Critical HSE Ingredients, Characteristics Needed in the Energy Industry

The biggest issues with a robust HSE culture in energy include:

  • Promoting the alignment of the project/team senior management and team members in fully establishing HSE as a core project/team value
  • Understanding the importance of both overt management statements and actions and implicit messages for enacting HSE as a value
  • Enhancing the positive impact of day-to-day project/team management behaviors, actions and communications on HSE at the place of work
  • Exploring and developing personal leadership qualities and understanding how to apply them specifically to improve HSE climate and performance in a project/team environment
  • Discussing projects/team challenges and identifying team solutions
  • Defining HSE leadership commitments for the project/team
  • Generating pragmatic and achievable leadership actions to meet objectives and achieve world class HSE performance on the project/team
  • Preparing ourselves in communicating our commitments and expectations to teams

“We understand the ineffective leadership at the senior management level inevitably leads to a lack of vision and strategy; at the middle management level a lack of skills needed to create and nurture a work safe culture, and at the frontline, supervisory level, a lack of success in the actual implementation and delivery of these safety systems,” said Werner.

Furthermore, ineffective management at all levels is the greatest impediment to developing a workable and sustainable health and safety environment.  

“Leadership is not a position but a role and this role should emphasize that HSE is everybody’s business,” Werner said.

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James Johnson  |  May 01, 2014
Great article, I would say another aspect of producing a thriving safety culture is mentorship from the safety member. I see across the board that we are more concerned with industry experience than real safety/education. I understand the aspect of walking the walk amongst our oil/gas peers but at one end of the spectrum you see minimum education/training requirements but high regards for oil experience. That equates to a young rig hand that hasnt messed up, knows the business so we will elevate him to the level of keeping our employees and site safe. Typically this person is hand picked because he is a "yes" man and that is very dangerous for the industry. I have gotten many looks in reference to my safety and military background but when questioned about time in the industry the interview goes south. The energy industry is a very dangerous arena and an educated strong safety individual can provide the mentorship needed to negate any injuries or accidents regardless of the industry


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