Deputy HSE Manager (Piling and Foundations)

Position objectives

HSE planning and systems

• Establish an HSE management system and ensure it is properly implemented across organizational locations and operations.
• Prepare HSE plans and safe work procedures for assigned work sites and ensure project-specific requirements and standards are implemented.
• Develop and monitor a zero-accident strategy, identify risks, and ensure preventive actions and adequate precautions are in place.
• Develop emergency plans, check compliance, communicate HSE policy objectives, and maintain processes for communicating system effectiveness.
• Update projects on new local and international standards and support environmental management processes and policies.
• Allocate workforce budgets and coordinate workforce, materials, tests, and supply-chain resources with project schedules.

Staff, client, and reporting duties

• Identify training needs and develop and deliver safety training materials and resources for safety personnel and employees.
• Deliver multilingual HSE training and inductions, weekly worksite training, safety meetings, and guidance for daily operations.
• Plan, motivate, and review staff performance; participate in selecting and interviewing safety personnel; supervise onsite implementation of safety procedures.
• Support projects and clients on safety matters, provide presentations, and attend client meetings to discuss HSE issues.
• Prepare incident and property-damage reports, report HSE system performance to management, and flag implementation failures.
• Document and analyze HSE statistics, identify mitigation measures, and report trends, discrepancies, and areas of concern.

Experience and education

• Hold a bachelor's degree in safety, engineering, or another related field.
• Have at least 10 years of related work experience as an HSE manager in construction or a related field.
• First-rate knowledge of local and regional safety codes of practice, risk and hazard analysis, and safety auditing is an advantage.
• Immediate joiners with ADNOC experience are preferred.

Training and competencies

• Listed training and courses include NEBOSH occupational safety and health, environmental health and safety management, and ISO 9001 QMS auditor training.
• Other listed courses include IOSH Managing Safely in Construction and Working Safely, NASP workplace health and safety, OSHA 30, and EPA environmental specialist certification.
• Further listed training includes accident investigation and reporting, safety manuals, firefighting, and emergency response.
• Competencies include communication, analytical and critical thinking, relationship building, leadership, integrity, ethical practice, teamwork, problem solving, staff management, and client relations.
• Functional knowledge includes safety planning, program management, coordination, coaching, advanced first aid, environmental and fire risk management, accident investigation, heavy-duty equipment safety, and HSE metrics and reporting.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite are listed skills.

Workplace

• Work location is in person.