Deepwater Compliance Technician

Overview

A Deepwater Compliance Technician is responsible for reviewing BSEE and EPA required plans, ensuring unbiased observations, verifying correction of deficiencies, conducting site safety visits, and working with government agencies.

Responsibilities

• Review BSEE and EPA required plans, procedures, diagrams, and manuals referenced on the Compliance Checklist.
• Ensure that all observations are unbiased and made independently of production operations.
• Verify all deficiencies are corrected from the last inspection done.
• Conduct site safety visits on well work projects, lift boats, drilling rigs, and decommissioning projects.
• Conduct accidents, incidents, spills, near misses, and other special investigations as requested.
• Work with government agencies as requested by the HSE Supervisor (USCG, BSEE).
• Review lockout/tagout of long-term and temporary equipment.
• Ensure all identification signs are in the proper places as referenced in the Compliance Checklist.
• Cross-reference platform downtime with device testing that requires shut-ins to ensure that the testing is being done as noted in the BSEE worksheets.
• Participate in the daily safety meeting, as applicable, and discuss relevant SEMS and compliance topics and answer SEMS-related questions.
• Assess each operator who does safety device testing by visually watching them do tests on random equipment and report observations.
• Test operators on SEMS by asking where plans, policies, and procedures are located.
• Complete Compliance Checklist and review it with the applicable PIC and field foreman.
• Submit Checklist to the email distribution identified by the HSE Supervisor.
• Duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 5+ years of offshore oil and gas industry experience and familiarity with BSEE/USCG/EPA safety, environmental testing, and related programs.
• Experience testing Fire and Gas devices, subsea safety valve testing, etc.
• Good organizational skills are necessary along with the ability to multi-task.
• Excellent writing skills are required.
• Strong interpersonal skills are required.
• Proficiency in MS Office and other related software required.
• Should be familiar with offshore production equipment.