EHS Manager/ 1029/2B

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and monitor the project EHS Management Plan and ensure compliance with RTA, authority, client, and company requirements.
• Conduct site inspections, safety audits, risk assessments, and compliance reviews; review method statements, JSAs, lifting plans, and permit-to-work documentation.
• Monitor high-risk excavation, lifting, temporary works, utility works, traffic diversions, and road construction.
• Lead incident and near-miss investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Manage EHS personnel and subcontractor safety teams; conduct inductions, toolbox talks, campaigns, and emergency drills.
• Coordinate traffic-management and road-safety measures with construction teams.
• Monitor dust, noise, waste, spills, and pollution-prevention controls.
• Maintain EHS records, prepare weekly and monthly reports, promote a proactive safety culture, and support the zero-incident objective.

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, or a related discipline.
• 10–15 years of EHS experience in roads, highways, infrastructure, or major civil/EPC projects.
• UAE/GCC project experience; RTA road or infrastructure experience in Dubai is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of construction safety, traffic management, risk assessment, incident investigation, environmental controls, and UAE EHS regulations.
• Strong leadership, communication, coordination, and reporting skills.

Preferred qualifications

• Recognized EHS certification such as NEBOSH, IOSH, or equivalent is preferred.
• Experience with RTA highways, interchanges, bridges, utility diversions, traffic diversions, and major Dubai/UAE infrastructure projects is preferred.

Key skills

• EHS/HSE management, risk assessment and JSA, safety audits and site inspections, incident investigation, traffic management, environmental management, emergency preparedness, subcontractor safety, EHS training, and documentation and reporting.

Project location and setting

• Project-based role for a major roads and infrastructure construction project in Dubai, UAE.