HSE Lead - CPO

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Job Summary

Alaska Overview
The Alaska segment primarily explores for, produces, transports and markets crude oil, natural gas and NGLs. We are the largest crude oil producer in Alaska and have major ownership interests in the Prudhoe Bay, Kuparuk and Western North Slope asset areas. Additionally, we are one of Alaska’s largest owners of state, federal and fee exploration leases, with approximately one million net undeveloped acres at year-end 2024. Alaska operations contributed 14 percent of our consolidated liquids production and two percent of our consolidated natural gas production.

Kuparuk Overview
The Greater Kuparuk Area includes the Kuparuk River Unit, approximately 40 miles west of Prudhoe Bay, which encompasses the Kuparuk Field and six nearby satellite fields.

The Kuparuk Field is one of the largest onshore producing fields in the United States with more than 500 active producing wells. Kuparuk maintains an active development program. Field installations include three central production facilities that separate oil, natural gas and water, and a seawater treatment plant.

The Greater Kuparuk Area includes the Kuparuk River Unit, which consists of the Kuparuk Field and six satellite fields. Field installations include three central production facilities which separate oil, natural gas and water, and a seawater treatment plant. In 2024, we operated two drilling rigs and two workover rigs. The Nuna project, which targets the Moraine reservoir, was sanctioned in 2023 and achieved first oil in the fourth quarter of 2024. The Coyote reservoir discovered in 2021 progressed to development in 2023 with additional wells drilled in 2024 and planned for 2025.

In 2024, net crude oil production in the Greater Kuparuk Area averaged 63 MBOED.

Position Overview

The HSE Lead position serves as the ConocoPhillips on-site safety and health resource supporting the Alaska Capital Projects organization (CPO). The role provides technical safety guidance and assistance to ensure a safe working environment that is consistent with HSE policies, procedures, directives, and guidelines.

This a North Slope-based position with a 2 week on/2 week off work schedule.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Identify safety risks, issues, & mitigation strategies & communicate to HSE & CPO Leadership

• Participate as required in Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and project level risk assessments

• Facilitate design team travel to the North Slope by ensuring proper training and escort requirements are met

• Monitor the HSE-by-Design process in Capital Projects Management System (CPMS) AK to ensure compliance by engineering firms

• Review design documents for HSE elements

• Participate in internal Project Management Team (PMT) status meetings and coordination meetings with engineering firms

• Assist in evaluating contract scope in compliance with the Contractor HSE Management Policy

• Assist in development of HSE RFP provisions

• Assist in the review and evaluation of HSE component of contractor bid submittals

• Lead the HSE Readiness process in CPMS AK for each contractor

• Review contractor Site Specific HSE Plans and Job Safety Analyses (JSA’s)

• Perform pre-construction hazard evaluations

• Conduct or coordinate contractor pre-job safety orientation

• Monitor contractor compliance with regulatory and company safety expectations

• Assist in performance of Contractor HSE Management System audits

• Audit contractor’s compliance with requirements of the Construction HSE Assurance Plan (CHAP) in CPMS AK

• Facilitate incident investigations and assure all action items are completed in a timely manner per company policy

• Ensure that incident reports, rates, and incident trends are current and available for review by the project team

• Provide training to project management team on safety processes, policies, directives, and procedures

• Serve as CPA representative during regulatory agency inspections

• Liaison with each contractor’s HSE staff in implementation of CPA requirements

• Assist in Predictive Indicator Tool process in CPMS AK for each contractor

• Assure action items from self or corporate compliance audits are addressed in a timely manner

• Interact with the medical group, as needed, to properly classify injuries or illnesses

• Consult with other CPA safety professionals to assure a consistent application of health and safety programs

Basic/Required:

• Legally authorized to work in the United States

• Current/valid driver's license

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Public Health, Engineering, Physical or Biological Science, or related HSE field or foreign equivalent

• 5 or more years of HSE experience in the oil and gas industry

• Willing and able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to work in a remote work location on a 2 week on/2 week off work schedule

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in a health or safety related field

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or Associate Safety Professional (ASP)

• 1 or more years’ experience in reviewing design documents

• 1 or more years’ experience working with third-party contractors to cost-effectively achieve business goals

• Intermediate knowledge of safety/health regulations and their applicability to oil and gas operations

• Intermediate knowledge of health standards and regulations, monitoring strategy and methodology, and toxicological effects

• Able to effectively maintain and repair various equipment and troubleshoot as needed, e.g., direct reading equipment

• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to maintain positive relations with HSE & CPO team members, ConocoPhillips business partners, & regulatory representatives

• Proven ability to interact within layers of internal & external organizations

• Actively communicates and takes time to safely perform work to protect our people and environment

• Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by holding others accountable and standing up for what's right

• Delivers results through realistic planning to accomplish goals

• Builds effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical

Apply By: 

Dec 15, 2025

Sponsorship:

ConocoPhillips’ sponsorship for employment authorization in the U.S. is NOT available for this position.

EEO:

In the US, ConocoPhillips is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.