Senior Specialist-Health and Safety
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About the Role
The Roads and Transport Authority is seeking a Senior Health and Safety Specialist to ensure H&S standards across the Rail Agency. The role involves strategic planning, audits, incident investigation, and training.
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Responsibilities
- Contribute to strategic health and safety planning by integrating hazard trends, incident statistics, and legislative updates into annual plans
- Support departments in aligning with local and international safety standards
- Conduct benchmarking studies to identify safety best practices
- Monitor contractor, consultant, and partner compliance with agency health and safety requirements
- Lead health & safety risk assessments, site inspections, and hazard identification exercises
- Investigate workplace incidents, accidents, and near misses, conducting root cause analysis
- Facilitate safety committee meetings and cross departmental workshops
- Manage Health and Safety performance of the agency, contractors, consultants
- Develop and deliver safety training programs
- Maintain and update safety procedures, manuals, legal register, and emergency protocols
- Implement safety culture improvement initiatives and monitor their effectiveness
- Produce monthly HSE statistic report
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree/master’s degree in engineering (civil, electrical, mechanical, industrial, environmental, or chemical)
- 6+ years experience (master's) or 8+ years (bachelor's)
- Professional membership as a certified engineer, IOSH, NEBOSH, Lead Auditor in Health and Safety Management 45001
- UAE National
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Job Purpose
- Ensure the effective implementation, monitoring, and continual improvement of Health & Safety standards across the Rail Agency.
- Promote a proactive safety culture through strategic planning, performance audits, incident investigation, and stakeholder engagement while supporting regulatory compliance and excellence program execution.
Strategy
- Contribute to strategic health and safety planning by integrating hazard trends, incident statistics, and legislative updates into annual plans.
- Support departments in aligning with local and international safety standards, ensuring documentation and compliance readiness.
- Conduct benchmarking studies to identify safety best practices and incorporate them into agency wide programs.
Operations
- Monitor contractor, consultant, and partner compliance with agency health and safety requirements.
- Lead health & safety risk assessments, site inspections, and hazard identification exercises, ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
- Investigate workplace incidents, accidents, and near misses, conducting root cause analysis and recommending preventive measures.
- Facilitate safety committee meetings and cross departmental workshops to review performance indicators and promote safe work practices.
- Manage Health and Safety performance of the agency, contractors, consultants.
Product / Process Improvement
- Develop and deliver safety training programs covering hazard awareness, emergency response, and incident reporting.
- Maintain and update safety procedures, manuals, legal register, and emergency protocols based on lessons learned and industry developments.
- Implement safety culture improvement initiatives and monitor their effectiveness through KPIs and staff feedback.
- Produce monthly HSE statistic report.
- Technical review of Health & Safety Management Plans for operator, maintainer, and new projects.
Physical Working Conditions
- Conduct site visits, audits, and field inspections across depots, stations, and work sites, ensuring adherence to health & safety protocols.
- Conduct investigation of railway accidents and other safety incidents and events.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree/ master’s degree in engineering, preferably civil, electrical, mechanical, industrial, environmental, or chemical engineering.
- 6+ years in case of master’s degree (8+ years in case of bachelor’s degree).
- Professional membership as a certified engineer, IOSH, NEBOSH, Lead Auditor in Health and Safety Management 45001.
- Required Nationality: UAE National.
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