HSE Officer - Retail

Khidmah; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Khidmah is seeking an experienced HSE Officer to lead and coordinate health, safety and environmental activities across sites in the UAE. You will implement HSE management systems, review risk assessments, and ensure regulatory compliance while supporting the HSE Director.

The role emphasizes leadership, incident investigations, training, and ongoing improvements to achieve zero significant accidents, with collaboration across facilities, procurement, and management teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in FM/Construction/Oil & Gas/Manufacturing
• 3–5 years UAE experience in HSE officer role
• Experience in risk assessment, incident investigation and root cause analysis
• Experienced in performing HSE inspections and ISO Auditing
• Excellent reporting and presentation skills
• Good understanding of F&LS systems
• Well organized and proactive

Responsibilities

• Carry out day-to-day client’s HSE requirements and Khidmah compliance requirements, provide support to HSE Director
• Manage supporting staff at sites and compile/verify data for client
• Meet with client to discuss improvements in the field
• Coordinate HSE activities with HSE Management System
• Prepare and implement HSE plans, EIA, hazard identification and risk assessments to meet international standards and local regulations
• Support management in developing HSE leadership and culture to aim for zero significant accidents
• Review and approve method statements, risk assessments and emergency plans
• Review work permits submitted by Khidmah and contractors
• Conduct site safety inductions and monthly HSE committee meetings
• Document and maintain HSE incident, near miss and dangerous occurrence registers

Skills

Decision Making/Judgment

Initiative

Leadership

Meeting Management

Planning

Problem Solving/Analysis

Strategic Thinking/Management

Motivation/Drive

Teamwork

Quality

Communication/Interpersonal Skills

Confidence

Maturity

Accountability

Well-organized

Dependability

MS Office Proficiency

UAE Driving License

Education

Degree or Diploma in Engineering, science or Occupational Health & Safety

NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety (IGC)

ISO 9001/14001/45001 internal auditor certification (ISO 9K,14K,18K/45k)

First Aid and Firefighting training

Tools

MS Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

UAE Driving License

Job description

- Carry out the day-to-day client’s HSE requirements and Khidmah compliance requirements, contribute to the application of effective Health, Safety and Environmental management by providing support to and update HSE Director.

- Managing the supporting staffs at sites and compile the data and verifying approving and forwarding to client.

- Meeting with client for discussing various improvements in the field.

- Directs and coordinates Health, Safety and Environment activities with HSE Management System.

- Prepare and ensure implementation of HSE Plan, Environmental Impact Assessment, Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment and other project related HSE documentation and technical requirements, targeting compliance to the international standards, and local regulations and legislations.

- Support the management in the creation of a strong HSE leadership and culture that engages employees in the achievement of the company’s aim of zero significant accidents.

Education & Qualification:

• Degree or Diploma in Engineering, science or Occupational Health & Safety or equivalent from a recognized University (advantageous)
• Minimum NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety (IGC)NEBOSH or equivalent Level 3 Certification,
• Preferred ISO 9K,14K,18K/45k internal auditor certification
• First Aid and Firefighting training will be advantageous

Experience and skills:

• Decision Making/Judgment
• Initiative
• Leadership
• Meeting Management
• Planning
• Problem Solving/Analysis
• Strategic Thinking/Management
• Motivation/Drive
• Teamwork
• Quality
• Communication/ Interpersonal Skills
• Confidence / Maturity / Accountability /Well-organized / dependability

Other Skills:

• Excellent Communication skills with all levels and with all stakeholders
• Hands on experience in doing risk assessment, incident investigation and root cause analysis.
• Experienced in performing HSE inspections and ISO Auditing.
• Excellent skill in reporting and presentations.
• Good understanding of F&LS systems
• Well organized, disciplined and motivated
• Proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Power Point, Excel)
• Must have valid UAE drivers license and means of transport will be advantageous as traveling will be required.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in FM/Construction/Oil and Gas/Manufacturing industry
• 3 – 5 years UAE experience in HSE officer role
• Responsible for own Safety at work sites,
• Extend support to HSE Director and Procurement team in reviewing and assessing the Contractors HSE prequalification
• Attend clients and other stakeholders meetings related to HSE on behalf of the HSE Director and publishing minutes of meeting.
• Ensure all contractors and other personnel on site understand and comply with HSE requirements and regulations and strive towards zero harm to life and property.
• Provide adequate information, instructions, supervision, training and TBT to Khidmah employees in matters related to HSE.
• Daily report any HSE violations, follow up on implementation of control measures and corrective actions to mitigate the risks and recommend disciplinary actions on safety violations to the HSE Director.
• Flexible and available on call for emergencies to work on holidays or outside working hours.
• Coordinate with Facility Managers/Supervisors and Client to ensure that compliance with regulatory requirements and instructions from regulatory authorities are met.
• Documentation for HSE management systems in line with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 50001:2011 and OHSAS 18001:2007 / ISO45001:2018 standards at sites.
• Review and approve method statements, risk assessments and emergency plans and Conduct site specific risk assessments/job analysis.
• Review and approve work permits submitted by both Khidmah and Contractors
• Responsible for developing, Implementing and updating evacuation plans, procedures and measures.
• Pandemic Illness Management and enforcement
• Coordinate with senior management concerning the implementation of the safety management system on-site and the ongoing instructions to all personnel in its use.
• Monitor, Direct and Lead the site team to implement ‘’I see I fix it’’ program
• Monitor readiness and response to emergency situations through regularly held and documented drills.
• Conducting regular safety checks and escalating feedback and emergency issues to Facility Manager and HSE Director.
• Performing periodic and random HSE inspection as per the required KPI for the client requirements/ extra inspections for the site HSE improvements
• Performing regular floor walks and documented checks to ensure cleanliness and hygiene of staff
• Report functionality issues to FM team regarding technical equipment such as electrical doors, HV, LV systems, Fire protection systems, Fire Alert and Firefighting systems, HVAC systems, Gas systems, access control systems, storage and distribution systems are maintained in a safe manner.
• Ensure all operatives are wearing PPE on site.
• Coordinate and conduct monthly HSE committee at all responsible sites by including all relevant stakeholders. Document and maintain the records of monthly HSE committee meeting onsite with subject and attendance.
• Document, maintain and update all HSE incident, near misses and dangerous occurrence registers
• Facilitate COSHH assessments and advise FM team to maintain SDS at chemical store as per the UAE standard.
• Conduct incident investigation, identify the root cause and propose the necessary and relevant corrective actions required to close out the incidents.
• Conduct site safety inductions to all new staff of Khidmah and contractors.
• Compile and communicate all the information required for preparation of corporate HSE monthly report for further HSE departmental requirement.

Occupational and workplace Health and Safety responsibilities:

In addition to all job specific responsibilities, all employees are required to adhere to all Khidmah health, safety and environmental (HSE) policies, procedures, practices, and relevant legal and statutory health, safety and environmental requirements and obligations. All employees are personally responsible to familiarize themselves with these policies, procedures, practices, updates, etc. Khidmah HSE department regularly updates existing and introduce new policies, procedures and practices and each employee is personally responsible to ensure they stay updated and compliant with all such updates and new additions.

Information Security responsibilities:

• Comply with Khidmah Information Security Policies
• Be aware of and fulfil their information security responsibilities
• Ensure whoever handles sensitive company information have taken the Security Awareness Training
• Know how to report a security incident (to IT ServiceDesk or InfoSec).
• Not Disable his/her OS firewall and/or Antivirus
• Restrict use to authorized purposes, Protect access accounts, privileges and associated passwords.
• Accept accountability of his/her individual user accounts, and maintain confidentiality