Executive Director Health and Safety Workers Welfare

About Qiddiya Investment Company and the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC), a PIF-backed giga-project, is integral to Saudi Vision 2030, focusing on building a vibrant society, thriving economy, and ambitious nation. QIC aims to integrate entertainment, sports, and culture within Qiddiya City, a future destination featuring world-class attractions, sports complexes, cultural landmarks, and residential areas. This full-time role for an Executive Director - Health and Safety Workers Welfare is based in Riyadh, Riyadh Province, and requires over 10 years of experience.

Role Purpose

The Executive Director - Health and Safety Workers Welfare will lead the delivery of Health, Safety, and Worker Welfare (HSWW) across Qiddiya's active construction portfolio. This involves ensuring the effective implementation of HSWW standards, driving construction safety compliance and assurance, and overseeing incident response and worker welfare practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure health and safety requirements from the pre-construction phase, including Safety in Design outputs and contractor pre-qualification conditions, are integrated into construction execution activities across all active delivery programs.
• Direct site teams and contractors to address identified risks before and during construction, aligning with enterprise HSWW standards.
• Oversee health and safety risk assessments for construction execution activities, directing the assessment of site-specific hazards, construction methodologies, and project risk profiles.
• Lead the execution of delivery-phase safety audits and inspections in alignment with the enterprise assurance framework, directing selective audits based on contractor and vendor risk profiles.
• Ensure compliance with applicable national and international safety standards, worker welfare standards, and KSA labor laws across all delivery activities.
• Lead the delivery HSWW inspection program across all active construction sites, directing regular inspections of workplace conditions and risk mitigation effectiveness.
• Oversee the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) program, including procurement, distribution, compliance monitoring, and record-keeping.
• Monitor corrective actions arising from site inspections, audits, incidents, safety simulations, and worker welfare grievances, ensuring timely assignment, progression, and close-out.
• Lead the investigation of health and safety incidents involving on-site workers, adhering to the enterprise incident investigation hierarchy, directing root cause analysis, and developing lessons learned.
• Oversee the implementation of corrective and preventive actions from incident investigations, ensuring findings are communicated and lessons disseminated.
• Lead site-based crisis communication and coordinate regulatory reporting for serious incidents, ensuring timely and accurate information to internal leadership, government authorities, and regulatory bodies.
• Ensure the provision of emergency medical response capability for construction-related incidents across all active delivery programs.
• Validate delivery HSWW key performance indicators, maintain performance dashboards, and consolidate safety data across all active construction programs.
• Define and maintain occupational health standards and guidelines applicable to Qiddiya's active delivery programs, embedding health monitoring and exposure surveillance within contractor obligations.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders to ensure delivery safety performance data, incident trends, corrective action status, and compliance outcomes are accurately reported to the HSWW Project Control Group and leadership.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in Health, Safety, and Worker Welfare, particularly within large-scale construction or development projects.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing HSWW standards, driving compliance, and managing incident response.
• Strong understanding of national and international safety standards, worker welfare standards, and KSA labor laws.
• Proven ability to lead safety audits, inspections, and incident investigations.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a dynamic environment focused on the development of Qiddiya City.

Application Process

Candidates meeting the qualifications are encouraged to apply for this role to contribute to a significant national project.