Environmental Health & Safety Leader

Latent AI; Dubai; On-site; AED 330,517 - 440,690; Full time

Job summary

Latent AI in Dubai is seeking an experienced Environmental Health & Safety Leader to ensure compliance and drive safe behaviors in tunneling operations. You will monitor daily field activities, conduct inspections, and implement safety protocols to enhance health, safety, and environmental outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in EHS roles within construction or heavy industrial contexts, preferably in tunneling, mining, or oil & gas. This role is vital to fostering a safety-first culture in an innovative environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in construction or heavy industrial EHS roles - tunneling, mining, or oil & gas preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA, MSHA (preferred), confined space, LOTO, and respiratory protection standards.
• Comfortable working in underground environments and around heavy equipment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily field operations to ensure compliance EHS regulations and company policies.
• Perform regular tunnel and surface inspections, including pre-shift walkthroughs.
• Lead incident investigations and root cause analyses.

Skills

EHS regulations compliance

Incident investigations

Risk assessments

Field audits

Safety training

Education

CSP, CHST, or equivalent certification

7+ years in construction or heavy industrial EHS roles

Job description

Environmental Health & Safety Leader

Dubai, UAE

OPERATIONS, Safety

In office

Full-time

The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.

We’re looking for an EHS Lead who can keep up with the pace of tunneling operations and proactively manage risk in a high-pressure, underground environment. This role supports a TBM project and requires a sharp, field-first safety mindset. You’ll be embedded with operations teams to ensure compliance, drive safe behaviors, and continuously improve health, safety, and environmental outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor daily field operations to ensure compliance EHS regulations and company policies
• Perform regular tunnel and surface inspections, including pre-shift walkthroughs, equipment checks, air quality sampling, and confined space protocols
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective/preventative action implementation
• Conduct job hazard analyses (JHAs), risk assessments, and toolbox talks with crews
• Maintain EHS documentation, training records, and regulatory reports
• Support emergency response preparedness and training exercises
• Collaborate with superintendents, miners, and technicians to identify and mitigate job-specific risks

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in construction or heavy industrial EHS roles - tunneling, mining, or oil & gas preferred
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA, MSHA (preferred), confined space, LOTO, and respiratory protection standards
• Experience conducting field audits and writing JHAs, incident reports, and environmental compliance documentation
• Comfortable working in underground environments and around heavy equipment
• CSP, CHST, or equivalent certification is a plus

Culture

We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity.

The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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