Senior Health & Safety Manager
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About the Role
Mace Group seeks a Senior Health & Safety Manager for a major mixed-use development programme in Saudi Arabia. The role involves managing HSE strategy during design and construction, conducting inspections, and ensuring compliance.
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Responsibilities
- Manage the development and implementation of the project HSE strategy during design phase
- Review design proposals to ensure health, safety, and buildability risks are identified and mitigated (design risk reviews / HAZID / HAZOP)
- Ensure HSE considerations are embedded into construction planning, logistics strategies, temporary works and sequencing
- Contribute to pre construction planning, risk workshops, and constructability reviews
- Act as the primary HSE oversight lead during site mobilisation and construction
- Undertake regular site inspections, audits, and safety walks to monitor compliance
- Monitor Contractor and subcontractor HSE performance across all work fronts
- Identify unsafe practices, trends, and risks, and ensure timely escalation and corrective action
- Support implementation of improvement and recovery actions where performance falls below expectations
- Promote a proactive, risk based approach to HSE across the project
- Promote a collaborative, solutions focused approach to safety management
- Support alignment between design, construction, and operational safety requirements
Requirements
- Degree qualified in Health & Safety, Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline
- Chartered or professional HSE qualification (NEBOSH, IOSH, or equivalent)
- Minimum 15 years' experience in construction HSE roles on major projects
- Proven experience across design and build projects, pre construction & construction phases and major commercial / mixed use developments
- Experience within delivery partner / PMC environments preferred
- Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and have relevant work experience working on high valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business
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The project
- This is an opportunity to work on one of the largest programmes in Saudi Arabia.
- This unique project consists of major mixed use development including sports facilities, entertainment, and arts along with all associated infrastructure.
- Mace is one of the delivery partners requiring high calibre and experienced professionals to lead integrated teams throughout each phase of the project.
You'll be responsible for
- Manage the development and implementation of the project HSE strategy during design phase.
- Review design proposals to ensure health, safety, and buildability risks are identified and mitigated (design risk reviews / HAZID / HAZOP).
- Ensure HSE considerations are embedded into, construction planning, logistics strategies, temporary works and sequencing.
- Contribute to pre construction planning, risk workshops, and constructability reviews.
- Act as the primary HSE oversight lead during site mobilisation and construction.
- Undertake regular site inspections, audits, and safety walks to monitor compliance.
- Monitor Contractor and subcontractor HSE performance across all work fronts.
- Identify unsafe practices, trends, and risks, and ensure timely escalation and corrective action.
- Support implementation of improvement and recovery actions where performance falls below expectations.
- Promote a proactive, risk based approach to HSE across the project.
- Promote a collaborative, solutions focused approach to safety management.
- Support alignment between design, construction, and operational safety requirements.
You'll need to have
- Degree qualified in Health & Safety, Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
- Chartered or professional HSE qualification (NEBOSH, IOSH, or equivalent).
- Minimum 15 years' experience in construction HSE roles on major projects.
- Proven experience across, design and build projects, pre construction & construction phases and major commercial / mixed use developments.
- Experience within delivery partner / PMC environments preferred.
- Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and have relevant work experience working on high valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business, which are required for immigration and client approval.
Our values
- Safety first Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.
- Client focus Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.
- Integrity Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.
- Create opportunity For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.
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