HSSE Advisor - Operational Safety

Sarawak, Malaysia

Job Family Group:

Health, Safety, Security, and Environment

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

March 18, 2026

Business Unit:

Upstream

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role

As HSSE Advisor you will provides support for all production, maintenance, project, and turnaround activities in SMDS. Demonstrates strong Safety Leadership by fostering and sustaining a high‑trust partnership with Production, Maintenance, and Contractor‑Partner teams to drive best‑in‑class safety performance.

What you’ll be doing

• Provide specialist expertise, support, and leadership in the effective implementation of the HSE Management System and critical safety processes.
• Conduct regular assurance activities on critical safety procedures—such as Permit to Work, Heavy Lifting, and Confined Space Entry—through process efficiency reviews and on-site verification.
• Support the Contractor HSE Management Team by verifying project contractors’ HSSE management processes during both pre‑award and post‑award stages, including pre‑qualification and HSSE assessments.
• Ensure high‑quality Incident Management by overseeing incident reporting, classification, investigation, and close‑out assurance.
• Develop and manage a comprehensive onboarding process for Shell staff, contractor partners, and visitors, including delivery of Site Safety Inductions and facilitation of security badge activation once HSSE competency requirements are met.
• Provide oversight of action‑tracking systems (e.g., SONAR, SPHERA) to ensure timely follow‑up and completion of all critical actions.
• Coordinate the communication of significant updates to safety‑related documentation and processes, preparing and presenting approved safety messages to relevant audiences.
• Support delivery of key HSE initiatives such as Process Safety Fundamentals, DROPS, Hand Injury Prevention, Frontline Work Execution, and Start Work Checks.
• Ensure HSSE competency requirements are clearly defined, embedded within controlled documents, and updated in line with evolving standards while keeping stakeholders informed of impacts and required actions.
• Drive positive cultural change through behavioural safety programs (e.g., Safety Refresh, Goal Zero Walks) to reinforce desired safety behaviours.
• Collaborate with the Technical Safety Team on formal assessments (e.g., HAZIDs, HAZOPs, LOPA) and inspections.
• Provide subject‑matter expertise on Industrial Hygiene and chemical handling requirements for the site.
• Serves as the site‑registered Safety and Health Officer (SHO) in compliance with DOSH regulatory requirements.
• Certified Internal Auditor for OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001, and ISO 9001, providing assurance on effective implementation of management systems.
• Acts as the Site Process Focal Point for designated HSSE Control Framework Manuals, ensuring alignment with corporate standards and regulatory expectations.
• Communicates effectively across all organizational levels, including Contractor‑Partners, to ensure consistent understanding and implementation of HSSE requirements.
• Maintains strong working relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders—Management, Staff, Contractors, and Government Authorities—while continuously identifying opportunities to enhance the site's HSSE performance.

What you bring

• Possesses working experience in the Oil & Gas or Manufacturing industry, with solid exposure to operational and HSSE requirements.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of HSSE Management System implementation, including the Shell HSSE & SP Control Framework and other applicable minimum standards such as HSE MS, MHMS, and GEMS.
• Holds working knowledge of OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001, with practical application in compliance and assurance activities.
• Experienced in applying the Hazards & Effects Management Process (HEMP) to identify, assess, and control operational risks.
• Certified internal auditor for the Shell HSSE & SP Control Framework, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and ISO 9001, ensuring robust governance and continuous improvement across HSSE processes

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What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
• international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs.

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

Shell in Malaysia

Shell has been a partner in fueling Malaysia’s progress for over 130 years. Our journey with the nation is intertwined – in as much as Shell has played a role in growing the country’s energy sector, Malaysia has also played a significant role in the company’s progress.

Our business has diversified from a modest kerosene venture to a group of companies engaged in every aspect of the modern oil and gas business.

Today, Shell maintains a strong multi-faceted presence in the country through our longer-term investments, innovation-sharing, and impact on local communities.

We helped pioneer Malaysia’s oil and gas industry and fueled its growth. We discovered Malaysia’s first oil onshore, then took the industry offshore, and most recently into the technically challenging depths of Deepwater.

Shell’s strong retail network fuels the journeys of millions of Malaysian motorists every day. In fact, Shell is even able to offer one of the most differentiated fuel and lubricant products, some of which were pioneered right here in the country.

We fueled the ambitions of Malaysians: whether the generations of retail business partners; thousands of Shell scholars over the years; young entrepreneurs from our Livewire program; or Shell staff and alumni who are Malaysian luminaries today.

Shell continues to be one of the top employers in Malaysia with thousands employed in our upstream, midstream and downstream businesses, as well as in our service and support functions.

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