Senior Health Safety &Worker Welfare Manager - City Operations Field Safety Unit
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About the Role
Qiddiya seeks a Senior HS&WW Manager to lead health, safety, and worker welfare across city operations and public realm activities. The role drives risk management, field assurance, contractor safety, and compliance in public-facing environments.
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Responsibilities
- Lead implementation of HS&WW requirements across city operations and public realm activities
- Establish and oversee field assurance activities including inspections, verifications, audits, and leadership safety tours
- Oversee HS&WW controls at city operations interfaces involving residents, visitors, contractors, and road users
- Lead HS&WW oversight of contractors and subcontractors delivering city operations and public realm services
- Lead oversight of worker welfare standards including welfare facilities, rest arrangements, hydration, heat stress controls, and sanitation
- Lead or oversee response to HS&WW incidents, significant near misses, and service related safety events
- Oversee emergency preparedness arrangements for city operations including response plans, drills, and readiness checks
- Oversee collection, accuracy, and analysis of HS&WW data and provide management reporting and performance dashboards
- Lead, coach, and develop HS&WW team members and field safety personnel
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and standardization of field safety practices
Requirements
- Degree in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, or related technical discipline
- Recognised professional HS&WW or safety certification
- Significant experience in HS&WW leadership roles within city operations, public realm, municipal services, transport, utilities, or other public facing field environments
- Strong knowledge of control of work, contractor safety management, public interface risk management, incident investigation, worker welfare, emergency preparedness, and operational assurance
- Demonstrated leadership capability in managing teams, influencing stakeholders, and driving measurable HS&WW performance improvement
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Role Purpose
- The HS&WW Manager / Senior Manager City Operations Field Safety Unit is responsible for the leadership, governance, and operational oversight of Health, Safety and Worker Welfare across city operations and public realm activities.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation of HS&WW requirements across city operations and public realm activities
- Establish and oversee field assurance activities including inspections, verifications, audits, and leadership safety tours
- Oversee high risk city operations activities and ensure critical risks are identified, assessed, controlled, and escalated
- Oversee HS&WW controls at city operations interfaces involving residents, visitors, contractors, road users, pedestrians, cyclists, and adjacent businesses
- Lead HS&WW oversight of contractors and subcontractors delivering city operations and public realm services
- Lead the oversight of worker welfare standards across city operations
- Lead or oversee the response to HS&WW incidents, significant near misses, service related safety events, and unsafe occurrences
- Oversee emergency preparedness arrangements for city operations
- Oversee the collection, accuracy, and analysis of HS&WW data across city operations
- Lead, coach, and develop HS&WW team members and field safety personnel
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, standardisation of field safety practices, and sharing of best practice
Requirements
- Degree in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, or a related technical discipline; postgraduate qualification is advantageous
- Recognised professional HS&WW or safety certification
- Significant experience in HS&WW leadership roles within city operations, public realm, municipal services, transport, utilities, or other public facing field environments
- Strong knowledge of control of work, contractor safety management, public interface risk management, incident investigation, worker welfare, emergency preparedness, and operational assurance
- Demonstrated leadership capability in managing teams, influencing stakeholders, and driving measurable HS&WW performance improvement
Authority & Decision Rights
- Authority to stop unsafe work and require escalation where critical HS&WW risks or worker welfare concerns are identified
- Authority to direct corrective actions, raise non conformances, and recommend suspension or restriction of activities where minimum standards are not met
- Authority to escalate significant HS&WW issues, contractor performance concerns, and strategic recommendations to senior Operations and HS&WW leadership
Key Relationships
- Director / Head of HS&WW City Operations
- City Operations Directors, Public Realm Managers, and Field Delivery Teams
- Contractors, Subcontractors, and Service Providers supporting public realm operations
- Security, Traffic Management, Emergency Response, Assurance, and Risk Functions
- Municipal, regulatory, and enterprise HS&WW stakeholders
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