HSE Manager - Road & Highways

Job description / Role

Our client, an International Engineering and Construction company requires an experienced HSE Manager for their Roads and Highway projects in Qatar.
Directly Reporting to the QA/QC Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for site-wide HSE programs and policies, incorporating appropriate HSE standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manages supervisors, inspectors, nurses, medics, and other employees working in the HSE department.
- Audits HSE programs and site conditions at all work sites.
- Oversees incident investigations and conducts investigations of incidents that could result in litigation.
- Develops and presents recommendations and advises all levels of management to ensure balance between productivity and the safety of team members, sub-contractors, and visitors.
- Creates and establishes project HSE programs to address program gaps.
- Maintains liaison with client representatives, company HSE personnel, and regulatory agencies.
- Assists other business lines, projects, and company organizations with their HSE programs.
- Maintains liaison with owners' representatives, insurance carriers, the community, and corporate HSE group.
- Supports workers' compensation interface.
- Provides regulatory interface.
- Provides sales assistance and support.
- Produces and supports HSE education and training programs.
- Represents company in outside HSE organizations.
- Advises, consults, guides, and assists sectors, divisions, regions, or corporate departments in HSE matters.
- Initiates and maintains HSE awareness programs and fosters such programs to improve awareness.
- Provides guidance to management through interpretation of HSE Practices and Procedures, legislation, and regulations.
- Participates in monitoring and controlling HSE standards and applicable legislation and regulations.
- Inspects, monitors, and evaluates HSE programs for value and effectiveness.
- Establishes specifications for HSE and fire protection equipment.
- Maintains records, reports, and documents required to meet corporate and regulatory requirements.
- Creates and administers HSE orientation program for project employees.
- Works closely with project personnel to establish HSE staffing requirements, budgets, and schedules,
- Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

BSc in Safety / Diploma in Safety Engineering
NEBOSH or IOSH qualification
At least 10 years experience in Roads and Highways
Experience working on large and complex projects.
Excellent communication skills
Middle East experience a distinct advantage

About the Company

SSA Ltd. (Sommerman Skinner Associates) find out the detail to allow you to make qualified judgments about your career and its progression. On the companies that we represent (over 2000 spread across a diverse spectrum of industry) we will be able to inform you of contracts pending, awarded, company growth, opportunity, relative reward and internal prospects. We believe that through spending time and effort front end through interviewing or individual dedication we can offer real advice that will be valued. Our founder is degree qualified with extensive exposure to industry and with a career also behind him in Recruitment Management. Our team is made up of qualified construction professionals. We specialise in both permanent and freelance opportunities to qualified construction professionals.

Disciplines covered include:

Site Engineers, Site Agents, Project Managers, Contracts Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers, Planners, Safety, Purchasers, Estimators and Design Executive.