Manager QHSES Assurance

Job Overview:

The Manager - Field QHSES Assurance is responsible for conducting independent field-based assurance assessments that provide objective insight into the effectiveness of project controls, leadership oversight, and management system implementation.

The role directly contributes to business success by identifying risks before they result in incidents, quality escapes, environmental impacts, security events, regulatory non-compliance, schedule disruption, or reputational damage. Through independent assurance, risk-based analysis, leadership engagement, and coaching, the position helps improve project performance, strengthen accountability, enhance operational resilience, and support informed leadership decision-making. The role delivers value by ensuring that management systems are not only compliant on paper but effective in practice, enabling projects to achieve safe, reliable, compliant, and first-time-right.
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For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.
Essential Qualifications and

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Security Management, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.

Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in EPC project execution, construction, commissioning, fabrication, quality management, HSE management, auditing, assurance, or operational excellence.

Certified ISO Lead Auditor or equivalent recognized auditing qualification in one or more of the following:

ISO 9001

ISO 14001

ISO 45001

ISO/TS 29001 (preferred)
Demonstrated experience conducting audits, assessments, inspections, management system reviews, or assurance activities within complex project environments.

Strong understanding of risk management, critical control verification, management systems, incident investigation, CAPA management, assurance frameworks, and Verification of Effectiveness (VOE).Demonstrated ability to coach, challenge, mentor, and influence project leadership, supervisors, contractors, and frontline personnel.

Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, interviewing, reporting, and stakeholder management skills.

Experience working within high-hazard construction, offshore, fabrication, commissioning, or energy-sector environments.

Willingness and ability to travel extensively to global project, fabrication yard, offshore, and operational locations.#LI-LJ1

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
Execute independent Field QHSES Assurance Assessments across projects, facilities, fabrication yards, and operational sites in accordance with approved assurance plans and business priorities.

Conduct integrated management system and field-based assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of leadership controls, governance arrangements, risk management processes, and QHSES management system implementation.

Independently verify that critical Quality, Health, Safety, Environmental, and Security controls are effectively implemented, understood, and sustained at the point of execution.

Assess the effectiveness of project leadership oversight, workforce engagement, contractor management, supervision, and assurance activities in identifying and managing QHSES risks.

Identify, evaluate, and escalate critical control failures, systemic weaknesses, emerging risks, and weak signals that may impact safety, quality, environmental performance, security, regulatory compliance, cost, schedule, or business reputation.

Provide objective, evidence-based assurance and recommendations to Project Directors, Project Managers, Construction Managers, QHSES Managers, and Operations Leadership regarding the effectiveness of controls, leadership behaviours, and management systems.

Verify the effectiveness and sustainability of corrective and preventive actions arising from audits, assessments, incidents, investigations, client findings, and regulatory reviews through Verification of…