and resource an effective HSSE organization structure.
• Support the continual professional development of the HSSE team.
• Manage the performance of the HSSE team.
• Ensure work area environment is maintained safe through the pro-active enforcement of HSSE rules and regulations.
•Consult with project management to ensure good, safe and healthy work atmosphere.
•Advice / guide project management on selection, maintenance, and inventory of personal protective equipment.

Qualification/ Certification:
NEBOSH Diploma, Bachelor’s degree or NQF/NVQ level 4-6 certificate. Plus 8 to 10-year experience.


Skills Requirement:
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• An assertive proactive self-starter with a record of accomplishment as a successful leader
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead a team
• Ability to build positive and productive relationships with diverse groups of people; thrives in
a collaborative and challenging team environment.
• Solid planning, organizing and negotiating skills; can manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines and
respond to changing priorities
• Must have Investigation skills and understand RCA, and must have report writing skills
• Must be able to identify trends through data analysis.

Communication:
External - Client Representatives, Sub-contractor’s Representatives, legal authorities visiting sites.
Internal - Project Manager, Site Manager, Sub-ordinates and other department managers / heads on project site.
You will directly report to the respective project manager and have a functional reporting line to
the Regional HSSE Business Partner.

Core Competencies:
As the project HSSE Manager you will have the following core competencies.
• Knowledge and a good understanding of ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001
• Detailed knowledge of local legislative requirements
• Trained internal auditor and must have knowledge of internal / external auditing process.
• Understand the principals of risk management/HIRA
• You will understand Incident Root Cause Analysis and display knowledge and experience in this field.
• Understanding of conducting training needs analysis.
• Understanding of OSHA incident classification criteria.

Location

Iraq, Basra

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