Audit & Assurance Lead

Location:

Aberdeen (AB15) – Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

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Advertiser:

Apache Corporation

Job ID:

130158775

Posted On: 

08 March 2024

Specific Responsibilities

Audit & Assurance Lead for Apache Corporation will be a member of Apache’s EH&S department at the company’s Aberdeen office reporting to the EH&S Sr Manager.

Executes the following functions.
Audit and Assurance Focal Point is also responsible for clearly identifying areas of non-compliance and best practice and ensuring that these are addressed with the respective 
department managers and Technical Authorities. The position requires occasional offshore 
travel to Apache North Sea Assets.

• Act as the lead for Apache’s audit and assurance activities, specifically related to 
Operations, EHS, drilling and projects
• Act as Content Authority for the regions Internal Assurance Strategy document, 
ANS-AL-001
• Responsible for ongoing management of, and tracking compliance with, the ANS 
Assurance Schedule
• Responsible for coordinating Contractor Management audits and the onboarding 
process for new Contractors
• Plan, coordinate and lead assurance activity as outlined within the ANS Assurance 
Schedule
• Responsible for producing monthly and quarterly audit and assurance reports for 
management. Conducting trend analysis to identify areas for improvement and 
use this to influence audit and assurance schedule
• Responsible for quality control of the information within the Audit & Assurance 
Management System
• Responsible for facilitating the timely, and accurate, communication of key audit 
findings to the relevant department managers and Technical Authorities
• Champion the adoption of best practice through the review of audit actions, 
identifying key trends and direct interface with the action owner
• Provide coaching to offshore and onshore based individuals on auditing best 
practices and the use of the Apache Assurance process
• Work with the regions Technical Authorities to define audit content and the risk 
based frequency for each audit
• Act as a proponent for Process Safety and Operational Integrity by ensuring that 
audit actions can be linked to barriers via the process safety bow-tie model
• Support the development of Operational procedures and BMS strategy documents 
as required
• Participate/lead incident investigations as required
•Supports Corporate objectives, 
rollouts etc. across Apache’s North Sea.

Key Interfaces
• Proactively facilitates enhanced collaboration and interaction between onshore EH&S
and all other Apache departments, including operational assets.
• Interface with core subcontractors to ensure that Apache’s EH&S Expectations are 
understood and adhered to

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Possesses a relevant University degree or relevant HSE qualification(s) (e.g., NEBOSH) 
etc.
• Relevant supporting technical/ industry qualification(s) – i.e Lead auditor or ISO 
qualification
• Offshore medical and survival/ MIST training certificates are necessary. Offshore visits 
as required.
• Comprehensive understanding, strong working knowledge of and experience in 
implementing and complying with HSE related legislation (on & offshore), corporate, 
national & international standards, and industry best practices. 
• Experience in incident investigation using COMET/TOPSET/Tripod methodologies or 
similar.
• Proven track record working within the Oil and Gas Industry
• Excellent IT skills, including MS office

Desirable
• Working knowledge of information management systems and databases would be 
advantageous

Behavioural Traits
• Self-motivated, dynamic and efficient individual with a track record of delivering at 
pace
• Strong facilitator of improvement and change management.
• Strong team player with excellent communications skills, written and verbal.
• Excellent analysis and problem solving.
• Strong EHS culture.
• Is an efficient self-starter with an ability to work alone and as part of a team, prioritize 
tasks, and deliver against deadline.
• Exhibits excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.

Competencies

The successful candidate should demonstrate and exhibit the following core competencies:

-Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
-Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache’s business success;
-Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
-Culture: Willingness and ability to align one’s behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.

Company Overview

Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living. We are committed to providing oil and natural gas in more innovative and sustainable ways to help meet the world’s energy needs.

Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA). Apache and other affiliated subsidiaries have operations in the United States, Egypt and the United Kingdom’s North Sea and exploration opportunities offshore Suriname.

For additional information about APA Corporation, : apacorp.

Apache Statement on Hiring

To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to base all employment-related decisions and actions exclusively on employment-related criteria. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide broad dissemination of job opportunities, as consistent with the nature of the positions. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to review its employment-related policies and actions on a regular basis to ensure that their application is consistent with their intent.

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