Duration and location

• Location: Buliisa, Uganda
• Commencement date: ASAP
• Duration: 12 months
• Status: Rotational

Reporting line: Start-Up Manager and Field Manager

Activities
HSE / RSESD role

• Ensure a bridging document, endorsed by all parties, is developed to cover all routine and non-routine activities on Kabaale Hub, whether conducted by LA operators, EACOP, GMOC or other Contractors, and ensure full compliance with Affiliate and Site HSE Management Systems.
• Contribute to the development of the Emergency Response Plan.
• Approve the bridging document and Emergency Response Plan.
• Ensure all actions are implemented to meet Affiliate and site HSE objectives (LTIF, TRIR, environmental discharges including flaring, Tier 1 and Tier 2 events, observation reporting, Life Saving Checks, Joint Safety Tours, etc.).
• Ensure implementation of and adherence to an Environmental Management System in accordance with ISO 14001 requirements, including the Waste Management Plan.
• Coordinate preparation of a single Site HSE dossier for the perimeter.
• Ensure all Integrity barriers, including SECEs, remain operational and are maintained in a timely manner. Raise a deviation or DGS if barriers are deficient.
• Define and implement safety measures to mitigate safety and environmental risks on site. Review and acknowledge all Risk Assessments.
• Declare and manage any downgraded situation. Define immediate mitigation measures and corrective actions.
• Approve SIMOPS dossiers and ensure adherence to SIMOPS dossier requirements.
• Acknowledge all PTWs (co-signature with GMOC, LA operators and EACOP).
• Ensure adherence to the defined external and internal audit schedule and follow up on post-audit action plans.
• Ensure site organization readiness to respond to emergencies. Monitor GMOC adherence to personnel mandatory training, weekly drills, and the availability and functionality of necessary resources.
• Attend on-site Emergency Response as advisor and liaison officer to the Tilenga site and Kampala. Ensure implementation of actions required by contingency plans, including Oil Spill Response. The position of On Scene Commander remains to be defined.
• Ensure accurate reporting of all HSE KPIs, including HSE events through Synergi.
• Lead investigations following recordable incidents, HIPO, Tier 1 and Tier 2 incidents, and other incidents as deemed necessary. Ensure REX is issued accordingly.
• Promote HSE culture on site through daily high visibility on site and through HSE meetings and talks.
• Ensure all personnel on site adhere to the Company Code of Conduct, Ethics and Site Internal Rules.
• Ensure best hygiene practices are enforced.

Operations

• Represent TotalEnergies EP Uganda Company / Tilenga operator in the field.
• Ensure smooth coordination and performance of all on-site activities for all entities (Production, Maintenance, Inspection, Construction, Logistics, Hospitality and Catering, HSE, Security, Community Relations, LA operators, EACOP, GMOC and other Contractors such as SMC). Ensure resources are adequate. Identify and coordinate co-activities between all parties and ensure associated risks are managed.
• Liaise with GMOC on specific activities, such as pig reception and metering skid line change-over.
• Contribute to activity planning, approve work programs and arbitrate as deemed necessary. Lead the 5WLA planning.
• Implement site management tours at all locations under the role’s responsibility.
• Monitor actual execution of work programs against plan.
• Monitor all site production activities to meet efficiency and objectives, including OPEX.
• Approve main procedures and instructions.
• Ensure accurate daily reporting of activities.
• Ensure equipment failures are reported, documented and investigated, and that detailed action plans are issued and followed.
• Contribute to optimization and troubleshooting. Propose modifications or adjustments as deemed necessary to improve reliability or availability and reduce costs.
• Enforce recommendations from the Affiliate Support team (Production Methods, Well Performance, etc.).
• Participate in defining and approving the scope for shutdowns and major campaigns.
• Ensure adherence to the Field Operations Management System, including meeting TOR and schedules, and the Management of Change Procedure.
• Contribute to evaluation of Contractor performance.
• Monitor the welfare conditions of site personnel to ensure an acceptable standard is maintained.
• Implement the reward and sanction policy.
• Mitigate societal risks prevalent in the area of operation with the assistance of community and security resources.
• Participate in budget preparation and maintain a cost-control system on site. Ensure clear and precise reporting and timekeeping of activities performed by GMOC and under other contracts for further cost allocation.

Context and environment
There is no equivalent project of such industrial drilling magnitude in a remote and sensitive area within the Group today.
The Tilenga oilfields are partly situated in a protected National Park, partly beneath the River Nile wetlands area, and within a densely populated area in a rural and remote part of Uganda. Activities are exposed to the risk of major incidents with severe potential consequences due to the local environment and the significant presence of NGOs.
Factory Drilling, with one well delivered every four days using three drilling rigs simultaneously, requires standardization of equipment and procedures, strict enforcement of Drilling & Well instructions, and safe and efficient logistics management on site. The project is focused on delivering the lowest possible cost, which requires challenging TotalEnergies design concepts as well as substantially challenging the TotalEnergies referential.
The project operates in a multicultural environment, with Contractors anticipated to be located in various parts of the world. Ugandan rules and regulations, administrative requirements, technical authorizations and international codes for onshore plants apply.
The project FID was signed in Q1 2022, drilling operations started in Q2 2022, and the Ready For Start-up (RFSU) target is July 2026.

Accountabilities

• Accountable for compliance of all site activities with international and Ugandan laws and regulations, Company Rules, and Affiliate and site HSE Management Systems.
• Guarantor of personnel safety, environmental protection and property safeguard.
• Accountable for achieving production targets while meeting HSE, budget and planning objectives.

Qualifications and experience required

• Qualification: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering (e.g. Petroleum, Industrial or Mechanical) or a degree in Industrial Chemistry.
• Experience: Minimum 10 years of broad practical experience in maintenance and production operations at onshore or offshore sites.
• Experience as Site Manager or Production Superintendent or HSE Superintendent at a medium / small site, and/or as Head of Production Methods or HQ Exploitation Support Engineer, is the minimum requirement.
• Recognized leadership in an Oil & Gas operating environment.
• Sound knowledge of TotalEnergies policies, rules and specifications.
• Demonstrated capabilities in HSE, personnel management, and technical / operational matters.
• English is mandatory.
• OPERCAP + evaluation passed.