HSE Specialist, Incident and Operational Risk Management
Houston, MS - USA
Job Summary
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RegularPlains is an industry-leading transportation and midstream provider specializing in transportation storage processing and marketing solutions for crude oil. We own an extensive network of pipeline transportation terminalling storage and gathering assets in key oil producing basins and transportation corridors and at major market hubs in the United States and Canada. The company is headquartered in Houston Texas.
Were on the lookout for passionate selfstarters who thrive in fastmoving collaborative and innovative environments.
Position Summary
The HSE Specialist Incident and Operational Risk Management is responsible for leading enterprise incident management operational risk oversight and regulatory compliance activities across the organization. This role ensures effective investigation reporting and remediation of incidents; and administration of the MSA gas monitoring program to protect employee safety and maintain regulatory compliance. The position plays a critical role in strengthening operational discipline risk visibility and continuous improvement across field and corporate operations.
The selected candidate will be eligible for company benefits including Medical Dental Vision Paid Time Off (PTO) and Free Parking.
Key Responsibilities
Incident Management & Investigation
- Lead and oversee enterprise incident management processes including serious incidents near misses and highpotential events.
- Ensure timely incident reporting investigation root cause analysis and corrective action development in alignment with company standards and regulatory requirements
- Facilitate and review incident investigations to ensure quality consistency and defensibility of findings.
- Track trend and analyze incident data to identify systemic risks and emerging trends.
- Provide incident summaries metrics and insights to senior leadership and governance committees.
Operational & Enterprise Risk Management
- Support and maintain the Operational Risk Management (ORM) framework ensuring alignment between risk identification incident learnings and mitigation strategies.
- Partner with Operations Engineering and HSE teams to identify operational risks and drive preventative controls.
- Support enterprise risk registers and ensure incident data informs ongoing risk assessments.
- Participate in crossfunctional risk reviews and assurance activities.
High Risk Potential (HRP) Program
- Lead and administer the High Risk Potential (HRP) Program to ensure consistent identification classification escalation and oversight of highrisk incidents near misses and precursors across the organization.
- Provide governance and quality assurance over HRP event reviews including validation of severity potential risk ranking and alignment with enterprise risk thresholds.
- Facilitate crossfunctional review of HRP events to ensure systemic risks are identified and addressed beyond local corrective actions.
- Ensure HRP events are elevated appropriately to leadership and governance forums with clear communication of risk significance and learnings.
- Track trend and analyze HRP events to identify recurring risk themes weak signals and opportunities for preventative controls.
- Ensure corrective actions resulting from HRP events are riskbased timely and effective with linkage to various programs.
- Integrate HRP learnings into incident management and continuous improvement initiatives.
MSA Gas Monitoring Program
- Serve as the HSE lead for the MSA gas monitoring program.
- Oversee program governance including monitor selection deployment standards calibration requirements and data management.
- Ensure consistent use of MSA gas monitors across field operations in accordance with company standards and regulatory requirements.
- Review and analyze gas detection data to identify exposure trends emerging risks and opportunities for control improvements.
- Coordinate with Operations Field HSE and Training teams to support effective use and understanding of gas monitoring technology.
Training Communication & Governance
- Support development and delivery of incident management PSM and gas monitoring training materials.
- Provide guidance and coaching to field and corporate personnel on incident reporting and risk management expectations.
- Participate in HSE governance forums committees and leadership reviews.
- Contribute to internal standards procedures and OMS documentation related to incident and risk management.
Job Requirements
- Cleared criminal history (background) and satisfactory reference checks
- Compliance with the Companys drug and alcohol policy including pre-employment D&A testing.
- This position is not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. for the duration of their employment
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At Plains our employees are our most valuable asset. Hard work is rewarded with competitive compensation and a top-tier benefits program designed to keep our employees safe healthy and happy. We work hard to deliver the best results to our stakeholders and we also respect our employees need for personal and family time which is reflected in our benefits program.
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About Company
Plains (NASDAQ: PAA) is a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and provides logistics services for crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas. PAA owns an extensive network of pipeline transportation, terminalling, stora ... View more