Occupational Health Lead

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Own and govern the Occupational Health (OH) management system and strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate requirements, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices
• Provide subject-matter expertise on Occupational Health matters
• Lead medical emergency preparedness across offshore assets, including medevac coordination, drills, response protocols, and readiness assessments
• Review and assure offshore medical facilities, equipment, competencies, and clinical procedures to ensure operational readiness and compliance
• Support OH requirements through all FPSO project phases, ensuring integration of OH considerations throughout the asset lifecycle
• Manage external OH service providers, including offshore medics, telemedicine vendors, and specialized clinical support contractors
• Lead OH reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and data governance processes, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and reliability of OH data used for risk identification and decision-making
• Conduct internal verifications, readiness reviews, and audits of Occupational Health programs to confirm compliance and continuous improvement
• Review, validate, and support Health Risk Assessments (HRAs), exposure monitoring programs, and industrial hygiene activities, ensuring identification, evaluation, and control of workplace health hazards
• Ensure compliance with relevant offshore Occupational Health regulations, flag-state requirements, and applicable ILO/IMCA guidance, integrating ISO 45001 principles into OH programs and systems

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Nursing, or related field
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the offshore Oil & Gas industry, or closely related industry
• Demonstrated experience in preventive healthcare and Occupational Health program delivery
• Experience working as an Offshore Medic is preferred
• Ability to work effectively across cultures and in diverse geographic environments
• Proven capability in developing, governing, and analyzing global OH KPIs, leading indicators, and health performance trends for senior leadership review
• Experience supporting FPSO or offshore operations is desirable

Skills:

• Proactive and able to work independently, applying a structured and systematic approach
• ​Team player with strong stakeholder influencing capabilities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication and presentation skills influence and align varied stakeholders
• Ability to challenge constructively while proposing practical, risk-based solutions
• Ability to identify and implement pragmatic approaches to Occupational Health challenges
• Solid understanding of Occupational Health management systems, practices, and standards
• Knowledge of offshore medical facility requirements and familiarity with IMCA/ILO guidance
• Strong competence in industrial hygiene, including HRAs, exposure assessments, and interpretation of occupational exposure limits (OELs)
• Familiarity with relevant international Occupational Health codes, standards, and regulatory frameworks
• Experience in incident assessment, medical aspects of investigations, and root-cause analysis
• Competency in data analytics and interpretation of health-related datasets