Project Safety Officer

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About Airswift

Airswift is a global manpower provider specialising in the energy, infrastructure & IT sectors. Present in more than 70 countries around the world, our reach and capabilities in the markets we service is unparalleled in the industry.

Project Safety Officer Role

We are working with an operator to source a Project Safety Officer. This is a long-term contract role working on a residential basis. Please see details below.

Start date: ASAP (typically within 1 month notice)
Location: Doha Onshore
Working schedule: 6 days per week / 8-9 hours per day or as per project requirements.

Experience Required

Key job accountabilities:

• To provide, with full responsibility and accountability, a technical service to the corporation in the areas of health and safety during definition, detailed design, and execution stages to ensure contractor(s) compliance to established HSE policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Carry out duties and responsibilities for all areas of work covered in HSE aspects of major projects. Ensure adherence by client and contractor personnel to HSE policies, procedures, and regulations with respect to active/passive fire safety systems, special protection systems, life safety and fire risk assessment, safety studies/reviews, security systems, emergency response programs, emergency lighting, and communication systems.
• Responsible for monitoring related activities within project sites and conducting daily inspections, ensuring the work being carried out is in line with approved JSAs, risk assessments, method statements, and approved permit to work system.
• Responsible for identifying and implementing risk reduction measures in all areas and phases of construction.
• Participate and assist in checking and reviewing method statements, JSAs, safety certifications, and other related documents submitted by contractors/project consultants. Take necessary action by highlighting and reporting to immediate supervisor in case of any lapse and/or delays.
• Participate and provide inputs to senior HSE engineer for the implementation of project HSE performance monitoring, HSE objectives and initiatives, HSE related procedures, guidelines, standards, and policies to ensure project activities are conducted in a safe, secure, and healthy manner and in compliance with DT HSE and corporate requirements.
• Monitor implementation of HSE legal requirements, regulatory bodies, laws and regulations, and State of Qatar-ratified international conventions and protocols within project activities.
• Participate and provide support to carry out and maintain records of project HSE risk register to ensure proper recording, monitoring, and close-out of project HSE risks throughout project duration.
• Participate in review of contractors' HSE documentation (HSE plan, HSE procedures, and other HSE requirements) to ensure contractors are compliant with HSE requirements.
• Participate in review of contractors' safety officers' CVs and competence assessment test/personal interview prior to mobilization of contractors' HSE personnel at project site to ensure compliance with corporate HSE regulations for contractors.
• Carry out incident investigation and reporting including implementation of close-out of preventive and corrective actions of incidents/accidents that occur within projects to ensure compliance with corporate procedure for incident management.
• Conduct site safety meetings and HSE awareness amongst client project staff and contractors.
• Conduct safety audits on the project involving all parties to ensure compliance with safety policies and advise corrective actions and follow-up on the suggested actions to ensure proper implementation.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications:

• HNC or equivalent in an engineering discipline. Associate member of recognized safety institution.

Knowledge and key skills:

• Minimum 12 years’ experience in operational safety, preferably in oil, gas & petrochemical industry specifically infrastructure/construction projects, with thorough knowledge of various safety regulations, standards, procedures, etc.
• Competent in the use of PC including MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and any other relevant software.
• Experience in the Arabian Gulf is desirable.

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