Doctor, Occupational Health
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About the Role
MA'ADEN seeks a senior Occupational Health Doctor to lead occupational health and medical services across remote industrial and mining operations. The role requires a doctoral-level qualification in occupational medicine and extensive 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
- Ensure compliance with local, national, and international occupational health regulations and industry best practices
- 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
- 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
- Manage outsourced healthcare service providers and contracts from A to Z
- Lead employee wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention initiatives
- 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, Environmental/Occupational Health, or Public Health with occupational health concentration
- Valid Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) registration and professional classification
- Consultant or senior specialist classification in Occupational Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Public Health, or equivalent
- Minimum 8 years of post qualification experience in occupational health, occupational medicine, industrial medicine, public health, or corporate medical services
- Minimum 5 years of direct exposure to mining, mineral processing, oil & gas, petrochemical, smelting, manufacturing, or other high risk heavy industry
- Proven experience designing, governing, or auditing exposure based medical surveillance programs
- Experience governing multiple remote clinics, industrial medical facilities, ambulance services, outsourced healthcare providers, or contractor medical services
- Experience in emergency medical preparedness for remote industrial settings
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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 without undue risk.
- Develop and implement occupational health strategies, policies, standards, and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with local, national, and international occupational health regulations and industry best practices.
- Develop and implement occupational health programs tailored to mining, processing, and industrial operations.
- Establish and oversee medical surveillance programs for occupational exposures including noise, dust, chemicals, heat stress, ergonomics, and respiratory hazards.
- 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 and recommend preventive measures.
- 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.
- The doctoral qualification must be directly relevant to occupational health, mining health, industrial health, environmental/occupational exposures, medical surveillance, or workforce health risk governance.
- Candidates with only MBBS/MD or a bachelor level medical degree, without the required doctoral level or consultant/senior specialist occupational health qualification, shall not meet the minimum requirement.
- 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 to licensing and appointment level.
- Occupational Medicine fellowship, board certification, consultant classification, or equivalent senior postgraduate specialist credential is strongly preferred in addition to the doctoral requirement.
- ISO 45001 Internal Auditor, NEBOSH IGC, occupational hygiene interface, health risk assessment, medical surveillance, or industrial health auditing certifications are desirable only; they are not substitutes for the required doctoral/senior occupational health qualification.
- Priority profile: Occupational Medicine PhD holder, consultant occupational physician, or doctoral level public health/occupational health expert with proven heavy industry exposure.
- Direct experience in mining, mineral processing, gold, phosphate, aluminum, smelting, oil & gas, petrochemical, manufacturing, or other high risk heavy industries is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to act as the company medical authority for occupational health risk, exposure based surveillance, fitness for duty decisions, contractor medical fitness, and remote site medical readiness.
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 hazards such as respirable dust/silica, chemicals, heavy metals, noise, heat stress, fatigue, ergonomics, respiratory hazards, and other site specific industrial exposures.
- 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, including trauma stabilization, chemical exposure response, mass casualty readiness, medevac coordination, and prolonged transfer to definitive care.
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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