Health and Environmental Superintendent

About the role

Geo-Jade Petroleum’s South Basra Integrated Project is looking for an experienced Health and Environmental Superintendent to lead occupational health and environmental management across its operations in Basra, Iraq. The role reports to HSSE and works on a daily/rotational basis to ensure workforce health protection and environmental compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Implement and maintain an Occupational Health Management System for all SBIPRO sites.
• Design and oversee pre‑employment, periodic and exit medical fitness‑for‑duty programs.
• Develop a comprehensive Occupational Health Surveillance Programme to detect and prevent occupational illnesses.
• Establish and manage a Medical Emergency Response System, including field response, site medical readiness, country‑level coordination and MedEvac arrangements.
• Lead industrial hygiene activities, exposure monitoring and workplace health risk control.
• Ensure compliance with Iraqi health and environmental regulations and company HSSE standards.
• Implement, monitor and continuously improve Environmental Management Systems to prevent degradation, control emissions, discharges, waste and pollution.
• Provide technical health and environmental input to operational and project decision‑making.

Required profile

• Minimum 10 years of solid experience in health, safety, security and environment (HSSE) within the oil & gas sector.
• Proven leadership in occupational health programs and emergency medical response.
• Strong knowledge of Iraqi health and environmental legislation and international HSSE standards.
• Ability to work on‑site in Basra on a daily or rotational schedule.

Required skills

• Occupational health management
• Industrial hygiene and exposure monitoring
• Medical emergency response planning
• Environmental management systems