QHSE / ISO Officer

Confidential Company; Dubai; Vor Ort; AED 180.000 - 360.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Confidential Company in Dubai is seeking a Senior QHSE professional to implement and monitor QHSE policies across multiple facilities. The role requires conducting hazard identifications, risk assessments, and training while ensuring compliance with UAE regulations.

Responsibilities include leading ISO-based internal audits, managing corrective actions, and coordinating chemical safety, waste management, and emergency response planning.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in chemical or environmental engineering required.
• NEBOSH IGC or higher is mandatory.
• ISO internal auditor certifications with practical competence.

Aufgaben

• Develop, implement, and enforce QHSE policies and safe work practices across facilities.
• Conduct inspections, hazard identifications, and risk assessments to ensure safety.
• Lead audits, track corrective actions, and manage IMS documentation.
• Coordinate chemical safety, waste management, and environmental compliance activities.
• Prepare emergency response plans, drills, and incident investigations with root cause analysis.

Kenntnisse

Risk assessment

Internal auditing

Incident investigation

ISO 9001/14001/45001 knowledge

Emergency response

Regulatory compliance

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering

Jobbeschreibung

A. Occupational Health & Safety Management

• Implement, monitor, and enforce QHSE policies, procedures, and safe working practices across all facilities.

• Conduct regular workplace inspections, hazard identification, and risk assessments.

• Develop and review Job Safety Analyses (JSA), Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (HIRA), Safe Operating Procedures (SOPs), and permit-to-work procedures.

• Monitor high-risk activities, including machinery operations, shredding, battery processing, chemical handling, hot work, confined spaces, and material handling.

• Ensure compliance with PPE requirements, equipment safety procedures, and emergency preparedness standards.

• Investigate accidents, incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions, including root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.

• Conduct employee safety inductions, toolbox talks, and occupational safety training.

• Monitor contractor and subcontractor compliance with safety requirements.

• Exercise stop-work authority for activities presenting imminent danger, in accordance with established procedures.

B. Chemical Safety & Hazardous Waste Management

• Identify and assess chemical and process hazards associated with industrial waste, hazardous materials, recovered liquids, solvents, oils, aerosols, batteries, and other waste streams.

• Review Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and ensure appropriate chemical classification, compatibility, labelling, segregation, storage, and handling.

• Conduct chemical risk assessments and recommend suitable engineering controls, containment systems, ventilation, and personal protective equipment.

• Evaluate fire, explosion, toxic exposure, and uncontrolled chemical reaction risks.

• Assess risks associated with lithium-ion batteries, including thermal runaway, damaged batteries, storage, handling, and emergency response.

• Develop and review chemical spill response procedures and hazardous material handling protocols.

• Provide technical input into the assessment and acceptance of new waste streams.

• Support safe implementation of chemical treatment, recycling, and recovery processes, subject to appropriate technical validation and regulatory approvals.

C. Environmental Management & Regulatory Compliance

• Monitor compliance with applicable UAE and Dubai environmental laws, regulations, permits, and authority requirements.

• Conduct environmental inspections covering waste storage, emissions, wastewater, spills, contamination prevention, and material handling.

• Monitor compliance with environmental permit conditions and approved operational activities.

• Maintain environmental compliance registers, monitoring records, and inspection reports.

• Coordinate environmental testing, sampling, and laboratory analysis through approved service providers.

• Support waste traceability, environmental reporting, and sustainability performance monitoring.

• Liaise with relevant regulatory authorities as required.

• Identify environmental non-conformities and recommend corrective and preventive measures.

D. Fire Safety & Emergency Preparedness

• Conduct fire and explosion risk assessments across recycling and waste processing facilities.

• Evaluate fire risks associated with combustible waste, lithium batteries, aerosols, flammable liquids, chemicals, and processing equipment.

• Monitor fire prevention measures, emergency exits, fire detection systems, suppression systems, and firefighting equipment.

