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Senior Specialist - Rail Agency Quality, Health, Safety & Sustainability Office

Dubai Careers - A Smart Dubai Initiative
Dubai, UAE
Fulltime
Mid-Senior
3 months ago
HSE OfficerNEBOSH IGCOSHARisk AssessmentIncident InvestigationEmergency Response
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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 And 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

Bachelor's degree/ master’s degree in engineering, preferably civil, electrical, mechanical, industrial, environmental, or chemical engineering.

Experience

6+ years in case of master’s degree (8+ years in case of bachelor’s degree).

Job Category

Quality and Excellence

Schedule-Time

Full time

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