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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
AN INTERNAL SHEA AUDIT?
HOW TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE YOUR APPROACH
By Jodie McEvoy, Asset Officer – Process Safety, Standards & opportunities to improve the approach
Assurance at Wales & West Utilities and YPPC 2019 finalist to auditing SHEA activities within WWU
during my review of the internal audit
WALES & WEST UTILITIES’ (WWU) (SHEA) and engineering activities. policy and procedures.
core business is the safe and secure WWU deploys a highly innovative
transportation, distribution and risk based approach to auditing SHEA The purpose of a SHEA internal audit
storage of gas throughout Wales and activities. However, we continually The purpose of the internal audit is to
the south west of England. To do this, review our approach so that we may: ensure there are appropriate controls in
we continually raise the bar on safety, provide assurance that we are place for SHEA and engineering activities,
looking at ways to improve standards for achieving our SHEA internal audit allowing us to protect the safety of our
customers, colleagues and the public. objectives employees and the community and
WWU is committed to providing a provide assurance that SHEA safeguard the environment from the
reliable gas supply whilst protecting management systems are achieving effects of accidents or incidents.
and helping the environment. We their intended outcomes At its core, it ensures governance
also work hard to give our customers prevent undesired effects and that risk management processes
peace of mind, putting their needs at achieve continual improvement are in place so that we can understand
the centre of our business and offering This paper describes the purpose of and manage uncertainties relating
them excellent service. These objectives internal auditing and examines our SHEA to the achievement of our SHEA
are supported through the audit of management systems. I also describe objectives. It also monitors and
our safety, health, environment, asset how I identified and implemented the measures compliance with legislation
FIGURE 1 WWU’S AMBITION, PRIORITIES AND VALUES
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