Doctor, Occupational Health
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About the Role
Maaden seeks a senior Occupational Health Doctor to lead occupational health and medical services across remote mining operations. Requires a PhD in Occupational Medicine and 8+ years of experience in heavy industry.
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Responsibilities
- Act as the Company's Occupational Health Advisor and Subject Matter Expert
- Develop and implement occupational health strategies, policies, standards, and procedures
- Establish and oversee medical surveillance programs for occupational exposures including noise, dust, chemicals, heat stress, and respiratory hazards
- Lead fitness for duty, return to work, pre employment, periodic, and exit medical assessment programs
- Develop Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) and support operational risk management processes
- Conduct investigations of occupational illnesses and industrial accidents and recommend preventive measures
- Oversee clinical governance and ensure delivery of high quality healthcare services
- Develop and maintain emergency medical response plans
- Manage outsourced healthcare service providers and contracts from A to Z
- Lead employee wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention initiatives
- Collaborate with Operations, HR, HSE, Procurement, and senior management
- Lead and develop multidisciplinary healthcare teams across multiple locations
Requirements
- PhD, DrPH, or equivalent doctoral level qualification in Occupational Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Industrial Medicine, or Public Health with occupational health concentration
- Valid Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) registration and consultant or senior specialist classification in Occupational Medicine or equivalent
- Minimum 8 years of post qualification experience in occupational health, occupational medicine, or industrial medicine
- Minimum 5 years of direct exposure to mining, mineral processing, oil & gas, petrochemical, or other high risk heavy industry
- Experience designing or auditing exposure based medical surveillance programs for industrial hazards
- Experience governing multiple remote clinics or outsourced healthcare providers preferred
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Job Purpose
- Provide strategic leadership and oversight for occupational health and medical services across remote industrial and mining operations.
- Responsible for occupational health programs, medical governance, health risk management, contractor oversight, fitness for duty assessments, employee wellbeing initiatives, emergency preparedness, and management of healthcare service providers operating multiple clinic locations.
Key Accountabilities
- Act as the Company's Occupational Health Advisor and Subject Matter Expert.
- Ensure employees can safely perform the physical, psychological, and cognitive requirements of their roles.
- Develop and implement occupational health strategies, policies, standards, and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with local, national, and international occupational health regulations.
- Develop and implement occupational health programs tailored to mining, processing, and industrial operations.
- Establish and oversee medical surveillance programs for occupational exposures.
- Lead fitness for duty, return to work, pre employment, periodic, and exit medical assessment programs.
- Serve as advisor on work restrictions, accommodations, and employee rehabilitation programs.
- Develop Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) and support operational risk management processes.
- Participate in workplace inspections, hazard identification, and risk control programs.
- Conduct investigations of occupational illnesses and industrial accidents.
- Review Lost Time Injuries (LTI), Restricted Work Cases (RWC), and work related health incidents.
Minimum Required Qualifications
- Mandatory minimum: PhD, DrPH, or equivalent doctoral level qualification in Occupational Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Industrial Medicine, Environmental/Occupational Health, or Public Health with a clear occupational/industrial health concentration.
- Valid Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) registration and professional classification appropriate to the role.
- Consultant or senior specialist classification in Occupational Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Public Health, or equivalent relevant specialty is required where applicable.
- Occupational Medicine fellowship, board certification, consultant classification, or equivalent senior postgraduate specialist credential is strongly preferred.
- ISO 45001 Internal Auditor, NEBOSH IGC, occupational hygiene interface, health risk assessment, medical surveillance, or industrial health auditing certifications are desirable only.
- Direct experience in mining, mineral processing, gold, phosphate, aluminum, smelting, oil & gas, petrochemical, manufacturing, or other high risk heavy industries is strongly preferred.
Minimum Experience
- Minimum 8 years of post qualification experience in occupational health, occupational medicine, industrial medicine, public health, or corporate medical services, preferably including senior level governance responsibilities.
- Minimum 5 years of direct exposure to mining, mineral processing, oil & gas, petrochemical, smelting, manufacturing, or other high risk heavy industry is strongly preferred.
- Proven experience designing, governing, or auditing exposure based medical surveillance programs for industrial hazards.
- Experience governing multiple remote clinics, industrial medical facilities, ambulance services, outsourced healthcare providers, or contractor medical services is preferred.
- Experience in emergency medical preparedness for remote industrial settings is preferred.
Technical Skills
- Occupational Medicine
- Health Risk Assessment
- Industrial Health Programs
- Medical Surveillance
- Fitness for Duty Assessments
- Incident Investigation
- Emergency Medical Response
- Clinical Governance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Vendor & Contract Management
- Health Auditing and Inspection
- Health Data Analysis and Reporting
Leadership Competencies
- Leadership
- Tactical Thinking
- Achievement Drive
- Communication
- Developing Others
- Strategic Planning
- Problem Solving
- Stakeholder Management
- Decision Making
- Change Management
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