Permit Specialist

• Lead, manage and support the policies, goals, efforts, and programs of the Dubai Petroleum Company's Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Management System.
• Monitor activities for compliance.
• Facilitate work permit process and meetings ensuring that all permits for authorisation are timely, accurate, complete and compliant with relevant procedures.
• Ensure all the associated issues of work permits are specified, examined, reviewed, and all controls and communications are put in place.
• Coordinate with onshore planning, attend planning meetings, work on weekly plans and assist in shutdown work plans.
• Provide a final check that all cross-referencing requirements identify obvious and potential Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPS).

• At least 10 years in the Oil/Gas industry with a minimum of 5 years in a senior Work Permit supervisory role
• Comprehensive understanding of Gas Plant design, controls, maintenance and operations.
• At least 5 years of experience working with electronic Control of Work system, in a dedicated role as Permit Coordinator or Area Authority, on a live upstream Oil and Gas facility.
• Possess excellent I.T. skills to administer and perform housekeeping of the ePTW system.

12 years secondary education and a two-year technical diploma.