HSE Officer

About the Role

Dar Al Riyadh Consultants is seeking an experienced HSE Officer to join their team in Medina. This full-time role involves enforcing project HSE plans, conducting site inspections, monitoring high-risk activities, and ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations on construction projects. The position requires a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Enforce the approved Project HSE Plan, Saudi Labour Law, Civil Defense requirements, and applicable environmental regulations.
• Conduct daily site inspections to ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, and fire-prevention requirements.
• Monitor high-risk activities including work at height, facade scaffolding, suspended cradles, structural cutting, demolition, hot works, lifting operations, and confined-space entry.
• Review contractor method statements, risk assessments, Job Safety Analyses, lifting plans, and emergency procedures.
• Implement and monitor the Permit-to-Work system for all high-risk activities.
• Inspect scaffolding, access systems, excavation protection, temporary works, electrical safety, and fire-protection arrangements.
• Monitor site logistics, vehicle movements, material deliveries, pedestrian protection, and emergency access routes.
• Enforce dust, noise, waste, and environmental-control measures within the congested Madinah Central Area.
• Conduct toolbox talks, safety inductions, weekly HSE audits, and emergency evacuation drills.
• Identify unsafe acts and conditions, issuing safety observations, warnings, or stop-work instructions as necessary.
• Investigate accidents, incidents, and near misses; determine root causes and monitor corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain HSE registers, inspection records, incident reports, statistics, permits, and training records.
• Coordinate with contractor HSE teams, project engineers, Saudi Civil Defense, and relevant municipal authorities.
• Monitor the availability and condition of personal protective equipment, emergency equipment, and firefighting systems.
• Prepare weekly and monthly HSE performance reports for the Project Manager.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Safety Management, Environmental Science, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 12 years of construction HSE management, monitoring, or supervision experience.
• NEBOSH International General Certificate or NEBOSH Diploma is mandatory.
• Valid Saudi Council of Engineers registration in the applicable professional category is mandatory.
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction or IOSH Managing Safely certification is required.
• Proven HSE experience on high-rise buildings, five-star hotels, major renovations, or brownfield projects.
• Strong practical experience managing work at height, demolition, hot works, lifting operations, confined spaces, and temporary works.
• Strong knowledge of Saudi Labour Law, Saudi Civil Defense requirements, fire-safety regulations, and municipal environmental standards.
• Experience implementing Permit-to-Work systems, risk assessments, JSAs, incident investigations, and emergency-response plans.
• Previous experience working with an engineering consultancy or construction supervision consultant.

Required Skills

• Strong reporting, auditing, communication, and contractor-management skills.
• Ability to issue and enforce corrective actions and stop-work instructions when necessary.
• Experience in Madinah Central Area or similarly congested and sensitive locations is strongly preferred.

Work Type and Location

This is a full-time position based in Medina. The role involves working within a dynamic project environment, often in congested and sensitive locations such as the Madinah Central Area.

Application Process

Salary details for this position will be discussed during the interview process.