EHS Specialist - Safety

Diversified Energy Co.; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation in the United States is seeking an EH&S Specialist - Safety reporting to the Director of Safety. This safety-focused role includes environmental support, training leadership, and coordinating enterprise-wide safety programs. The position emphasizes field engagement, incident resolution, and regulatory compliance in support of diverse assets across the Appalachian Basin and expansion regions.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience working directly for an oil and gas operator with safety and environmental responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Leads enterprise-wide safety training efforts and engages audiences.
• Manages safety management system documents across evolution and in the document management system.
• Coordinates Safety Leadership Committee meetings and incident investigations.
• Provides field EHS support, assessments, inspections, and project management.
• Advances safety culture through mentorship and collaboration with operations.

Skills

Public speaking

Training delivery

Project management

Team leadership

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental, Health, Safety, or related discipline

Tools

BI Dashboards

Co-Pilot/AI tools

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

COMPANY PROFILE

Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation (“DGOC”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diversified Energy Company PLC, a US-based company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE) under the ticker symbol “DEC”. Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation (DGOC) is an established owner and operator of producing conventional and unconventional natural gas & oil wells and midstream pipelines and compression stations concentrated in the Appalachian Basin in the United States. Headquartered in Birmingham, AL, our field operations are located throughout the Appalachian Basin in the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In 2021, Diversified announced our expansion into our Central Regional Focus Area, which includes producing areas within Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

POSITION SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES

The EH&S Specialist - Safety will report to the Director of Safety.

This is a safety-focused role with additional responsibilities to provide environmental support on a periodic basis. Growth opportunities are heavily influenced by a willingness to become proficient in broad Environmental, Health and Safety roles.

Special focus will initially be placed on:

• Leads enterprise-wide safety training efforts. Provides effective training that engages the audience.
• Leads management of safety management system documents across evolution from creation, collaboration and placement in the document management system.
• Maintains a strong bias for action and engagement with field-based EHS representatives. Coordinates bi-weekly sharing sessions. Seeks to understand the safety challenges of operations and works collaboratively to develop solutions.
• Provides enterprise-wide support to assigned assets, participates and leads selected enterprise-wide strategic programs and projects.
• Coordinates Safety Leadership Committee meetings
• Serves as a conduit for all incidents, near miss, Good Catch, and Stop Work Expectations, moving incidents from response to corrective action and closure using the Novara system
• In support of field EHS representatives, performs engaging field visits, assessments, inspections, training, and project management.
• Provides guidance and assistance to field operations and operations leaders.
• Assess the safety needs of supported areas and systematically address the issues identified.
• Collaborate to solve problems with creative solutions to produce significant results.
• Contribute to and influences team priorities as a strong team member or leader.
• Seeks the ideas and opinions of others. Encourages and motivates teams to accomplish results.
• Fosters trust by building relationships first and then successfully provide mentorship to operations in safety and environmental matters.
• Makes recommendations after anticipating work/project requirements and considering business impact and risks.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• 3 to 5 years of experience working directly for an oil and gas operator with safety and environmental responsibilities is strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of all computer tools including Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Co-Pilot, Business Intelligence Dashboards and metrics is required. Experience with AI tools is a plus.
• Must be able to present EHS training topics in an engaging manner, based on experience presenting in front of large groups
• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental, Health, Safety, or related discipline is desired.
• Be an ASP, CSP, CHSO or have a safety certification, or be in the process of becoming certified. At a minimum, must be willing to seek safety credentials, preferably a CSP.
• Safety-focused coursework is preferred.
• Willingness to learn broad environmental and regulatory topics through immersion.
• Basic understanding of oil and gas operations, equipment nomenclature and typical usage, implications for compliance with environmental, health and safety laws.
• Effective project management, business writing, presentation, training and leadership capabilities.
• Having both environmental and safety experience is strongly preferred.
• Have direct experience with incident investigations and corrective action development.
• Spill management and cleanup experience.
• Have proven versatility and ability to adapt rapidly to business conditions

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Prolonged periods working at a desk in front of a computer.

Additional Requirements

• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time.