Oil Spill Response Inspector at Western Development Company Limited (WDCL)

Western Development Company Limited (WDCL) is an independent limited liability company, established in Nigeria for over 13 years ago. WDCL is the sole representative of various overseas companies in the fields of Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical/Electronic Engineering.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Oil Spill Response Inspector

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Contract

Role Purpose

• Inspect oil-spill preparedness and field response activities to verify that containment, recovery, shoreline/land protection, waste handling, equipment readiness, and response records meet approved plans, environmental requirements, and safe-work controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Inspect spill-response bases, kits, booms, skimmers, pumps, tanks, sorbents, PPE, communications, boats/vehicles, and support equipment for availability and serviceability.
• Verify inventory, maintenance, inspection tags, calibration, deployment readiness, access routes, and mobilisation arrangements against response plans.
• Participate in drills and exercises, observe deployment and command interfaces, record gaps, and track improvement actions.
• During an incident, inspect source-control support, containment, recovery, transfer, temporary storage, shoreline/land protection, and cleanup activities.
• Monitor contractor practices, exclusion zones, ignition control, water safety, manual handling, decontamination, and use of suitable PPE.
• Document affected areas, response tactics, recovered volumes, equipment use, waste streams, photographs, coordinates, samples, and chain of custody as assigned.
• Verify recovered oil, contaminated soil/water, sorbents, and debris are classified, contained, transported, and handed over to approved waste routes.
• Escalate ineffective containment, secondary pollution, wildlife/community risk, unsafe practices, or gaps in equipment and personnel capability.
• Prepare daily inspection summaries, demobilisation checks, after-action findings, and auditable evidence for regulatory and management review.

Key Performance Measures

• Response equipment available and serviceable.
• Drill and inspection findings closed by target dates.
• Incident inspection records complete and timely.
• Recovered material and waste fully traceable.
• No avoidable secondary pollution or unsafe response practice.

Qualifications and Experience
Minimum Requirements:

• HND or bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Marine Studies, Occupational Safety, or a related discipline.
• Typically 5 or more years of environmental inspection, oil-spill response, emergency response, marine operations, pipeline operations, or HSE experience.
• Practical knowledge of containment/recovery equipment, field documentation, waste handling, environmental protection, and incident command interfaces.
• Physical capability to work outdoors, near water, in remote terrain, and during extended emergency-response operations.
• Strong observation, photographic documentation, record keeping, and calm stakeholder communication.

Preferred Certifications and Standards Knowledge:

• Recognised oil-spill response or incident-command training is strongly preferred.
• NEBOSH or equivalent HSE certification is advantageous.
• Boat/water safety, first aid, HAZWOPER/hazardous-material, sampling, or waste-management training is desirable according to deployment.

Core Competencies:

• Response equipment readiness inspection.
• Containment, recovery, and cleanup surveillance.
• Environmental and waste-chain traceability.
• Emergency field documentation.
• Safe contractor and community interface.

Reporting and Interfaces 

• Internal interfaces: HSE/environment, emergency response, operations, pipeline/terminal teams, security, logistics, medical, and community relations.
• External interfaces: Response contractors, regulators, waste contractors, laboratories, marine providers, landowners/communities, and specialist advisers.

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online