Director - Midstream Safety AT
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About the Role
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) seeks a Director of Midstream Safety to lead safety management systems across EGA sites in Abu Dhabi. The role develops, plans, manages, and audits safety programs to ensure compliance with local legislation and international standards.
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Responsibilities
- Lead day to day operations across all Midstream activities to develop, plan, manage and audit effective implementation of EGA’s Safety Management systems.
- Ensure effective cascading of functional strategy into department business plans.
- Manage preparation and recommend department budget and monitor financial performance.
- Ensure effective implementation of department policies, procedures and controls.
- Support EGA Management in developing and overseeing implementation of safety policies and systems.
- Monitor effective implementation of Safety System procedures and update in line with legislation and EGA directives.
- Plan, lead and coordinate all safety related projects across EGA sites.
- Conduct safety meetings and inspections to ensure compliance and evaluate performance.
- Plan, implement, and conduct safety and compliance audits.
- Plan, implement, manage, and maintain comprehensive safety programs at EGA.
- Provide site safety management with guidance on safety and confirm site fulfills local guidelines and regulations.
- Develop and maintain effective business relationships with internal departments and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or related field
- 15+ years of safety experience in an industrial environment
- At least 5 years of safety management level experience
- Knowledge of UAE safety regulations (e.g., MoHRE guidelines)
- Risk assessment/management skills
- Leadership ability
- Conflict management and problem solving skills
- Communication, meeting, and presentation skills
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Job Purpose
- Leads day to day operations across all Midstream activities to develop, plan, manage and audit effective implementation of EGA’s Safety Management systems.
- Ensures compliance to local legislation and international standards to achieve EGA’s road to zero harm.
Key Accountabilities
- Ensures effective cascading of functional strategy into department business plans.
- Supports departmental objectives by ensuring smooth and timely achievement of targets as per agreed KPIs.
- Manages effective achievement of assigned objectives through leadership of department.
- Leads talent development initiatives for assigned department.
- Acts as a role model and drives adherence to organizational values and ethics.
- Manages preparation and recommends department budget and monitors financial performance.
- Manages and ensures effective implementation of department policies, procedures and controls.
- Supports EGA Management in developing and overseeing implementation of policies, systems, processes, procedures and controls.
- Supports and guides EGA Management about roles and responsibilities for safety aspects.
- Ensures implementation, updating, review and auditing of EGA safety systems.
- Monitors effective implementation of Safety System procedures and provides for updating.
- Plans, leads and co ordinates all safety related projects across EGA sites.
Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 15+ years of safety experience in an industrial environment, including at least 5 years safety management level experience.
- Knowledge of UAE safety regulations (e.g., MoHRE guidelines).
- Risk assessment/management skills.
- Administrative policies and procedures knowledge.
- Familiarity with project and department budget process and tools.
- Knowledge of project controls.
- Conceptual planning ability.
- Conflict management and problem solving skills.
- Leadership ability.
- Multi tasking ability.
- Communication, meeting, and presentation skills.
Authority/Decision Making
- Acting within clearly defined policies, standards, and specific objectives.
- Identify critical factors which will affect outcome of a decision.
- Evaluate options accurately and establish priorities.
- Anticipate outcomes and see logical consequences.
- Navigate risk and uncertainty.
- Reason well in contexts requiring quantitative analysis.
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