Offshore Environmental Inspector x 2

Offshore Environmental Inspector x 2 (with reserve list)

Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED)

Salary: £68,800 - £75,700 (Salary is inclusive of a Specialist Environmental allowance of £34,600 pa. The base salary range without this allowance is £34,200 - £41,100)

Contract: Permanent

About OPRED

The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) is responsible for developing, administering and ensuring compliance with the environmental regulatory regime for the UKCS, in relation to offshore oil and gas exploration, production, decommissioning, gas unloading and storage, and carbon storage.

The Offshore Environmental Inspectorate is a team within OPRED which works to protect the environment through implementation of the United Kingdom’s offshore environmental regulations.  To ensure continued high standards of environmental performance and protection we are looking for a suitably experienced and qualified person to join the Inspectorate Team. The team brings together individuals with varied but specific work experiences and skills in order that all environmental aspects associated with offshore oil and gas activities are competently monitored.  The post requires excellent organisational and management skills.  

About your role

Part of a dynamic team, your role will be diverse and involve all aspects associated with the regulation of environmental legislation and pollution prevention within the offshore oil and gas industry.

Your key responsibilities will include:

1. Working closely with offshore operators and owners to ensure required implementation and compliance with offshore environmental regulations through assessment, inspection, investigation and enforcement of matters covered by legislation;

2. Assessing submissions made to OPRED by operators and owners for regulatory approval or acceptance;

3. Contributing to the fulfilment of a planned inspection programme to achieve agreed targets, and have responsibility for maintaining a regulatory overview of a portfolio of owners and operators and their offshore assets;

4. Investigating contraventions of offshore legislation. This may involve the preparation of reports to the relevant prosecution authorities;

5. Participating in an on-call incident response rota in order to liaise with industry on offshore oil & gas incidents and to ensure that operators and owners respond to any pollution incident in accordance with their oil pollution emergency plans;

6. Representing OPRED on industry workgroups. Whilst inspection will be the main focus of your job, you may also be required to undertake other activities in the support of OPRED’s regulatory function to help achieve OPRED’s objectives.

You will need to actively develop and maintain effective liaison with assigned industry representatives, other Government departments and agencies as well as other non-governmental organisations on environmental issues.

Essential criteria

The successful candidate will have a relevant degree in a science, engineering, environmental or related subject and:

1. be able to demonstrate significant oil and gas experience in a relevant technical role such as combustion plant operations, production operations, drilling operations, well engineering, maintenance management, subsea; or

2. have a proven track record of inspection, regulation or enforcement in the oil & gas or a related industry.

It is mandatory that applicants pass the UK offshore medical and survival training requirements.

It is desirable but not essential that applicants have qualifications covering or experience of combustion plant design, operation and maintenance or related atmospheric pollution, or the design, operation and maintenance of alternative technologies.

Qualifications

Degree in a science, engineering, environmental or related subject. It is desirable but not essential that applicants have qualifications covering or experience of combustion plant design, operation and maintenance; or regulation of related atmospheric emissions; or the design, operation and maintenance of alternative technologies.

Behaviours

You will be assessed on the following Technical Skills at Sift and Interview

1) Apply Specialist / Technical Knowledge

Make quality assessments and review technical content. Assist in the development of the longer term and strategic issues related to projects. Identify and assess risk and, with established specialist skills, respond to both unforeseen and actual situations. Guide and advise others on the appropriate specialist and technical standards and methods for specific investigations or projects.

2) Statutory Requirements

Understand and apply the statutory, and non-statutory where applicable, requirements relevant to the role. Ability to explain to others, both within and outwith the Department, what needs to be done to fulfil these requirements and thereafter monitor their compliance. Comment on the content and limitations of existing or proposed regulations. Define, promote and challenge standards, codes of practice and assurance processes.

Sift

CV and Personal Statement.

Statement of suitability, explaining what you will bring to the role will be scored against the skills, experience and essential criteria required for the advertised role. Personal statement maximum word count: 750

Interview

• Making effective decisions
• Communicating and influencing
• Delivering at pace
• Specialist/Technical Knowledge
• Statutory Requirements

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Closing date: 11:55pm, Friday 15th July 2022.