Drilling Safety Coordinator (Safety and Environment)📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Eram Talent is collaborating with a global Oil & Gas client to recruit a Drilling Safety Coordinator (Safety and Environment). This full-time, field-based position involves serving as the primary HSE Advisor for assigned operations divisions and group rigs. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with safety, loss prevention, environmental protection, and occupational health standards across drilling and workover operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Operations Division Field HSE Advisor for assigned rigs, overseeing all matters related to safety, loss prevention, environment, occupational health, and compliance.
• Conduct frequent internal HSE audits and ad-hoc field inspections in accordance with the client's Safety Management System (SMS) and relevant HSE/Operations standards.
• Complete Non-Conformance Reports (NCR) for each inspection and develop SMARTER action plans for all audits.
• Assist engineering, operations, and HSE teams in maintaining and developing safety processes related to risk management, safety training, asset integrity, and emergency preparedness.
• Lead and/or contribute to comprehensive incident investigations through all stages, ensuring meticulous completion and review of all related reports.
• Conduct internal pre-commencement inspections for new rigs and support rigs in developing action plans to close out findings identified during official pre-commencement inspections.
• Pre-assess assigned rigs for RHSEI, Well Control, LPD, Corporate, and EPD audits, and support teams in addressing and closing out findings identified by official audit teams.
• Act as a dedicated mentor to assigned rig foremen regarding all HSE matters.
• Guide and evaluate rig safety officers to ensure strict compliance with Unconventional Resources (UR) Drilling requirements.
• Assess rig workers, leaders, and managers on behavioral safety through frequent rig visits, active participation in safety/operations meetings, and on-the-job HSE awareness initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in drilling safety and environmental compliance.
• Demonstrated expertise in HSE advisory and oversight within oil and gas operations.
• Experience with internal HSE audits, inspections, and incident investigations.
• Ability to develop and implement action plans for audit findings and non-conformance reports.

Work Environment

This is a field-based role requiring presence at assigned operations divisions and group rigs. The position involves active participation in operational settings to ensure safety and environmental compliance.

Application Process

Candidates who meet the qualifications are encouraged to apply for this full-time Drilling Safety Coordinator position.