Environmental, Compliance & Social Discipline Lead

Job Description

Entity: Production & Operations Job Family Group: HSSE Group Job Summary: Mauritania & Senegal is an exciting new region currently moving through Projects into the Production phase.Known internally as The Environmental & Social (E&S) Discipline Lead is based in our Sunbury offices with regular travel to Mauritania & Senegal. This position is a role model for safety, encouraging a strong speak up and safety leadership culture providingchallenge / coaching / support to the production leadership team to deliver strategic HSE&C improvements.Reporting into the HSE&C Manager for M&S, the role holder is responsible for leading and setting the strategic direction for a department of regulatory compliance, environmental and social specialists. This individual will establish and implement plans, proceduresand systems to provide support and sound technical advice to deliver safe, reliable and compliant operations. Contributes to the strategic development of the Region, leading all aspects of delivery of continuous improvement and actively driving conformanceto BP’s internal standards and OMS sub element 3.6 and 7.1. In more detail, some of thekey accountabilitieswill be to:

• Own the detailed implementation of environmental legal & regulatory requirements and bp Practices, Procedures and Guides. Drives continuous improvement and plan, Production policies with respect to E&S.
• Lead a team of 5 individuals. Act as a role model for E&S in Production encouraging a strong ‘speak up and safety leadership culture. Lead the E&S team in accordance with the Safety Leadership Principles, bp Values and Behaviours, ethics and compliance,rules and processes whilst providing to the team performance management, technical development e.g. excellence and coaching.
• Develop and implement the regional HSSE legal and regulatory requirements. Develop, implement and maintain the regional Compliance Management System.
• Lead the Region’s E&S self-verification plan, conducts self verification, reviews environmental self-verification outputs and modifies/changes activities as a result.
• Deliver and maintain local E&S processes for the region and implements and provides input to bp Upstream segment level Practices, Procedures and Guides.
• Participate in the Upstream E&S Network and owns the E&S field in the Region to maintain the recommended level and capability.
• Provide input to annual HSE budget and planning cycle, handles E&S 3rd party specialist consultants, contractor).
• Working with C&A teams, support social issues (OMS 7.2 and 7.3 dependent on Regional organisation) and Crisis & Continuity Management Emergency Response to support implementation of oil spill preparedness and response.
• Maintain strong communication with key internal (e.g. Health Discipline Lead, HSE Site Advisor, POM) and external collaborators e.g. Regulatory Agencies, represent region in external conferences/networks.
• Handle collection and reporting of Entity E&S Performance Data for Regulatory, Entity, Segment and Group reporting.

Essential Education and Requirements:

• Degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Science or Environmental Engineering/Science related subject.
• Extensive experience in the Environmental and Regulatory Field, especially within the Oil & Gas Sector or high hazard industry.
• Experience leading conversations with the government / regulators
• Strong managerial, communication and partnership skills. Able to flex your style to influence a wide range of individuals.
• Strong solid understanding of Regional HSSE Regulations

Desirable Criteria:

• Postgraduate in Environmental Engineering or Science
• IEMA Membership, or equivalent
• Relevant Contract Accountable Manager training modules
• 1-day Crisis & Continuity Management Emergency Response training
• Resourceful Investigator

Why Join our teamAt bp, we provide anexcellent working environment and employee benefitssuch as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medicalcare package and many others!We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. We will ensurethat individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.Travel Requirement Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role Relocation Assistance: This role is not eligible for relocation Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working Skills: Air Quality Management, Air Quality Management, Biodiversity Management, Carbon Management, Chemical hazard management, Coaching, Community Engagement, Continual Improvement Process, Emergency Response, Environment, Environmental Legal Compliance, Environmentalmanagement, Environment and Social Group Reporting, Environment and Social Project Compliance Analysis, Excellence, HSE, HSSE, Labour rights and modern slavery, Management Reporting, Noise emissions management, Oil spill preparedness and response, RegulatoryCompliance, Regulatory Requirements, Remediation Management, Reviews {+ 6 more} Legal Disclaimer:We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitivefunctioning, veteran status or disability status.Individuals with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screeningsor interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an accommodation related to the recruitment process, pleasecontact usto request accommodations. If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be conting