Health & Safety Engineer

Job description / Role

Job Objective:
Plan, coordinates and implements a comprehensive occupational health and safety program / measures and control. Provides consultation and expertise and exercises functional authority over essential matters pertaining to health and safety. The position typically ensures that the Health & Safety Engineer must comply with all local and governmental regulations including the latest health and safety codes.

Key Responsibilities:
• Maintain a safe workplace and to protect the environment by adhering to company policy, ensuring in compliance to local and government regulations.
• Execute and develop safety programs to eliminate or minimize hazzard in the company and other losses due to accidents, injuries and property damage while eliminating on-site unsafe practices and conditions.
• Develop a culture to anticipate and prevent hazardous conditions by developing controls and solutions for HSE management systems program.
• Handle safety assessments and deploy corrective measures to minimize hazard risk profile.
• HSE should coordinate / work with employees to understand and address workers safety concerns, interact with managers to develop responses to workers safety concerns, including implementation of safety controls to eliminate work place hazards.
• Able to participate and support onsite safety teams (if any) such as the emergency response team, medical response team and site safety committees.
• Administer safety policies and develop uniform safety practices as per long term company safety goals.
• Investigate incidents, determine root cause and develop corrective actions.
• Manage reports and present summaries to management with suggested solutions.
• Execute environmental management process such as chemical and waste management and pollution prevention.
• Handle industrial, corporate hygiene, equipment protection, machine guarding and other health and safety programs.
• Offer quality products, materials and equipment's safely and effectively and decrease errors and eliminate accidents.
• Able to implement comprehensive and documented system that will ensure all works are conducted safely.
• Establishes control measures fully implemented to prevent incidents including near misses.
• Implement a set of work practices / procedures accessible for monitoring and improving the safety and health of all aspects of operations.
• Review of client / contractors design HAZOP and project execution planning.
• Able to perform a HAZID with all contractors and sub-contractors which will identify critical activities.
• Monitor continuously for any unsafe conditions and potential hazards.
• Monitor all key activities daily, attend tool box talks when necessary and to continually review all procedures and checking that personnel are properly trained and understand potential hazards at the workplace and can follow the SWP’s.
• Good judgment in what type of risk / safety control to implement (i.e. IOSH, NEBOSH HSW or NEBOSH IGN).
• Perform other additional tasks assigned by the department head or by the Management.
• Ensure compliance with the company’s policies, rules and procedure related to Health, Safety and Environmental Management.

Requirements

Requisite Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and holds NEBOSH / IOSH or OSHA Certificate or equivalent.

Experience Requirement:
• Graduate with 5-10 Years of Experience

Skill Sets:
• Good presentation and investigation skills
• Good problem solving skills
• Ability to work effectively with various personnel and teams and be flexible in work assignments
• Ability to act independently and decisively without Management's intervention
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Customer service skills. Ability to interact with technical and non-technical personnel and possess good communication skills
• Computer literate and familiar with other FM System software
• Ability to work quickly and under pressure
• Good practical and technical skills and can work as part of team
• Hold a valid UAE driving license

About the Company

RAK Properties is one of the leading property development and tourism infrastructure firms in the UAE.

With proven excellence in a wide range of projects including mixed-use community developments, strategically placed retail shops, health spas and hotels, RAK Properties Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) plays a central role in shaping the lifestyle of residents of the United Arab Emirates.

Founded in 2005 from the vision of His Highness Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, RAK Properties delivers high-quality and professionally managed projects that provides its customers with the highest level of service, while maximizing the value of their investments.

RAK Properties has sound capital of AED 2 Billion. The Initial Public Offering (IPO) of RAK Properties in early 2005 was over subscribed by almost 57 times. In its mission to lead the development of real estate and tourism infrastructure in Ras Al Khaimah. RAK Properties aims to attract foreign investors of repute to launch state of the art projects, including luxurious hotels, resorts and malls. In doing so, RAK Properties serves as a catalyst for a dynamic property market in both Ras Al Khaimah and the wider United Arab Emirates.