Occupational Health Consultant

About the Role

Saudi Aramco is seeking an Occupational Health Consultant to join the Health Protection Division within the Environmental Protection Department. This full-time role involves developing and managing health protection programs to assess the company's performance in resolving health deficiencies across its facilities. The consultant will play a key role in setting occupational health standards and providing advisory services.

Role Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of the Occupational Health Consultant include:

• Implementing and overseeing health surveillance processes.
• Evaluating job fitness and compatibility with job demands, conducting periodic physicals for managing preventable occupational conditions, and performing medical retirement assessments.
• Providing occupational health consultations for new company projects and processes to minimize health hazards.
• Contributing to existing and new occupational health programs and initiatives in collaboration with stakeholders to mitigate occupational health risks.
• Overseeing and assessing third-party medical providers for quality assurance of occupational health assessments.
• Developing and implementing Contractor Fitness to Work standards, including compliance tracking and reporting.
• Supporting the standardization and monitoring of Contractor Medical Emergency Response Planning.
• Organizing and implementing Pre-employment/Periodic medical evaluations for contractors.
• Developing a Cardiac risk factor screening program for high-risk contractor cases.
• Conducting periodic field surveys to detect and evaluate occupational health risks.
• Engaging with external consultants and providing subject matter expertise.
• Utilizing and developing skills in occupational health technology, automation, and digitalization.
• Serving as a corporate consultant on technical advances in the prevention of occupationally related diseases.
• Supporting persons with disabilities at work in collaboration with relevant organizations.
• Initiating and reviewing studies and research in occupational health/medicine.
• Participating in innovation, patent filing, publications, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
• Participating in occupational illness investigation, determination, and classification.
• Analyzing and interpreting statistical data for the evaluation of occupational health programs.
• Collecting and analyzing data on occupational illnesses for reporting purposes.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Candidates for this position should meet the following criteria:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health/Medicine from a recognized and approved program is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
• A minimum of 15 years of experience, with at least five years of full-time practice in occupational health/medicine.
• Fluency in English, with the ability to write scientific reports, preferably demonstrated by published articles in international and peer-reviewed journals.
• General knowledge of oil industry processes, workmen's compensation, computerized registries, and information systems.

Work Type

This is a full-time position.

Application Process

Further details regarding the application process will be provided upon inquiry. Salary information is not disclosed.