Head of Center Excellence

• Lead the HSE&Q systems and assurance to ensure proper overall HSE&Q Report and Manage Incidents (RMI) process, HSE&Q planning stewardship, development and sustainability.
• Reports to HSE&Q Support Manager.
• Direct Reports: 6 (Total headcount: 16 direct hires and 2 project support).

Job Context & Major Challenge(s) - I

• Manage and oversee the implementation and development of the HSE&Q Direction Statement values across the Company.

• Drive accurate data analysis and reporting for external stakeholders. Utilize benchmarking exercises, statistical reporting, and shareholder interfaces to assess the organization's strengths and areas for improvement against the market leaders.

• Influence the work and leadership practices of the frontline, mid-level and senior managers to foster a culture of awareness, compliance, and continuous improvement, especially within the dynamic environment of a growing organization.

• Advise Operations and Maintenance management on best quality practices that guarantee excellence and seamless execution.

• Ensure ISO requirements are met across the whole organization, influencing others outside their work scope.

• The role requires: (1) working in a dynamic, changing environment ensuring integral critical systems, Policies and Procedures remain a high priority; (2) influencing behaviors and practices of senior managers across the whole organization; (3) keeping updated with international standards, regulatory requirements and best practice, ensuring Quality Management Systems support the Company directive.

• Manage the Company’s Quality Assurance and integrated HSE&Q Management Systems and quality programs to ensure continuous improvement of the integrated management systems across the company's assigned sites, including all Subsurface and Drilling operations, Doha Headquarters, and the projects in Offshore and Onshore areas.

• Lead cross-functional teams in the company's Quality Forum to enhance and drive the corporate Quality Framework across the organization, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. Champion a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, fostering creativity and collaboration within the organization to drive HSE&Q excellence.

• Advise managers on the strategic planning, implementation, continuous improvement, and follow-up of HSE&Q Management Systems and ISO activities. Take charge of managing ISO audit programs, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHAS 16001, ISO 17025, and ISO 28000, and promote a culture of excellence and accountability.

• Manage the regular and effective functionality of key networks and committees, such as Corporate, Site, and Asset HSE Committees, shareholder networking, Life Saving Rules and Attribution committees on a regular basis, proactively identifying areas needing progress, escalation, and improvement. Monitor preparation, collection, and update of associated presentations, actions, and communications.

• Oversee production of HSE&Q internal and external reports, including weekly and monthly presentations, board HSE&Q reports, shareholder and regulator reports. Lead the development, monitoring, and reporting of Company HSE&Q and Group KPIs, ensuring alignment and clear reporting across all groups.

• Engage with key shareholders and other national oil and gas organizations to introduce industry innovations and trends and boost collaborations. Oversee benchmarking and experience-sharing exercises, and participate in setting and driving the future HSE&Q strategy, programs, and initiatives required to enable the step-change in culture and performance.

• Drive analysis of the existing HSE&Q processes, and process efficiency and performance improvement reviews, while overseeing execution of employee surveys, audits, and planned site inspections of key HSE activities, tailored where relevant. Assess data to develop meaningful recommendations and solutions, ensuring assessment results and gaps, periodic insight analysis, and strategic plans and actions are communicated to senior management and addressed to drive compliance and premier performance.

Minimum Requirement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or science.
• Training in the implementation and auditing of Quality Management Systems e.g., ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001.
• 12 years’ HSE&Q experience within a major oil and gas operator, with 5 years of supervisory experience.
• Strong understanding of current international standards for HSE&Q systems.
• Extensive experience executing key business processes.

If your experience matches what the client is looking for, send your cv to [email protected] and I shall get in touch with you to discuss your profile.