• Develop, review, and maintain emergency response plans covering fires, chemical spills, battery incidents, and other foreseeable emergencies.

• Coordinate emergency drills and evaluate emergency response effectiveness.

• Monitor emergency equipment inspections, servicing, and maintenance records.

• Liaise with operational teams and relevant authorities to ensure emergency preparedness.

• Follow up on corrective actions arising from drills, inspections, and emergency incidents.

E. ISO Management Systems & Internal Auditing

• Act as a designated ISO Internal Auditor for the organisation's Integrated Management System (IMS), subject to demonstrated auditor competency.

• Plan, coordinate, and conduct internal audits in accordance with:

  • ISO 9001 – Quality Management Systems.

  • ISO 14001 – Environmental Management Systems.

  • ISO 45001 – Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems.

• Develop and maintain an annual risk-based internal audit programme covering all applicable departments, processes, and operational facilities.

• Conduct process-based audits to assess conformity with ISO requirements, policies, procedures, and applicable legal obligations.

• Identify audit non-conformities, observations, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

• Prepare audit reports detailing findings, supporting evidence, corrective action requirements, responsible personnel, and completion deadlines.

• Monitor corrective action implementation and verify the effectiveness of completed actions.

• Maintain ISO audit schedules, checklists, reports, non-conformity registers, and supporting documentation.

• Coordinate external certification, surveillance, and recertification audits.

• Support the implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of the Integrated Management System.

• Maintain and review ISO-related policies, procedures, process maps, risk registers, objectives, and controlled documents.

• Coordinate management review meetings and prepare supporting reports on QHSE performance, audit findings, compliance status, and improvement initiatives.

• Monitor revisions to applicable ISO standards and coordinate necessary management system updates.

• Ensure internal audits are conducted objectively and impartially, avoiding audits of activities under the auditor's direct responsibility.

• Support customer audits, regulatory inspections, and third-party assessments.

F. Quality Assurance & Operational Process Control

• Monitor compliance with established quality standards and operational procedures.

• Conduct process inspections and identify operational non-conformities.

• Support the development of quality control procedures for incoming materials, processing activities, recovered materials, and finished products.

• Assist operational teams in identifying process inefficiencies, contamination risks, and quality deviations.

• Monitor corrective and preventive actions arising from quality inspections and audits.

• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance processing consistency, material recovery quality, and operational performance.

Desired Candidate Profile

Mandatory Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering.

• NEBOSH International General Certificate (IGC) or higher.

• ISO 9001, ISO 14001, or ISO 45001 Internal Auditor certification, with demonstrated competence in auditing the applicable management systems.

Preferred Certifications

• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification.

• ISO 14001 Lead Auditor certification.

• ISO 45001 Lead Auditor certification.

• Training in hazardous materials management, chemical safety, fire safety, or industrial emergency response.

• Knowledge of ISO 19011 guidelines for auditing management systems.

Professional Experience

• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant QHSE experience in industrial operations, manufacturing, chemical processing, recycling, waste management, or related sectors.

• Practical experience in chemical hazard assessment, workplace safety inspections, and incident investigations.

• Demonstrated experience conducting ISO internal audits and managing audit findings.

• Experience maintaining ISO management systems and supporting external certification audits.

• Familiarity with UAE occupational health, safety, and environmental regulations.

• Experience working across multiple industrial facilities is preferred.

Technical Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of chemical hazards, material compatibility, and industrial process safety.

• Knowledge of occupational safety standards and risk assessment methodologies.

• Understanding of hazardous waste handling, storage, segregation, and environmental controls.

• Knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 management system requirements.

• Ability to plan and conduct internal audits and prepare professional audit reports.

• Competence in incident investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective action management.

• Familiarity with fire prevention, explosion hazards, and industrial emergency response.

• Strong documentation, analytical, and technical reporting skills.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital QHSE management systems.

• Effective communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work independently and coordinate with multiple operational teams.