SENIOR ENGINEER, HSE (TECHNICAL RISK)

ADNOC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC is seeking a seasoned HSE Engineer to monitor performance and lead safety initiatives across plant operations. You will ensure compliance with HSE standards and support incident investigations, audits, and training programs.

The role requires a Bachelor degree in Safety or related fields and at least 8 years of experience, including 3 years in safety engineering, with strong risk assessment and regulatory knowledge.

Qualifications

• HSE management experience and leadership capabilities.
• Hands-on risk assessment studies and safety program implementation.
• Experience in HSE audits, inspections, and training initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Monitor HSE inspections to ensure safety standards are met.
• Review reports and inputs to support HSE matters across functions.
• Act as first contact for safety, health, and environment in HSE systems.
• Identify hazards and mitigate risks in operations and facilitate improvements.
• Lead HSE training programs and drills for personnel.
• Investigate accidents and lead crisis communications as needed.

Skills

HSE management

Risk assessment

Incident investigation

Training & awareness

Education

Bachelor Degree in Safety, Industrial Engineering, or related engineering fields

Job description

Job Purpose

Monitor the HSE performance and practices to ensure that operations and plant assets are operating safely and in accordance with the HSE standards, policies and procedures. Act as a focal point for HSE management systems implementation, while providing with the needful support for the respective functions and personnel.
Provide with recommendations and feedback to HSE Technical Function or HSE Advisors to ensure proper resolution of incidents, and the implementation of HSE development projects within the respective area plants, assets, etc., while facilitating the HSE communications and training courses for the respective personnel.

Job Specific Accountabilities

HSE Monitoring

• Monitor the HSE inspection to ensure that the products, services, equipment, and any other item listed for the inspections, is meeting the HSE standards and safe for the next processing or use by others. While ensuring that the inspection activities are sufficient.
• Review reports, feedback and inputs by other functions technical, projects, quality, etc., to ensure aligned and timely support for any HSE related matter.
• Monitor the HSE compliance and performance by the staff, and participate to complex and high-impact HSE inspection activities to ensure compliance with HSE standards and procedures i.e. for equipment installation, asset and facilities operations starting, loading, offloading, and shutting down…etc.
• Act as first point of contact for safety, health and environment aspects for the company's HSE management systems, and ADNOC COP's, to support and facilitate understanding and communication with the plant personnel.
• Revise purchasing standards to ensure equipment and material purchased meet applicable safety codes and conform to the latest technology.

Operations Safety

• Identify hazardous and risk activities to undertake steps to mitigate risk and ensure proper disposal of hazardous, waste, toxic chemicals, etc.
• Monitor the safety, environment and health tools and equipment i.e. personal protective equipment, glassware, spare parts for instruments and other equipment, to support HSE processes.
• Recommend on preventive maintenance programs and associated procedures to ensure safety equipment and installations are kept in optimal operating condition, follow up on safety for these programs.
• Contribute to the development of plant safety programs and ensures the availability of safety manuals, hazardous area instructions, safety materials, safety publications and posters, etc. Identify area of unsafe working conditions and recommends improvements.
• Prepare and update the safety inspection checklists and schedules for surveying plant facilities for assessment of hazards and pinpointing corrective actions.

HSE Initiatives & Project Implementation

• In line with HSE technical experts, lead and participate in HSE related studies such as HSE Impact Assessment, HAZOP, HAZID, Root Cause Analysis, Risk Assessment, etc.
• Audit, review and assess the deployed projects, initiatives and recent updates to ensure sustainable and continuous development.
• Lead the housekeeping and other environmental activities and initiatives to support the working environment in the plant.

HSE Training

• Assess the training needs for HSE within the respective area, align the training sessions with HSE technical and management, and conduct and facilitate the HSE training programs and communications.
• Lead or monitor the evacuation and drilling exercises to ensure readiness and preparedness of the personnel for emergency cases.
• Communicate, educate and advise on the HSE updates in policies, procedures, practices, technology, and any other updates to ensure timely information for the team.
• Prepare analysis and reports for routine and non-routine HSE activities.

Job Specific Accountabilities2

Incident Management

• Analyse accidents and recommends actions required to minimize recurrence. And follow up on the implementation of the recommendation(s) to ensure HSE barriers in place, until close-out report issuance.
• Investigate, or participate, as per HSE management instructions, in the investigation for accidents to enable the forthcoming decision-making.
• At the time of crisis, lead the communications in line with the chain of command within the HSE for the plant, to ensure timely response by the team.

Minimum Qualification

Bachelor Degree in Safety, Industrial Engineering, or any related engineering fields.

Minimum Experience, Knowledge & Skills

• 8 years of experience, including at least 3 years as Safety or HSE Engineer.
• Experience in HSE project implementation, HSE inspection, conducting training and awareness sessions, and HSE systems.
• Hands-on Risk Assessment Studies i.e. TRA, HAZID, HAZOPS, PSSR, HSEIA, etc.

Revenues/ Budget: As per approved financial budget
Direct Reports: As per organization chart
Indirect Reports: As per organization chart

Professional Certifications

• ISO 9001
• NEBOSH / NIOSH NPG
• ISO 14001 / RC
• ISO 27000