Project Safety Officer

About the Role

Airswift, a global manpower provider specializing in Energy, Infrastructure, and IT sectors with presence in over 70 countries, is partnering with a national operator to recruit a Project Safety Officer. This long-term contract role is based onsite in Mesaieed, Qatar, focusing on upholding and ensuring health, safety, and environmental compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver technical health, safety, and environmental (HSE) services to clients during project definition and execution phases, ensuring contractors adhere strictly to HSE policies and regulations.
• Foster and maintain a robust safety culture aligned with client vision, strategy, and core values.
• Monitor and verify contractors’ compliance with approved HSE plans and requirements by providing oversight on-site for EPIC contractors, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Identify hazards and implement risk mitigation strategies through thorough risk assessment processes across construction, pre-commissioning, and commissioning phases.
• Review method statements, job safety analyses (JSAs), certifications, and related documents, reporting any discrepancies or non-compliance promptly to supervisors.
• Conduct regular monitoring of site HSE programs, safe work practices, and analyze leading and lagging safety data to enhance performance.
• Prepare statistical reports and trend analyses to support safety improvements.
• Ensure all client and contractor personnel comply with established HSE rules and procedures.
• Perform daily inspections of project activities, ensuring adherence to approved JSAs, risk assessments, method statements, and permit-to-work systems.
• Support senior HSE engineers in implementing performance monitoring, objectives, initiatives, and policies relating to HSE standards on-site.
• Administer the client’s environmental management system by identifying non-conformances and recommending immediate and long-term corrective actions.
• Monitor adherence to HSE legal requirements including national laws, regulations, international conventions ratified by Qatar, and applicable standards.
• Participate actively in maintaining the HSE risk register to ensure proper documentation, monitoring, and mitigation of risks throughout the project.
• Evaluate contractors’ HSE plans, procedures, personnel qualifications, and competence assessments to confirm compliance before mobilization.
• Lead incident investigations, including reporting and implementing corrective actions aligned with corporate incident management standards.
• Organize site safety meetings to promote safety awareness among project staff and contractors.
• Conduct safety audits involving all stakeholders, provide corrective recommendations, and follow through to ensure implementation.
• Contribute to the revision and updating of HSE codes, standards, specifications, and philosophies.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or higher, preferably in Engineering.
• Accredited HSE professional certification such as NEBOSH IGC Level 3 or higher.
• Membership or associate membership with recognized safety institutions (e.g., IOSH, IIRSM) is desirable.
• Minimum of eight years' occupational health and safety experience within the Oil & Gas or Petrochemical industry, with a preference for candidates experienced in greenfield and brownfield construction projects.
• Comprehensive knowledge of safe work practices and international standards such as ISO 45001:2018.
• Familiarity with international occupational health, safety, and environmental management systems.
• Experience using incident investigation tools/software (e.g., Taproot, SafetyCulture, EasyRCA, Tripod Beta).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and relevant computer applications.
• Experience working in the GCC region is advantageous.

Additional Information

The role requires working on-site six days per week, typically 8 to 10 hours daily or as dictated by project needs. Immediate availability within approximately one month notice is preferred. Interested candidates should submit their resume including contact details to be considered.