Emergency Preparedness and Response Lead at Exxon Mobil Corporation

Job Title: Emergency Preparedness and Response Lead

Job Summary
What role you will play in our team:

• The Emergency Preparedness & Response (EP&R) Lead will lead in the coordination of EP&R business activities through the provision of functional guidance and support, focusing on a high level of preparedness. 
• The individual is required to augment and strengthen the organization’s EP&R requirements. 
• The right fit is a “personnel with strong EP&R competencies who will coordinate EP&R activities across the Nigeria BU. The position provides flexibility and career mobility in the SHE Organization.
• Position to be resident in Lagos but expectation is to visit site(s) to test Emergency Response capabilities

Responsibilities
What You Will Do:

• The ideal candidate should, among other things:
• Acts as a focal point for emergency preparedness and response by leading/coordinating development of functional preparedness guidance in areas such as emergency response, business continuity, and oil spill response
• Leads and develops Response Teams’ support activities including training and exercises
• Leads development of functional guidance and training for emergency preparedness and response personnel
• Promotes and leads networks or communities of practice for emergency preparedness and response, oil spill response and business continuity
• Applies analytical approach in assessing and improving the health of ER mitigative safeguard at an asset level or above (e.g., BL level)
• Designs and coordinates/leads major exercises and assessments such as business line and regional exercises and OIMS/EPR assessments
• Leads/coordinates development and delivery of formal emergency response/business continuity plan training such as leadership training, Incident Management (ICS) and Advanced Emergency Support Group (ESG)
• Promotes and leads risk or capability assessments to validate emergency response and business continuity preparedness
• Scans external environments via participation in trade associations/benchmarking efforts and applies learnings across sites.
• Coordinates communication of company position on emergency preparedness and response matters and corporate citizenship via trade groups or industry forums, or when appropriate, directly to government agencies.
• Facilitates global application of company EPR standards, advocacy, best practices, processes, tools, and procedures within business units
• Leverages EP&R SME expertise and EM’s scale and experience via EP&R networks to solve unstructured problems (e.g., mitigative safeguard deficiencies) throughout the value chain.

About You
Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering. A higher degree in Risk / Safety Engineering would be an added advantage 
• 10+ years relevant experience in EP&R coordination in an Oil and Gas Company 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs. Proficiency in consequence assessment modelling tools, like PHAST, would be an added advantage
• Fluency in written and spoken English, especially as it applies to technical and business communications.

Behavioral expectations:

• In addition to strong interpersonal & communication skills (written and verbal), candidate should possess:
• Innovative: produces/promotes novel ideas
• Courage of Conviction
• Prioritizes and manages risk
• Creates business value to increase competitive advantage
• Develop others by demonstrating ownership and influencing others to take initiative
• Strategic: develop/deploy long-term, effective strategies
• Ability to work in challenging environments, including extended stay at offshore facilities.

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience:

• Has a general understanding of spill exercises and preparedness efforts and familiar with spill response models, understand limitation and input needs 
• Understands NEBA/SIMA consideration of specific spill scenarios and how the approach can be used before (strategic NEBA and SIMA), during (operational NEBA and SIMA) and after a spill   
• Familiar with spill prevention methods for potentially higher risk areas such as marine facilities and river crossings for example 
• Solid understanding of concepts of spill cleanup techniques and equipment to monitor and evaluate, mechanical containment, recovery, sorbents, dispersants, herders, and in situ burn 
• Solid understanding of the benefits of specific response options for various spill scenarios; able to describe the weather window and environment conditions for spill response equipment 
• Knowledgeable about guidance on local regulatory compliance related to spill prevention and response 

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

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Official Job Website: https://jobs.exxonmobil.com/job/