HSE Senior Specialist
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Description
- Lead and monitor the implementation of Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and management systems across project sites.
- Ensure compliance with UAE HSE regulations, client requirements, applicable legislation, and international safety standards.
- Develop, review, and implement project-specific HSE plans, procedures, risk assessments, and emergency response plans.
- Conduct regular site inspections, HSE audits, and compliance assessments to identify hazards and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
- Review and approve Risk Assessments, Job Safety Analyses (JSA), Method Statements, and HSE documentation.
- Monitor high-risk construction activities, including electrical works, lifting operations, working at height, excavation, confined space entry, and heavy equipment operations.
- Ensure effective implementation of Permit-to-Work (PTW), Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), electrical safety, and other critical safety procedures.
- Provide HSE guidance and technical support to project managers, construction teams, engineers, subcontractors, and site HSE personnel.
- Monitor compliance with HSE requirements for substations, overhead transmission lines, underground cables, and other power infrastructure projects, as applicable.
- Investigate accidents, incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions, conduct root cause analyses, and recommend corrective and preventive measures.
- Monitor and analyze HSE performance indicators, including incident rates, audit findings, observations, and corrective action closure rates.
- Prepare and review periodic HSE reports, statistics, dashboards, and management updates.
- Lead HSE meetings, toolbox talks, induction programs, awareness campaigns, and specialized safety training.
- Ensure effective implementation of emergency preparedness procedures and coordinate emergency response drills.
- Monitor subcontractors' HSE performance and ensure compliance with approved project HSE plans and contractual requirements.
- Coordinate with clients, consultants, regulatory authorities, and third-party auditors on HSE-related matters.
- Lead internal and external HSE audits and ensure timely closure of non-conformities and audit findings.
- Ensure compliance with environmental protection requirements, including waste management, pollution prevention, and hazardous materials handling.
- Monitor occupational health and welfare requirements, including heat stress management, sanitation, and worker welfare facilities.
- Promote a proactive safety culture and encourage workforce participation in hazard reporting and incident prevention.
- Review HSE training needs and ensure employees and subcontractors receive appropriate safety training and competency assessments.
- Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions across project sites.
- Support the development, implementation, and continual improvement of the HSE Management System in accordance with ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.
- Mentor and guide HSE Engineers, Officers, and other site safety personnel.
- Escalate significant HSE risks to management and ensure immediate action is taken to control imminent dangers.
- Support project management in achieving HSE objectives, maintaining client satisfaction, and ensuring safe project execution.