SURF HSE Lead Services – VENUS Project (Offshore Namibia) – Based in London
📍 Mission Context :
The VENUS Deep Offshore Project is a key project for TotalEnergies, marking the first Oil & Gas facilities to be installed in Namibian waters, at a 3,000 m water depth, with uncommon reservoir characteristics and a CAPEX exceeding 10 BUSD.
The project involves the drilling and completion of 38 wells (19 producers, 19 injectors), representing a DRILLEX exceeding 3 BUSD, with approximately two-thirds required to be ready before the First Oil date.
The VENUS Project aims to maximize economic results by optimizing reserves, schedule, and costs, while reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and maintaining the technical quality of the installations, with high H3SE requirements and focus.
The role requires regular interaction with teams across multiple locations, including the Contractor's engineering office, the Contractor's yards, France, and Namibia.
Location: London
🎯 Key Responsibilities:
Reporting to the SURF Manager, with a functional interface with the Project H3SEQ entity, you will be responsible for:
- Supervising and coordinating all activities related to Health, Security, Safety, Societal, and Environment (H3SE) matters for the VENUS SURF package during the EPCI phase, in compliance with TotalEnergies and TEEPNA policies, Project specifications, procedures and objectives, international standards, and local requirements;
- Being responsible for the implementation of the HSE Management System for the package;
- Promoting H3SE culture within the project and proposing H3SE objectives for the package;
- Ensuring that Project and package H3SE policies, requirements, procedures, and objectives are properly implemented and achieved on the SURF package by COMPANY teams, the SURF Contractor, and all its subcontractors, across all SURF package sites.
This is a highly transverse role, involving numerous interactions with the various project stakeholders.
✅ Requirements :
- Professional experience: 10–20 years, including experience on EPCI projects;
- Experience in similar positions: 10 years minimum in the same or an equivalent role;
- Education: Engineering degree or equivalent;
- Languages: English mandatory, with strong communication skills; ability to work in a multicultural environment.
📄 Practical Details
- Location: London
- Contract duration: minimum 1 year, up to 5 years