Risk and Compliance Officer

MMT Consults - Risk and Compliance Officer

MMT Consults is a dynamic Human Resource Consulting and General Services firm dedicated to delivering innovative, practical, and sustainable solutions that empower organizations to achieve excellence. We partner with businesses across diverse sectors to optimize their people, processes, and performance, ensuring growth, efficiency, and long-term success.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Risk and Compliance Officer

Location: Dopemu, Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Risk and Compliance Manager is responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating operational, financial, regulatory, health and safety, environmental, and reputational risks across the filling station.
• The role covers all station operations, including the storage and sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), CNG vehicle conversion services, the lubrication bay (Lube Bay), and the sale of lubricants and other automotive products.
• The successful candidate will ensure compliance with applicable Nigerian laws, industry regulations, company policies, and established safety standards. The role also involves conducting risk assessments, monitoring internal controls, investigating irregularities, coordinating compliance audits, and advising management on measures to protect company assets, employees, customers, and business operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Risk Identification and Management

• Identify and assess operational, financial, commercial, regulatory, environmental, and reputational risks across all station business units.

• Develop and maintain a risk register detailing identified risks, their likelihood, potential impact, mitigation measures, and responsible officers.

• Conduct periodic risk assessments covering fuel storage, dispensing operations, CNG facilities, vehicle conversion activities, the lube bay, inventory, cash handling, and staff activities.

• Develop risk mitigation plans and monitor the implementation of agreed control measures.

• Advise management on emerging risks and recommend practical strategies to prevent operational disruptions and financial losses.

• Review incidents, near misses, control failures, and recurring operational problems to identify root causes.

• Monitor the effectiveness of risk management procedures and recommend improvements.

• Regulatory Compliance

• Monitor compliance with applicable Nigerian laws, regulatory requirements, permits, licences, and operating standards relevant to petroleum retail, gas dispensing, automotive services, and related business activities.

• Maintain a compliance register showing applicable requirements, responsible officers, renewal dates, reporting obligations, and evidence of compliance.

• Coordinate the timely renewal of applicable permits, licences, certifications, and statutory approvals.

• Monitor relevant requirements of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), environmental authorities, and other competent regulators, as applicable to the station’s activities.

• Ensure that operational units comply with approved procedures and applicable regulatory conditions.

• Review company policies and standard operating procedures to ensure they reflect current legal and regulatory requirements.

• Coordinate regulatory inspections and ensure that required records and supporting documentation are available.

• Track regulatory findings and ensure corrective actions are implemented within agreed timelines.

• Health, Safety and Environmental Risk Management

• Oversee the implementation and monitoring of the station’s health, safety, and environmental management framework.

• Conduct or coordinate routine safety inspections and risk assessments across fuel dispensing areas, storage facilities, CNG installations, conversion workshops, and the lube bay.

• Ensure that appropriate procedures are in place for fire prevention, fuel spills, gas leaks, emergencyshutdowns, equipment failures, and other foreseeable emergencies.

• Monitor the availability, inspection, and maintenance of fire extinguishers, emergency equipment, gas detection systems, warning signs, and other required safety installations.

• Ensure that staff receive appropriate safety induction, refresher training, and emergency response training.

• Monitor the use of personal protective equipment and compliance with safe operating procedures.

• Ensure that used oil, filters, contaminated materials, and other operational waste are handled and disposed of in accordance with applicable environmental requirements.

• Investigate accidents, injuries, near misses, and safety breaches, and recommend preventive and corrective measures.

• Ensure that unsafe activities are stopped and serious hazards are escalated immediately to management.

• CNG Operations and Conversion Risk Oversight

• Assess risks associated with CNG storage, compression, dispensing, vehicle conversion, cylinder handling, and related technical activities.

• Verify that required technical inspections, certifications, maintenance records, and safety documentation are maintained.

• Monitor whether CNG conversion services are performed by appropriately qualified and authorised personnel using approved equipment and procedures.

• Ensure that risk assessments address gas leaks, fire, pressure-related hazards, equipment failure, and unsafe vehicle installations.

• Review incident reports and monitor the closure of corrective actions relating to CNG operations.

• Ensure that appropriate emergency response procedures are available and understood by relevant personnel.

• Escalate technical safety concerns to competent engineering or technical specialists.

• The Risk and Compliance Manager provides oversight and assurance; special