Senior Health and Safety Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the consultant's health safety and environmental supervision activities across the project
• Enforce compliance with the approved Project HSE Plan
• Saudi labour requirements
• Civil Defense regulations
• Client procedures and contractual obligations
• Monitor contractor implementation of approved HSE plans procedures and control measures
• Conduct daily site inspections and identify unsafe acts unsafe conditions environmental concerns and potential fire hazards
• Supervise safety arrangements for bulk earthworks excavation grading and heavy earthmoving-equipment operations
• Monitor deep excavations and trenching activities including shoring benching access egress edge protection and underground-service controls
• Review safety controls for lake excavation geomembrane installation welding confined areas water hazards and specialist lining activities
• Monitor structural steel erection lifting operations crane activities scaffolding and work at height
• Review and approve contractor method statements risk assessments Job Safety Analyses and Permit-to-Work packages
• Verify that high-risk activities do not commence until approved documentation competent supervision and required controls are in place
• Monitor lifting plans equipment certifications operator licences rigging arrangements and exclusion zones
• Enforce lockout tagout electrical-isolation and energy-control requirements
• Monitor temporary works traffic management plant-pedestrian segregation and construction-logistics controls
• Verify that contractors provide appropriate personal protective equipment and that workers use it correctly
• Establish and enforce heat-stress prevention requirements for summer construction in Riyadh
• Monitor heat-index or wet-bulb temperature conditions and recommend work-rest regimes in accordance with approved procedures
• Verify the availability of shaded rest shelters cool drinking water hydration facilities and trained first-aid personnel
• Conduct inspections of worker welfare facilities sanitation drinking-water provisions and rest areas
• Review emergency-response fire-prevention evacuation rescue and first-aid arrangements
• Coordinate fire-safety requirements with the contractor Client and Saudi Civil Defense where applicable
• Plan observe and evaluate emergency drills including fire evacuation excavation rescue medical emergency and severe-weather scenarios
• Immediately stop or recommend suspension of work where an imminent danger or serious safety violation is identified
• Investigate accidents incidents near misses property damage and environmental events
• Apply appropriate root-cause-analysis techniques and prepare investigation reports
• Establish corrective and preventive actions assign responsibilities and monitor actions through satisfactory closeout
• Review contractor safety observations inspection reports and incident statistics for accuracy and completeness
• Chair or participate in HSE meetings toolbox talks coordination meetings and pre-task briefings
• Support safety induction workforce-awareness campaigns and targeted training for high-risk activities
• Monitor subcontractor HSE performance and confirm that the main contractor exercises effective control over its supply chain
• Issue safety observations nonconformance notices and formal recommendations when deficiencies are identified
• Maintain HSE registers covering incidents inspections observations permits training corrective actions and equipment certifications
• Monitor leading and lagging HSE indicators and identify recurring trends or deteriorating performance
• Prepare weekly and monthly HSE reports and statistical dashboards covering incidents inspections training violations and action closure
• Advise the Project Manager on major HSE risks contractor performance and matters requiring escalation
• Coordinate with discipline engineers and inspectors to integrate safety controls into construction supervision activities
• Promote a proactive safety culture based on visible leadership workforce engagement and continuous improvement
• Maintain accurate and auditable HSE records throughout the project assignment

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Safety Management, Environmental Science or another relevant discipline from a recognized university.
• Minimum 10 years of dedicated HSE supervision experience on major construction projects.
• Demonstrated experience working for an engineering supervision consultant or project-management consultancy.
• Proven experience managing safety across large civil earthworks, open infrastructure sites and building construction.
• Practical experience sup