Hotel EHS Officer

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Support hotel EHS policies, procedures, and programs and inspect guest, back-of-house, kitchen, accommodation, plant, workshop, and storage areas.
• Identify hazards; conduct or assist with risk assessments, JSAs, inspections, and corrective-action follow-up.
• Monitor regulatory and hotel-standard compliance, safety signage, PPE, emergency equipment, and fire and life-safety systems.
• Support emergency and business-continuity procedures and coordinate drills and evacuation exercises.
• Investigate incidents, near misses, injuries, and unsafe conditions; prepare reports and maintain EHS records.
• Deliver safety briefings, toolbox talks, awareness sessions, and staff training and promote hazard reporting.
• Monitor safe working practices, chemical handling, hazardous materials, waste, recycling, and environmental practices.
• Coordinate food hygiene monitoring where applicable and work with Engineering and contractors on safe works and permits.
• Support statutory records, audits, authority liaison, and management reporting; handle EHS records confidentially.

Qualifications and experience

• 2–3 years of EHS, occupational health and safety, or related experience.
• Diploma or bachelor's degree in occupational health and safety, environmental management, engineering, or a related field.
• Hospitality, facilities, construction, or similar operational experience is preferred.
• NEBOSH, IOSH, OSHA, or equivalent EHS qualifications are preferred.
• Knowledge of workplace safety, risk management, UAE EHS requirements, fire safety, emergencies, PPE, chemical safety, and safe working practices.
• Experience in risk assessments, inspections, incident investigations, and safety training.
• Report-writing, communication, organization, problem-solving, independent working, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Microsoft Office knowledge; good English communication. Arabic is an advantage.
• Willingness to work shifts, weekends, public holidays, or outside normal hours when operationally needed.
• UAE-based candidates and candidates with hotel EHS or hospitality operations experience are preferred or advantageous.

Benefits

• Company-provided accommodation and duty meals.
• Medical insurance and company-provided employment visa.
• Annual leave and other benefits under company policy and applicable UAE employment requirements.

Pay

• AED 2,500–3,500 per month.

Schedule

• Shifts, weekends, public holidays, and work outside normal hours may be required when operationally necessary.

Work location

• Work is in person at a hotel in the UAE.