Occupational Health and Safety Officer

Job description

Every AKFAL crew of any size has an HSE officer on site from the first day. HSE officers deliver inductions and toolbox talks, review permits, inspect the work area and equipment, stop work when needed, and report to both AKFAL and the client's safety department. The company's stop-work authority is real and the officer is the person who exercises it. Dammam and the Dammam–Khobar–Dhahran metro area hold the Second and Third Industrial Cities, King Abdulaziz Port, power and desalination plants, and the regional offices of the EPC and maintenance contractors AKFAL works with. The work is more varied than in Jubail: factory maintenance, warehousing and logistics, utilities and camp services alongside plant trades. What you will do • Deliver site inductions and daily toolbox talks in the crew's languages • Review permits to work, JSAs and lifting plans before work starts • Inspect work areas, PPE, scaffolds and equipment; record findings • Investigate incidents and near misses; report to AKFAL and the client • Keep HSE statistics and training records for the contract What we look for • 3 years or more as an HSE officer on industrial or construction sites • NEBOSH IGC or OSHA 30 minimum; IOSH Managing Safely a plus • Knows Saudi labour and safety regulations and client HSE standards • Confident speaking to crews in English and at least one of Arabic, Hindi or Urdu • Reports in written English Certificates that help • NEBOSH IGC or OSHA 30-hour • IOSH Managing Safely • First aid and fire-fighting certificates • Aramco or SABIC safety induction, if held What AKFAL provides • Accommodation in a managed camp • Meals in the mess hall or delivered to site • Daily transport to and from the plant • Medical insurance • Overtime paid per Saudi Labour Law • Iqama, transfer and work-permit fees paid by AKFAL AKFAL never charges applicants any fee. Report anyone who does, in our name, on WhatsApp.

Requirements

• 3 years or more as an HSE officer on industrial or construction sites · NEBOSH IGC or OSHA 30 minimum
• IOSH Managing Safely a plus · Knows Saudi labour and safety regulations and client HSE standards · Confident speaking to crews in English and at least one of Arabic, Hindi or Urdu · Reports in written English
• NEBOSH IGC or OSHA 30-hour · IOSH Managing Safely · First aid and fire-fighting certificates · Aramco or SABIC safety induction, if held

Skills