Safety Specialist

Spencer Ogden; North Dakota; Sur place; USD 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Spencer Ogden seeks a Safety Specialist to support active oil & gas field operations in Watford City, North Dakota. This contract-embedded role emphasizes promoting safe work practices, conducting field inspections, and ensuring OSHA compliance across drilling, completions, production, and related activities.

You will lead toolbox talks, reviews, and hazard analyses while maintaining safety records and coaching field crews and contractors on best practices for a safe work environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional safety experience in oil & gas or energy infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA regulations and hazard identification.
• Experience conducting field inspections, safety audits, JSA/JHA reviews, and incident investigations.
• Ability to communicate effectively with field personnel, contractors, and management.
• Comfortable working outdoors in an active industrial environment.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills.

Responsabilités

• Conduct daily field safety inspections, audits, and hazard assessments across active oil & gas operations.
• Identify unsafe conditions and behaviors, recommend corrective actions, and follow through on hazard mitigation.
• Lead toolbox talks, safety meetings, and Job Safety Analysis (JSA/JHA) reviews.
• Monitor compliance with OSHA regulations, company safety policies, and site-specific procedures.
• Support incident and near-miss investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective action tracking.
• Oversee safe work practices involving lockout/tagout (LOTO), confined space entry, fall protection, excavation, and heavy equipment operations.
• Provide safety orientations, onboarding support, and ongoing field safety coaching.
• Maintain accurate inspection reports, incident documentation, training records, and safety observations.
• Collaborate with field supervisors, contractors, and project leadership to strengthen safety performance.
• Support emergency response planning, preparedness, and safety drills.

Connaissances

Safety experience

OSHA regulations

Field inspections

Incident investigations

Outils

JSA/JHA

LOTO

Description du poste

Safety Specialist – Oil & Gas Field Operations

Location: Watford City, North Dakota

Employment Type: Contract

Industry: Oil & Gas / Energy Infrastructure

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Safety Specialist to support active oil & gas field operations

in Watford City, North Dakota. This position will be responsible for promoting safe work

practices, conducting field inspections, identifying and mitigating workplace hazards, and

ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations and site-specific safety requirements.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on HSE experience in upstream oil & gas operations,

including drilling, completions, production, well intervention, or oilfield services, and be

comfortable working directly with field crews and contractors.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct daily field safety inspections, audits, and hazard assessments across active oil & gas operations.
• Identify unsafe conditions and behaviors, recommend corrective actions, and follow through on hazard mitigation.
• Lead toolbox talks, safety meetings, and Job Safety Analysis (JSA/JHA) reviews.
• Monitor compliance with OSHA regulations, company safety policies, and sitespecific procedures.
• Support incident and near-miss investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action tracking.
• Oversee safe work practices involving lockout/tagout (LOTO), confined space entry, fall protection, excavation, and heavy equipment operations.
• Provide safety orientations, onboarding support, and ongoing field safety coaching.
• Maintain accurate inspection reports, incident documentation, training records, and safety observations.
• Collaborate with field supervisors, contractors, and project leadership to strengthen safety performance.
• Support emergency response planning, preparedness, and safety drills.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional safety experience in oil & gas, energy infrastructure, industrial construction, or similar field environments.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA regulations, hazard identification, and workplace safety procedures.
• Experience conducting field inspections, safety audits, JSA/JHA reviews, and incident investigations.
• Ability to communicate effectively with field personnel, contractors, and management.
• Comfortable working independently in an active, outdoor industrial environment.
• Strong organizational, reporting, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct upstream oil & gas experience involving drilling, completions, production, frac operations, or well intervention.
• Previous experience supporting oilfield operations in the Bakken or Williston Basin.
• OSHA 30, H₂S, PEC SafeLand, and First Aid/CPR certifications.
• Experience with contractor safety management, emergency response, and high-risk field operations.
• Outdoor work in varying weather conditions.
• Schedule may include extended hours or rotational assignments based on