Section Manager, HSE

Group overview

Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we operate construction and manufacturing businesses, design and development centers, and a host of facilities in the Middle East and other countries.

alfanar building systems

alfanar Construction is classified as a Grade I contractor by the Contractors Classification Committee of the Government of Saudi Arabia. alfanar Building Systems manufactures and markets a variety of building construction products and systems.

The core manufacturing activities of the industries operating under alfanar Building Systems are:

• Ceramic wall and floor tiles
• Façade cladding, glazing systems and architectural aluminum products
• Precast concrete products and architectural elements
• Office and home furniture and interior décor products

Job purpose

To lead and manage the Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) section, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards, and fostering a culture of safety and environmental responsibility within the organization.

Key accountability areas

Policy development and implementation
Develops and prepares HSE manual procedures in line with contracts, client and legal requirements. Establishes processes for new activities and issues revisions and controlled copies of the HSE manual as needed.

Risk assessment and compliance
Conduct regular risk assessments and audits to identify potential hazards. Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety and environmental regulations.

Incident investigation
Investigates incidents, accidents, near-miss events and occupational injuries to determine root causes, implement preventive measures and manage return to work activities.

Record keeping
Maintain accurate records of workplace incidents, inspections and training activities.

Collaboration
Work closely with various departments to establish safety goals and objectives. Coordinate with outsourced auditors and certifying bodies for the safety side of the company such as GOSI insurance auditors, OSHAS, ISO and NEBOSH, and ensure safety procedures, plans and implementation are in place.

Safety program evaluation
Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of safety and environmental programs. Review HSE documents including incidents and accidents, near-miss events, safety index, site assessments, risk assessments and weekly and monthly reports. Propose corrective actions, review training reports, manage awards and warnings, and establish an emergency response system for accidents.

Corrective actions
Recommend and implement corrective actions to address safety and environmental issues.

Regulatory liaison
Act as the primary contact for regulatory agencies and ensure timely reporting. Perform safety audits and inspect facilities, machinery and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards and to ensure safety regulation compliance.

Emergency response
Develop emergency response plans and conduct regular drills.

Safety culture
Promote a culture of safety and environmental responsibility throughout the organization. Suggest latest techniques, methodology, instruments and supporting tools to meet HSE related challenges.

Periodical site visits
Carry out periodical site visits to ensure that all HSE measures are strictly adhered to and implemented. Monitor and address overall HSE activities at factory and commercial units. Organize mock drills.

Training
Arrange required internal and external trainings on HSE awareness and related skills programs. Conduct induction HSE training to all new employees of the company. Monitor periodically the implementation of HSE management system.

Role accountability

HR proficiency
Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management. Ability to recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them. Ability to treat subordinates equally without any discrimination. Assessment criteria of subordinates is performance that leads to planned results. Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.

Responsibility
Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines. Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them. Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.

Delivery
Deliver the required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.

Making a tangible difference
Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation and exceed business expectations.

Business planning and performance
Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans. Able to plan, follow-up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans. Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take the corrective action accordingly. Provide periodic work progress reports. Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve the optimum cost efficiency.

Organizational development
Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans. Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deployment.

Business process improvements
Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automation opportunities as much as possible. Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business. Promote the automated systems and use them fully, to spread its culture.

Quality
Quality is considered as alfanar's prime competitive advantage; as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.

Adaptation
Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.

Health, safety and environment
Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.

Academic qualification

Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering

Work experience

5 to 10 years

Technical / functional competencies

• Risk assessment
• Resource management
• Troubleshooting
• Leadership
• Safety
• Safety management
• Safety reviews and inspections