Location: Doha
Job Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
2025-07-11
About vacancy
mselect is looking to hire a Safety Officer for a national oil and gas operator in Doha, Qatar. Candidates must have a minimum of 12 years’ experience in operational safety, preferably in the Oil, gas, and petrochemical industry, specifically in infrastructure and construction projects, with thorough knowledge of various safety regulations, standards, and procedures. Fluency in English is a must.
Key Responsibilities
Requirements
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
Key Responsibilities
- To provide, with full responsibility and accountability, a technical service to the Corporation in the areas of Health and Safety during definition, detailed design, and execution stages to ensure contractor(s) compliance with established HSE policies, procedures, and regulations
- Carries out duties and responsibilities for all areas of work covered in HSE aspects of Major Projects. Ensures adherence by contractor personnel to HSE policies, procedures, and regulations concerning active/passive fire safety systems, special protection systems, life safety, and fire risk assessment, safety studies/reviews, security systems, emergency response programs, emergency lighting, and communication systems, etc
- Responsible for monitoring related activities within project sites conducting daily inspections and ensuring the work being carried out is in line with approved JSA, Risk Assessment, and Method Statement and approved Permit to Work System.
- Responsible for identifying and implementing risk reduction measures in all areas and phases of construction
- Participate and assist in checking and reviewing method statements, JSA's, safety certifications, and other related documents submitted by contractors/project consultants. To take the necessary action by highlighting and reporting to the immediate Supervisor in case of any lapse and/or lagging
- Participate and provide inputs to Senior HSE Engineer for the implementation of Project HSE Performance Monitoring Objectives and Initiatives, HSE-related procedures, guidelines, standards, and policies to ensure Project activities are conducted in a safe, secure and healthy manner and compliance with DT HSE and Corporate requirements
- Monitor implementation of HSE Legal requirements, regulatory bodies, national laws and regulations, and State of Qatar-ratified international conventions and protocols within Project activities
- Participate and provide support to carry out and maintain records of the Project HSE risk register to ensure proper recording, monitoring and close-out of Project HSE Risks throughout the project duration
- Participate in the review of contractors' HSE documentation (HSE Plan, HSE Procedures, and other HSE requirements) to ensure contractors are compliant with HSE requirements
- Participate in the review of contractors' Safety Officers' CVs and competence assessment test/personal interviews before mobilization of contractor's HSE personnel at the project site to ensure compliance with Corporate HSE Regulations for contractors
- Carry out incident investigation, reporting including implementation of close-out of preventive and corrective actions of incidents/accidents that occur within projects to ensure compliance with corporate procedure for Incident management
- Conduct site safety meetings and HSE awareness amongst project staff and Contractors
- Conducts safety audits on the project involving all parties to ensure compliance with safety policies advise corrective actions and follow up on the suggested actions to ensure proper implementation
Requirements
- HNC or equivalent in an engineering discipline. Associate member of a recognized safety institution
- Minimum 12 years’ experience in operational safety, preferably in the Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Industry specifically infrastructure/construction projects, with thorough knowledge of various safety regulations, standards, procedures, etc
- Competent in the use of PC including MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) and any other relevant software
- Experience in the Arabian Gulf is desirable
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
