Safety & Security Manager

Role Overview

Work Arrangement

• The role is listed as fully remote in the United Arab Emirates.
• The distributed team collaborates with Safety, Security, HSE, Emergency Management, Crisis Management, Risk Management, Operations, Facilities, IT, Human Resources, Legal, Compliance, and other functions.

Strategy and Governance

• Develop and implement integrated safety and security strategies, frameworks, policies, standards, procedures, governance structures, accountability models, and reporting requirements.
• Develop annual plans, initiatives, budgets, performance objectives, improvement roadmaps, risk registers, mitigation plans, action trackers, and escalation mechanisms.

Risk and Site Assessments

• Conduct enterprise and site-level safety and security risk assessments covering personnel, facilities, operations, projects, travel, contractors, suppliers, visitors, events, infrastructure, equipment, and business activities.
• Assess physical security, access control, perimeter protection, surveillance, visitor management, workplace hazards, emergency preparedness, fire safety, occupational risks, equipment, facilities, and environmental conditions.

Facilities and Access Control

• Develop safety and security requirements for offices, warehouses, facilities, project sites, construction activities, renovations, relocations, and major operational changes.
• Establish visitor management, identification, badge, access authorization, escort, restricted-area, key, access-card, credential, and security-code procedures.

Technology and Security Operations

• Coordinate physical security and cybersecurity controls for technology infrastructure, server rooms, data centers, communications facilities, network facilities, and access-management systems.
• Manage CCTV, access-control, alarm, intrusion-detection, monitoring, visitor-management, emergency-communication, incident-management, and reporting systems.

Providers and Workforce Programs

• Manage security officers, safety teams, emergency responders, contractors, consultants, guarding companies, training providers, and other external service partners.
• Develop employee safety, workplace security, personal security, travel-security, journey-management, emergency-awareness, incident-reporting, and protective-behavior programs.

Candidate Requirements

• Experience in safety, security, HSE, physical security, emergency management, crisis response, risk management, business continuity, occupational safety, security operations, or a related field.
• Experience developing integrated safety and security programs, assessments, policies, emergency plans, response plans, drills, exercises, investigations, corrective actions, and remediation programs.
• Strong understanding of physical security, workplace safety, hazard identification, incident prevention, emergency response, fire safety, business continuity, disaster recovery, and operational resilience.
• Experience coordinating with police, civil defense, emergency medical services, government agencies, regulators, municipalities, and other authorities.

Advantageous Experience