Environmental Sustainability Specialist

5 days ago


Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom Prax Full time
Job Title: Environmental Sustainability Specialist

About Prax

Prax is a leading British multinational independent upstream exploration and production company, refining, storage, distribution, and sales conglomerate dealing in crude oil, petroleum products, and biofuels, headquartered in London. Our mission is to conduct business responsibly, placing excellence, integrity, and philanthropy at the heart of everything we do.

Job Purpose

The Prax Upstream Environmental Sustainability Specialist will be responsible for ensuring the Company's environmental objectives are met during its exploration, appraisal, development, operations, and decommissioning activities, both onshore and offshore. The Environmental Sustainability Specialist is also responsible for ensuring compliance with Prax Upstream's internal Policies and BMS Procedures and guidelines, including maintaining existing and future Prax Upstream's accreditations, such as ISO 14001 & 45001, and ensuring relevant environmental and other statutory provisions continue to be met.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure compliance with environmental relevant statutory provisions throughout the full life cycle of Prax's onshore and offshore operations
  • Verify ownership for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading scheme
  • Prepare and submit permit applications, including PETS Applications (Master Application Templates) for drilling, pipeline operations, wells, production operations, decommissioning, and standalone, SAT Application Types (Consent to Locate, Marine License, etc.), Permit preparation, ops, drilling, and future surveys, etc.
  • Administer EEMS database, set OSPAR EEMS requirements, prepare OPEPS, Environmental Impact Assessments, and Environmental Statements (ES), ES Addenda, where required, PPC submissions, and related environmental assessment (BAT assessments)
  • Propose and monitor against annual environmental targets and objectives, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual environmental returns, Annual OSPAR public statement
  • Manage approved permits/consents, PON 1; PON2 reporting, OCR Non-compliance Notifications, OPPC Non-compliance Notifications, Chemical tracker – custodian of, Production, Vent, and Flare consents, Management of other discharge consents – OPPC, ETS, etc.
  • Record environmental training, exercise, and drills and submit annual return on same to BEIS
  • Waste management oversight (and audits)
  • Liaise with other West of Shetland Operators to exchange relevant environmental information and lessons learned, Hurricane's Fisheries Liaison Officer, Relationship Owner for Shetland Isle Council and Highland and Islands
  • PPoC for operational matters with; BEIS, JNCC, SFF, NGO's, Other consultees, Fishsafe
  • Contract Owner; OSRL, Shetland Oils Spill Response
  • Represent Prax at UK O&G Enviro Forums (typically monthly)
  • Lead environmental survey responses/consultations (various), including but not limited to, Atmospherics Technical Group, Energy and Climate Policy Forum, Gas Forum, Environment Operators Technical Group, Government Relations Group
  • Responsibility for audits; Offshore audits and monitoring, Permanent member of Prax's audit team, Onshore environmental office monitoring
  • Management of ES commitment list
  • Interface management BES/TFMC/PFML – regarding environmental matters
  • Involvement with chemical selection/testing and registration as necessary
  • Participation in gas management monitoring and strategy development
  • EMS Owner as part of BMS, EMS Audit coordinator
  • Responsible for offshore environmental compliance
  • Monitor changes to environmental legislation and advise Prax personnel, maintaining appropriate records
  • Support and participate in emergency response management as a member of the Aberdeen/Weybridge CRT and where appropriate OCU in Aberdeen
  • Ensure compliance with HSSE&Q corporate policies and applicable legislation, participate in development as appropriate
  • Establish, review (and revise as necessary) Environmental policy and plans remain current for Prax Upstream activities
  • Demonstrate proactive environmental leadership
  • Compliance with all Company HSSE&Q protocols, processes, and procedures
  • Support to Aberdeen-based ERSC response facilities as required
  • Ensure that all activities are carried out in a safe manner complying with all regulatory requirements, legislation, and Prax HSSE&Q procedures
  • Support/lead Incident investigations as required

Qualifications

  • Technical degree or equivalent (with relevant application to the oil and gas industry)
  • Chartered Member of professional environmental body
  • ISO 14001 Lead Auditor

Personal Skills/Attributes Required

  • Ability to communicate with technical and other discipline specialists
  • Strong communication, influencing, and presentation skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment
  • Self-driven to meet work targets and deadlines
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

The Package

As well as your salary, here are just some of the things you can expect when working as part of our team here:

  • Pension
  • Annual bonus
  • Life assurance cover
  • Critical illness cover
  • Income protection
  • Optional private medical insurance cover
  • Gym membership allowance
  • A health cash plan
  • Free On-Site Parking
  • 25 days annual holiday entitlement


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