HSE Lead

About Jacobs

Jacobs is a company focused on solving critical global problems across various sectors, including urban development, environmental resilience, and scientific discovery. The organization aims to transform abstract ideas into realities that benefit the world.

HSE Lead Role in Neom

Jacobs is seeking an HSE Lead to join its team in Neom, Al Jawf. This full-time role involves providing leadership for health, safety, and environmental activities during the completion, commissioning, handover, and close-out phases of a major water infrastructure project. The position focuses on maintaining a strong safety culture, managing risks during final project activities, ensuring contractor compliance, and facilitating a safe transition to operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all HSE activities related to project completion, commissioning, startup, and handover.
• Ensure compliance with project HSE plans, NEOM requirements, regulatory obligations, and Jacobs policies.
• Monitor contractor HSE performance and provide leadership to drive continuous improvement and safe execution of works.
• Conduct regular site inspections, audits, workplace observations, and compliance reviews across all project work fronts.
• Review and approve risk assessments, method statements, permit-to-work activities, and commissioning safety plans.
• Lead investigations into incidents, near misses, and safety observations, ensuring effective corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
• Provide HSE support during testing, commissioning, energization, startup, and system integration activities.
• Coordinate emergency preparedness planning, drills, and response activities with project stakeholders.
• Develop and present HSE performance reports, trends, KPIs, and recommendations to project leadership.
• Support operational readiness, handover, and close-out activities, ensuring all HSE obligations and documentation requirements are completed.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 10 years of HSE experience in major infrastructure, utilities, water, industrial, energy, or construction projects, with specific experience in commissioning and project close-out activities.
• Strong knowledge of HSE management systems, risk management, incident investigation, permit-to-work systems, commissioning safety, contractor management, emergency response planning, and regulatory compliance.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, HSE reporting systems, incident management platforms, document control systems, and digital project environments.
• Experience supporting project delivery, contractor oversight, risk mitigation, audit programs, and operational readiness activities within complex project environments.
• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• NEBOSH International Diploma, NVQ Level 5/6, CSP, CMIOSH, or equivalent professional HSE qualification is preferred.
• Previous experience in the Middle East and on large-scale infrastructure projects is advantageous.

Required Skills

• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability in coaching, conflict resolution, and decision-making.
• Ability to influence positive safety behaviors across diverse teams.

Work Environment

This is a full-time, onsite position, requiring regular attendance at a Jacobs workplace as dictated by the nature of the role.