Safety Engineer

Job description / Role

Parsons’ engineering and construction management staff members create innovative, safe, and sustainable infrastructure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait. We deliver rail, transit, road, and highway transportation; water conveyance and wastewater treatment; oil and gas; land development; public; and aviation infrastructure to our customers and communities. Parsons creates interconnected communities and world-class infrastructure.

Responsibilities:
• Implement corporate HSE Policy, HSE plan and HSE legislation and other requirements, monitor HSE performance, HSE targets and suggest measures for further improvement.
• Liaise with safety manager and contractors for the improvement & implementation of corporate HSE management ethics.
• Monitor contractors to ensure the implementation applicable safety measures.
• Review hazard analysis / risk assessment plan for all key activities and monitor the effectiveness of hazard control measures, job safety plans and work method statements at site and carry out HSE visit and report to resident engineer for immediate rectification.
• Review and monitor contractors monthly HSE inspections / reports.
• Conducting monthly Safety meetings, setting the target to achieve the outstanding issues, prepare / submit the minutes to all concern to follow-up.
• Review emergency preparedness and response permit to work system, Toolbox Talks, HSE meetings, HSE statistics & records of the contractors according to company requirement.
• Review incident/accident investigation reports from contractors, reporting & communicating the learning points, and monitor the immediate action and follow-up actions to minimize / prevent from re-occurrence.

Requirements

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or a relevant field.
• With recognized Health and Safety education, certifications, license or trainings in UAE (e.g. NEBOSH, OSHA, First Aid, Fire Safety etc).
• 10+ years of construction supervision experience working as Safety Engineer or Officer.
• At least 3 years of recent experience in construction supervision of infrastructure work.
• Preferably with relevant experience working in an engineering consulting firm.
• Preferably with experience in the UAE.

About the Company

Parsons is a leader in many diverse markets such as infrastructure, transportation, water, telecommunications, aviation, commercial, environmental, planning, industrial manufacturing, education, healthcare, life sciences and homeland security.

Parsons provides technical and management solutions to federal, regional and local government agencies as well as private industries worldwide.