Industrial Hygienist #25190
Company: Nexen Inc.
Job Description
Job ID: 4266
Location: Fort McMurray/Long Lake
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Department: Oil Sands - HSE&SR - LL
Posting Close Date: 01/31/2012
Nexen has an excellent asset base and big opportunities for employees. What we do and how we do it means you get the chance to do more at Nexen.
Working for Nexen, the operator of Long Lake, is an opportunity to work for one of the top companies in Canada. Nexen is a Canadian-based oil and gas company with international operations. We're committed to working collaboratively, building our assets and finding new ways of developing our oil and gas resources - conventional and unconventional - through innovative adaptation of technology. This leads to a sustainable outcome, creating value for all of our stakeholders. At Nexen, it's not just what we do that makes us worldwide leaders - it's how we do it.
Long Lake is Canada's newest major oilsands development and the first to integrate in-situ Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) technology with onsite upgrading on a large scale. With input capacity of 70,000 barrels per day of bitumen, Long Lake is the largest SAGD facility in the world. The facility also employs a unique and proprietary upgrading solution that results in production of a Premium Synthetic Crude (PSCTM) oil that is superior to any other produced from the Canadian oilsands - at a distinct cost advantage over other operations.
Long Lake is located approximately 40 km southeast of Fort McMurray, in the Athabasca oilsands of northeastern Alberta. The lease is estimated to hold approximately six billion barrels of bitumen. As operator, Nexen is currently focused on ramping up production to reach an output capacity of 60,000 barrels per day of PSCTM.
This position is a Fort McMurray based position; therefore relocation is required. We offer highly competitive housing/rental assistance programs to all successful candidates.
Nestled in the boreal forest at the confluence of four rivers, Fort McMurray is a thriving, modern and culturally diverse city of 80,000 people. It's a vibrant community rich in history, with an unlimited potential for the future. Fort McMurray offers an attractive lifestyle for individuals and families, including state-of-the-art recreational and cultural facilities, big-city amenities and, of course, the great outdoors.
Position Overview
To ensure that Long Lake identifies and reduces or eliminates any workplace health hazards. To provide information to Long Lake employees regarding ways to reduce the risk of injury or illness from occupational hazards.
Compressed Work Schedule
This position is not eligible for Nexen's corporate Compressed Work Schedule (CWS). Long Lake employees work an Earned Day Off (EDO) Schedule.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
- Design and implement the occupational hygiene programs;
- Observe processes, procedures, and operating conditions, both inside and outside work sites;
- Develop strategies for evaluating the work site to determine the degree of risk;
- Advise management and employees about regulations, standards, legal compliance, risk assessment, and ways to reduce risk;
- Collect and analyze samples to assess worker exposure to physical, chemical, and biological agents;
- Interpret the results of exposure surveys to assess the degree of risk and determine requirements for remedial action;
- Prepare and review product safety and health data;
- Review product and process design to minimize risk of injury or illness;
- Conduct investigations into suspected work-related health problems;
- Recommend ways to control workplace hazards through engineering methods, improved work procedures, and protective equipment.
Education/Experience
- Bachelor of Science;
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Hygiene/Industrial Hygiene;
- Certified Industrial Hygienist;
- Registered Occupational Hygienist;
- Valid Driver's License;
- Candidates should possess 10 years’ experience in Industrial Hygiene;
- Working knowledge of computerized documentation systems;
- Strong interpersonal skills;
- Able to work independently;
- Strong decision making/problem solving abilities;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Core Competencies
Adaptability/Managing Change: Ability to embrace new technologies, meet emerging market demands, respond effectively to changing conditions, apply continuous improvement techniques and create new business opportunities.
Leadership: Ability to achieve desired results by encouraging and supporting the contributions of others possession of required knowledge, skills and experience to work effectively with others throughout the organization.
Teamwork: Knowledge, skill and ability to work effectively with others to achieve optimal collective results.
Communication: Ability to speak and write clearly and succinctly in a variety of settings and styles; ability to secure information, listen effectively and get messages across that have the desired effect.
Global Cultural Sensitivity: Ability to work successfully in any community by effectively handling cultural, political and economic differences.
Technical/Operating Skills: Possession of appropriate technical and operational knowledge, skills and experience to ensure performance at a high level of accomplishment.
Initiative: Think critically and act logically to evaluate situations and generates required steps to ensure success.
Total Business Understanding: Knowledge and expertise in formulating competitive strategies and managing policies, practices, trends and information affecting the total business.
Closing Statement
Nexen Inc. offers a competitive compensation and benefits package and excellent opportunities for growth and advancement.
No agency or telephone inquiries please. Only resumes of candidates being considered will be acknowledged.
https://www.nexeninc.com/en/Careers/CurrentOpportunities/NexenOpportunities.aspx