Role:
NOPSEMA is seeking an experienced Executive Director to providestrategic leadership of regulatory activities across producingassets from within the Regulatory Operations Division. The role isresponsible for leading a risk-based regulatory approach,identifying and responding to emerging industry risks, drivingcontinuous improvement in regulatory practices and influencingregulatory outcomes across industry. The successful candidate willbring extensive leadership experience in a regulatory organisationand/or major hazard industry, supported by a solid understandingof operational risk management across the asset lifecycle.
Key responsibilities:
You will be responsible for leading and guiding ongoingregulatory operations across production facilities and managingoversight of specialist technical advice on production operations,process safety and marine operations to the agency, industry andother stakeholders.
As an experienced strategic senior leader, driving a risk-basedapproach in regulating production operation activities, you willprovide oversight of the use of regulatory powers to result infair, consistent and defendable regulatory outcomes and leadpromotion, advice and influence on activities to titleholders andindustry across all production topics including externalrepresentation and presentations. You will be responsible foridentifying and responding to emerging and systemic industry risksand ensuring NOPSEMA regulatory activities remain focused on areasof greatest risk and regulatory value.
Working collaboratively with other Executive Directors,



you willpromote consistency in regulatory practice, decision making,capability development and the application of regulatory powersacross exploration, development, production and decommissioningactivities.
You will provide leadership of NOPSEMA's safety regulatorydiscipline and work closely with the Deputy CEO – RegulatoryOperations and other Executive Directors to support workforcecapability, succession planning, organisational improvement anddevelopment of regulatory capability.
About you:
To be successful in this role, you will bring extensiveexecutive leadership experience in an objective-based regulatoryorganisation and/or regulated major hazard industry.
You must be able to demonstrate extensive experience inexecutive leadership, not limited to:
major hazard risk management.
regulatory decision making.
offshore petroleum technical safety.
operations associated with offshore petroleum facilitiesincluding FPSO's, MODUs, floating and fixed platforms,pipelines and subsea infrastructure.
process safety and integrity of offshore energyfacilities.
Why work for NOPSEMA?
As a highly skilled, agile, and competent regulator, our people areour number one asset.



NOPSEMA offers competitive remunerationpackages, five weeks annual leave, 18 personal leave days perannum, 18 weeks paid parental leave, 15.4% superannuationcontribution and flexible working arrangements.
Guided by our values of professionalism, ethics, independence,leadership and collegiality the decisions we make and the actionswe take affect individuals, businesses, communities and theenvironment. Our people can make a difference. Grow yourcareer in the offshore energy sector.
NOPSEMA is committed to a fair, flexible, safe and rewardingworkplace which allows for diversity amongst all its employees.Applicants who are First Nations people, come from a diversecultural or linguistic background or have a disability areencouraged to apply.
RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbilityscheme you will be invited to participate in further assessmentactivity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme,declare you have a disability and meet the minimum requirements forthe position. For more information see
Please note that the closing date for this position is
6October ****.
Applications must be submitted by the closing date. Anyapplications received beyond the closing date will not beconsidered.
Please note this recruitment process will be valid for a periodof 18 months and may be used to fill ongoing and non-ongoingpositions within the Australian Public Service at this level orsimilar that arise over the 18-month period.
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