Key Responsibilities
- Provides technical HSE services during the definition, detailed design, and execution stages, ensuring contractor compliance with established HSE policies, guidelines, procedures, standards, and applicable regulations
- Supports and maintains a strong safety culture in alignment with the organisation’s vision, strategy, and values
- Identifies and implements risk reduction measures based on hazard identification and risk assessment studies in all areas and phases of construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning; works closely with the risk assessment specialist and other parties
- Participate in checking and reviewing method statements, JSAs, safety certifications, and other related documents submitted by contractors/project consultants; Report any non-compliance, lapses, or issues to the immediate supervisor
- Monitor site HSE programmes and safe work practices, and review and evaluate data/information/systems as required; carry out duties and responsibilities for all areas of work covered in HSE aspects of EPIC projects
- Ensure company and contractor personnel comply with applicable HSE policies, guidelines, procedures, standards, and regulations
- Provide oversight in the field for the EPIC contractor, subcontractor(s) and vendors to verify understanding and compliance with project HSE requirements
- Responsible for monitoring related activities within project sites and conducting daily inspections and ensuring the work being carried out is in line with the approved JSA, risk assessment, and method statement and the approved permit-to-work system
- Responsible for management and site implementation of HSE requirements throughout the project duration and collaborating with relevant departments, stakeholders and disciplines to ensure regulatory compliance
- Support and provide input to the senior HSE engineer for implementing the project HSE performance monitoring, HSE objectives and initiatives, HSE-related procedures, guidelines, standards, and policies to ensure project activities are conducted safely and in compliance with operational and corporate requirements
- Implement the company’s environmental management system and be capable of identifying non-compliance and recommending immediate corrective measures and long-term solutions to prevent recurrence
- Monitor the implementation of HSE legal requirements, regulatory bodies, national 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 the project HSE risk register to ensure proper recording, monitoring and close-out of project HSE risks throughout the project duration
- Participate in the review of contractors' HSE documentation (HSE plan, HSE procedures and other HSE requirements) to ensure contractors are compliant with HSE requirements
- Participate in the review of contractor HSE personnel CVs, competency assessments, and interviews before mobilisation to the project site, ensuring compliance with applicable corporate standards for HSE management in contracts
- Conduct incident investigations and reporting, including the implementation of preventive and corrective actions for incidents/accidents that occur within projects to ensure compliance with corporate procedures for Incident management
- Conduct site safety meetings and HSE awareness activities for project personnel and contractors
- Conduct safety audits on the project involving all parties to ensure compliance with safety policies and advise corrective actions, following up to ensure proper implementation
- Compile reports and prepare statistical and trend analysis reports to assess safety performances
- Contribute towards updating HSE codes, standards, specifications, and philosophies
Requirements
- Higher National Diploma (HND), or University Degree (Preferably in an Engineering discipline), or an Accredited HSE Professional Certificate. Associate membership of a recognised safety institution is desirable
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Occupational Health and Safety, preferably in the Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Industry, and specifically construction projects (including greenfield and brownfield work)
- Thorough knowledge of safe work practices, international standards (e.g., ISO 45001:2018), and procedures
- Conversant with international standards in Environmental Management Systems
- Trained in any of the following Incident Investigation Software: TapRoot, SafetyCulture, EasyRCA, Tripod Beta, etc
- Competent in the use of PC, including MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and any other relevant software
- Experience in the GCC is desirable
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.