Senior Safety Engineer📣 Job Ad

About Parsons and the Role

Parsons Corporation is seeking a Senior Safety Engineer to join its team in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position involves assisting and advising project or program managers in ensuring that site-specific Safety, Health, and Environmental (SH&E) plans, workplaces, and operational tasks conform to Parsons' risk management practices and comply with prevailing regulatory and client SH&E requirements.

Role Context and Contribution

Operating under the general oversight of an SH&E Manager, the Senior Safety Engineer will contribute to Parsons' mission of connecting people, systems, and cities through resilient infrastructure. This role is crucial for cultivating an innovative environment where expertise shapes future-ready projects, guided by a vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the PMC HSE Manager in carrying out SH&E functions across multiple infrastructure and building construction projects within a program management framework.
• Advise and support the most senior construction site representative in establishing and managing ESHARP Management and Parsons SH&E processes, including identifying and eliminating or controlling hazards to persons and property.
• Develop site-specific work plans, SH&E compliance programs, training programs, and orientation plans that fully conform to relevant SH&E regulations, Parsons’ ESHARP management system, and client requirements.
• Collaborate with SH&E and project and program managers to evaluate contractors’ SH&E performance, planning, and culture to ensure consistency with the company’s risk management practices and core values.
• Audit projects, programs, and their worksites against corporate and client standards; detect and correct safety hazards, and create and submit written audit reports.
• Implement Parsons’ occupational injury and incident reporting and management processes.
• Initiate and conduct thorough incident investigations and root cause analyses using secure protocols.
• Perform trend analyses on audit findings, inspection findings, and incident reports; create and submit regular analysis reports.
• Represent the program SH&E manager on project or program worksites as appropriate.
• Supervise emergency response teams and first aid personnel in providing services during emergency situations and to occupationally injured or ill personnel.
• Prepare and review audit and inspection reports, as well as OSH statistics reports and presentations.
• Represent management during safety inspections of the job site by regulatory authorities or company insurance carriers.
• Provide oversight to Parsons’ new hire safety orientation process and other safety-related training.
• Review risk assessments for upcoming work and provide technical assistance to the safety planning process.

Required Experience

Candidates for the Senior Safety Engineer position are expected to have 5 to 10 years of experience in a relevant safety engineering role. This experience should demonstrate a capability to manage and implement comprehensive safety, health, and environmental programs within large-scale construction or infrastructure projects.

Work Environment and Reporting

This full-time position is based in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and involves working across various project sites. The Senior Safety Engineer will report to a Safety, Health, and Environmental Manager, contributing to a collaborative environment focused on project delivery and safety excellence.

Application Information

Parsons invites qualified professionals to apply for this Senior Safety Engineer role. Further details regarding the application process will be provided.