Global CHESS Lead – Oil, Energy

Main Purpose:
The Global CHESS Lead – Oil, Energy & Infrastructure provides functional leadership across a global portfolio of oil, energy, and infrastructure assets, including wholly owned and joint venture (JV) operations.

This role supports Portfolio Managers, Asset Directors and other business leaders by driving CHESS (Community, Health, Environment, Safety, Security) performance, risk assurance, and strategic alignment.

A key aspect of the role is to lead the development and execution of Occupational Health and Process Safety Frameworks across the corporate CHESS function – embedding critical risk controls, building capability, and ensuring consistent application across high-hazard industries.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Process Safety, Environmental Sciences, or related field (Master's preferred)
• 10+ years of CHESS leadership experience in high-risk industries, with strong exposure to process safety management
• Proven Capability in developing and executing corporate-level OHS and PSM programs.
• Strong Understanding of international standards (e.g., ISO 45001, API RP 754, CCPS guidelines)
• Experience working across owned and JV asset structures in global contexts
• Strategic and systems thinking
• Expertise in process safety and high-hazard operations
• Performance monitoring and risk assurance
• Stakeholder influence & JV engagement
• Cultural agility & change leadership
• Continuous improvement & learning culture

Key Responsibilities

1. Portfolio CHESS Leadership

• Lead the development and execution of CHESS strategy, across the oil, energy and infrastructure portfolio.
• Lead all aspects of performance monitoring and risk assurance for:
• Portfolio-level CHESS programs (e.g., critical risk controls, process safety barrier management, environmental performance)
• Owned oil, energy and infrastructure operations, ensuring operational rigor and consistent application of corporate standards/expectations.
• JV operations, where the company holds influence or shared accountability for CHESS outcomes
• Ensure escalation of critical risks, major events, and performance deviations to appropriate governance structures
• Promote continuous improvement through the sharing of incident findings, best practices and innovations.
• Drive alignment to group-level CHESS frameworks, management systems, and compliance obligations, including regulatory and industry standards related to process safety (e.g., API RP 754, CCPS)

2. Occupational Health, Safety & Process Safety Leadership

• Lead the design, execution, and governance of occupational health and process safety standards across the corporate CHESS function.
• Champion process safety management (PSM) programs, including barrier management, integrity operating windows, safe systems of work, and hazard/risk analysis (e.g., HAZOP, LOPA)
• Develop and monitor implementation of OH and process safety KPIs, leading indicators, and risk-based assurance activities.
• Build organizational capability through tools, training, and functional leadership across OH and Process safety.

3. Strategy, Governance & Compliance

• Support group-level CHESS strategic planning and embed risk-informed decision-making across portfolio operations.
• Provide oversight and input into internal and third-party CHESS audits, management reviews, and compliance assessments
• Ensure management systems align with relevant international standards (e.g., ISO 45001, ISO 14001, API, ICMM, etc.).

4. Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a trusted advisor to Portfolio Managers, Asset Directors, and senior operational leaders.
• Lead strategic CHESS engagement in JV settings, driving influence strategies and supporting strong CHESS governance.
• Represent the function in corporate forums, regulatory engagements, and key industry working groups related to safety and sustainability.

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

Reporting Structure

• Reports to Global Head of CHESS

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.