Audit & Assurance Lead

Job Description

We are currently recruiting an Audit & Assurance Lead for out client in Aberdeen on a staff basis.

Provide competent EHS advice to ensure continous improvement and drive best practice across the North Sea operations. Through focused delivery of the Audit and Assurance schedule the Audit and Assurance Lead is responsible for acting as the overall focal point for the assurance activities.
Audit and Assurance Focal Point is also responsible for clearly identifying areas of non-compliance and best practice and ensuring that these are addressed with the respective department managers and Technical Authorities. The position requires occasional offshore travel to company Assets.
• Act as the lead for company audit and assurance activities, specifically related to Operations, EHS, drilling and projects
• Act as Content Authority for the regions Internal Assurance Strategy document
• Responsible for ongoing management of, and tracking compliance with, the Assurance Schedule
• Responsible for coordinating Contractor Management audits and the onboarding process for new Contractors
• Plan, coordinate and lead assurance activity as outlined within the Assurance Schedule
• Responsible for producing monthly and quarterly audit and assurance reports for management. Conducting trend analysis to identify areas for improvement and use this to influence audit and assurance schedule
• Responsible for quality control of the information within the Audit & Assurance Management System
• Responsible for facilitating the timely, and accurate, communication of key audit findings to the relevant department managers and Technical Authorities
• Champion the adoption of best practice through the review of audit actions, identifying key trends and direct interface with the action owner
• Provide coaching to offshore and onshore based individuals on auditing best practices and the use of the Assurance process
• Work with the regions Technical Authorities to define audit content and the risk based frequency for each audit
• Act as a proponent for Process Safety and Operational Integrity by ensuring that audit actions can be linked to barriers via the process safety bow-tie model
• Support the development of Operational procedures and BMS strategy documents as required
• Participate/lead incident investigations as required Supports Corporate objectives, rollouts etc. across the company.

Desired Qualities/Qualifications

• Possesses a relevant University degree or relevant HSE qualification(s) (e.g., NEBOSH) etc.
• Relevant supporting technical/ industry qualification(s) – i.e Lead auditor or ISO qualification
• Offshore medical and survival/ MIST training certificates are necessary. Offshore visits as required.
• Comprehensive understanding, strong working knowledge of and experience in implementing and complying with HSE related legislation (on & offshore), corporate, national & international standards, and industry best practices.
• Experience in incident investigation using COMET/TOPSET/Tripod methodologies or similar.
• Proven track record working within the Oil and Gas Industry
• Excellent IT skills, including MS office

Desirable
• Working knowledge of information management systems and databases would be advantageous