HSE Engineer

Egis is a leading global architectural, consulting, construction engineering, operations and mobility services firm. We create and operate intelligent infrastructure and buildings that both respond to the climate emergency and contribute to balanced, sustainable and resilient development. Our 20,500 employees operate across over 100 countries, deploying their expertise to develop and deliver cutting-edge innovations and solutions for clients. Through the wide range of our activities, we are central to the collective organization of society and the living environment of citizens all over the world.

Job Description

Position Overview: 

Reporting organizationally into the HSE Manager and functionally into the construction leads, the HSE Engineer will assist in developing, implementing and managing the health, safety and environment management system on a major rail project. The successful candidate will also be responsible for ensuring that the project safety plan meets the HSE goal of “project zero incidents”. The project safety plan will be cover a number of locations which operate as separate and distinct construction operations requiring the integrated supervision of programs. The HSE Engineer will provide a coordinated plan for the overall project whilst ensuring that prevailing safety requirements at each location are adhered to.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that the project heath, safety, environment plans reflects project policy 
• Advising and assisting the senior construction site representatives in the establishment and management of the job site HSE programs
• Identifying, eliminating and controlling any hazards to persons, environment, community and property
• Providing a coordinated plan for the overall project which complies with the prevailing HSE local regulations and international standards requirements at each location
• Representing management and the HSE Manager on during safety inspections of the construction job sites
• Advising and assisting the HS&E Manager in establishing and managing the job site safety program, identifying and eliminating, controlling any hazards to persons and property
• Inspecting the job site and conducting risk assessments to detect and correct HSE hazards
• Regularly inspecting the job accident, near misses and other site activity records and preparing job accident reports
• Periodically preparing weekly and monthly HSE audit report of these records
• Receiving, reviewing and distributing safety inspection reports with recommended corrective actions, following up closeout of any non compliance reports and reporting back to the HSE Manager
• Acting as an efficient member of the HSE Committee and Evacuation & Emergency Team
• Conducting HSE induction training to the project employees
• Providing first aid care to occupationally injured or ill personnel
• Preparing HSE Alerts and participating in preparing HSE meetings and health, safety, security and environment (HSSE) campaigns
• Performing other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate

Qualifications

• Degree in construction, engineering or related field
• Certification by a recognized Safety, Health or Environmental body such as NEBOSH or British Safety Council certificates/diploma 
• Minimum 5 years of related work experience in the field of Health and Safety on large scale construction projects
• Prior experience of working on construction projects in the GCC
• Thorough knowledge of GCC HSE regulations, welfare facilities requirements, enforcement procedures and reporting procedures
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

Preferable:

• Rail, metro or related industry experience
• Related HSSE work experience on railway safety, transit system verification and validation and/or RAMS activities
• Thorough knowledge of international and KSA law, regulations, welfare facilities requirements, enforcement procedures and reporting procedures
• Lead Auditor- OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO 19011
• HSE training, First Aider, Fire Fighting, Confined Space, IOSH, OSHA