HSE Specialist
Bureau Veritas · Jeddah
We are a world leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) , delivering high quality services to help clients meet the growing challenges of quality, safety, environmental protection and social responsibility.
Specialty:
Engineering, HSE, Science
Education Degree:
Bachelor’s degree + NEBOSH Level 6 Diploma + KAWADER (Professional)
Technical knowledge:
Occupational Safety and Health Professional Certificate, Operations, Support functions, Business development.
Experience:
5-7 years , Experience working in construction / mining sites
Primary Functions:
1.Fatality Prevention
- 100% Commitment to go the entire year with zero serious injuries and fatalities.
- Ensure a comprehensive motor vehicle safety program in alignment with Group QHSSE 106-PO.
- Enforce the cardinal rules whenever visiting field and lab activities.
- Ensure all activities have a comprehensive risk assessment identifying all foreseeable hazards and prescribing all the control measures.
2.Injury Prevention
- Enforce the two minutes for my safety and the STOP work authority, and NEW Cardinal Safety Rules.
- Local management shall ensure a documented toolbox talks program. Each employee should participate on at least 6 toolbox talks per year.
- Promote Restricted Duty / Return to Work programs, to offer injured workers the possibility to continue their professional activities with adapted conditions.
- Review status of on-going QHSSE programs and progress to goals/targets (Safety Walk plan v.s. executed; Training plan v.s. executed).
- Review analysis of trends for causes of First Aids, Near hit, unsafe conditions, unsafe acts reported
- Follow up with Managers, Supervisors and SVP´s need to conduct a minimum of 6 safety walks / visits per year.
3.Safety Culture
- Promote safe behaviors by implementing formal positive recognition / rewards for exemplary workers
- Use 0 tolerance and administer discipline on workers with egregious behaviors that violate our company´s policies.
- Promote the communication of Near hits and preventive action follow up.
- Ensure all new hires are properly inducted.
- Conduct 6 STBTs per year to all employees in the region.
- Coordinate with top management to complete 100% attendance for Safety Campaign.
- Perform at least 2 HSE Inspections per month.
- Ensure minimum QHSSE training hours are provided for all employees:
-1 day for operational employees.
-1 day for non-operational.
4.Safety Management:
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to the BV HSSE policies in the region.
- Lead the development of a project safety program to ensure a safe work environment is established for all employees.
- Provide support and technical guidance on safety management to ensure the safety program is effectively implemented in the region.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the safety section of the project QHSSE plans to ensure fulfillment of contractual obligations.
- Promote safety performance.
- Participate in the investigation into serious safety related incidents in the region and collect needed evidence.
- Participate in doing root cause analysis.
- Implement corrective actions.
- Ensure effective working relationships are maintained with contractors and other parties
- Manage lessons learned and ensure that they are communicated to project personnel
- Develop and deliver safety training program in the region.
- Ensure compliance with the travel policy in conjunction with the support of International SOS.
5.Performance Management:
- Identification of local high-risk activities and ensure that processes are in place to protect employees
- Identify and disseminate best practices within the region
- Ensure that Personal Protective Equipment is correctly identified, fit for purpose, and correctly maintained for all country activities.
- Lead and coordinate internal and external audit programs in the region
- Introduction of incident risk management tools & techniques
- Increase awareness of costs and risks of poor performance and non-compliance
- Periodic monitoring/verification of the application of safety procedures in the field by BV inspectors.
- Develop training modules
6.Environment:
- Ensure appropriate quarterly reporting on Green Hub.
- Analyze the environmental data and define areas for improvement to reduce carbon footprint.
- Ensure the deployment of the Eco-efficiency policy.
Technical Expertise:
HSE:
- Knowledge of safety regulations and procedures.
- Ability to conduct safety inspections.
- Skill in accident investigation and root cause analysis.
- Knowledge of risk assessment.
- Skill in training and educating employees.
- Excellent communication skills.
Business Requirements:
- Excellent IT skills
- Fluent spoken and written English
- Familiar with all aspects of Construction Safety and possessing specialist knowledge in one or two areas of Construction Safety (e.g., excavations, scaffolding, lifting, etc.)
- Being a good team player, good communication and interpersonal skills
- Physically fit and able to spend a large proportion of the day on site
- Ability to work in a multifaceted / multinational organizational matrix with a variety of working relationships
- Capability to understand local and customer issues and to deliver tangible solutions
Training:
First aid, fire prevention, firefighting, risk assessment, risk management, incident investigation, root cause analysis, IOSH managing safely, NEBOSH IGC, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 17020.
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