Senior Quality & Risk Lead for Energy Projects

Head Energy Consulting AS; Stavanger; On-site; NOK 1,000,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension and insurance schemes

Access to courses

Career guidance and mentoring

Job summary

Head Energy Consulting AS is seeking a seasoned Quality & Risk Lead to drive risk governance and quality assurance across projects in the oil and energy sectors. The role focuses on risk identification, incident handling, and continuous improvement, with close collaboration to project control, suppliers, and partners.

Fluent English is required, Norwegian is a plus, and the candidate will support the assets by following up deviations and ensuring timely actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering or science.
• Experience in quality and/or risk management in oil and gas or energy.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and ISO 31000.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the identification and handling of risks and criticalities, and follow up risk-reducing actions.
• Facilitate the handling of quality incidents, changes, nonconformities and deviations, and follow up actions until they are closed.
• Facilitate and take part in work process performance analysis, root cause analysis and quality incident investigations, and share lessons learned.
• Monitor QRM targets, KPIs and trends, and drive continuous improvement.
• Set up, coordinate and follow up quality assurance plans, in line with internal audit and other business units.
• Represent QRM in contracting and supplier follow-up.
• Plan and carry out quality and risk campaigns.
• Give hands‑on support to the assets, with a strong focus on following up deviations and actions and closing them on time.
• Be part of the project leadership team and make sure the project is planned and run in line with the company management system and project development model.
• Lead quality and risk governance within a project, working closely with project control, suppliers, and partners.
• Cooperate extensively with the extended QRM network.

Skills

Quality management

Risk management

Project governance

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering or science

Tools

ISO 9001

ISO 31000

Job description

Head Energy Consulting AS is seeking a seasoned Quality & Risk Lead to drive risk governance and quality assurance across projects in the oil and energy sectors. The role focuses on risk identification, incident handling, and continuous improvement, with close collaboration to project control, suppliers, and partners.

Fluent English is required, Norwegian is a plus, and the candidate will support the assets by following up deviations and ensuring timely actions.