Tullow Kenya Jobs and Careers

Tullow Kenya BV is a subsidiary of Tullow Oil Plc, Africa’s leading independent oil & gas exploration and Production Company.

We have a strong presence in Kenya and are looking for exciting talent to join our exciting team in these exciting times. At Tullow, T = Talent and our ‘T for Talent’ development program enables all our employees to reach their full potential. Currently, we are looking for:

Asset Protection (Security) Manager

Job Purpose:

Provide leadership through development and delivery of the Asset Protection strategy for Tullow operations in Kenya in order to ensure appropriate operational security controls are in place and corresponding emergency response preparations have been made.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Asset Protection team and security contracts.
• Plan and execute Tullow security strategies to protect people, assets, operations and projects within Kenya.
• Develop and implement Asset protection standards and procedures (e.g. Security Plan, CEM plans, business continuity plan).
• Collate and analyse security related information to allow summary reporting of relevant risk information and adaptation of appropriate security controls.
• Oversight of travel security for visitors and journey management across Tullow operations in Kenya.
• Oversight of the Kenya Incident Management Team and coordination of emergency response training in alignment with the Group Crisis and Emergency Management (CEM) Programme.
• Business continuity planning and preparedness
• Manage oversight of investigations into security breaches, incidents or loss of assets.

Qualifications and experience:

• A degree in a relevant area of study in security risk management, disaster management, international relations or other related discipline;
• experience and knowledge of security management crisis & emergency management, disaster preparation and business continuity planning; programme and project management;
• experience working within the oil and gas or similar industry;
• experience of working in Kenya or East Africa, with an active network with authorities in Kenya;
• experience of working in remote and hazardous environments.

Environmental Advisor

Job Purpose:

To advise in-country operations on all aspects of environmental compliance by developing and managing an operational and environmental permitting and licensing plan to enable the activities of the company to proceed in full compliance with national, international, Tullow and industry based standards; and by establishing, documenting, implementing and maintaining an EMS that fulfills the requirements of ISO 14001:2004.

Responsibilities

• Establish regulatory and permitting requirements.
• Manage compilation of environmental reports (EIA’s) and submission of environmental permitting and licensing applications to relevant Government authority/agency
• Compile, collate and disseminate permitting/license status reports to all relevant internal and external parties
• Compile, collate and maintain all relevant records relating to environmental permits and license applications, and status thereof
• In collaboration with Group Environmental Manager, establish, document, implement and maintain EMS for the Kenyan operations that fulfills the requirements of ISO 14001:2004.
• Manage field officers to implement environment management plan and ensure compliance with all legislation.
• Establish, document, implement and maintain project specific environmental management, waste management and oil spill response plans.
• Support local management by establishing and maintaining relationships with Government agencies and departments
• Provide assistance and support to Local Management.
• Ensure Tullow compliance with all applicable environmental legislation within the organisation and contractor operations.

Qualifications and Experience:

A degree in Environmental Sciences or related field with 8-10 years working experience in environmental related practices, preferably in the oil and gas industry; working knowledge of the Kenyan environmental legislation and Kenyan ESIA assessment and approvals process; skills in environmental compliance auditing and monitoring.

Field Environmental Health & Safety Superintendent

Job Purpose:

Monitor and supervise the implementation of Tullow Kenya policies and procedures on all field operations sites for drilling and related activities. Provide advice, support and training in the development and implementation of operational safety plans and procedures in compliance with Tullow EH&S Management System including functional EHS authority/oversight over all activities.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the requirements of Environmental Health & Safety Management Systems (EHSMS).
• Provide technical advice and support in relation to the development, implementation and monitoring of EH&S plans and procedures;
• Advise on issues of compliance to Company EH&S policies and local regulatory Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) requirements industrial best practices;
• Carry out monitoring, inspection, reporting and resolving audit issues.
• Implement risk management procedure in respective operations, monitor Permit to Work (PTW), Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and maintain risk registers;
• Active monitoring and periodic reporting on EHS activities and EHS performance indicators.

Qualifications and experience:

• A degree in Sciences with core Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) qualifications such as NEBOSH oil and gas international/national certificate.
• At least 5 years proven experience of managing EHS in a corporate operational environment of oil and gas operations;
• knowledge of identification & control measures of operational risks/hazards.

Send your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, valid email address, and the names and telephone contacts of three professional referees.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Closing date: Friday 4th May 2012

Off Muthithi Road, Tausi Court, 3rd Floor
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100

e-mail: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke

Website: www.adeptsys.biz