Senior Safety Advisor

KEO International; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

KEO International invites applications for an OSH Engineer based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The role focuses on maintaining the Safety Management System, advising staff and contractors, and raising on-site health and safety standards across projects.

The successful candidate will have a NEBOSH International Diploma, ISO-45001 Lead Auditor qualification, and at least 12 years of experience, preferably on building projects in Abu Dhabi.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years' career experience in safety/OSH.
• Diploma or Bachelor in a relevant field.
• NEBOSH International Diploma mandatory.
• ISO-45001 Lead Auditor qualification required.
• Experience on building projects in Abu Dhabi preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and enforce standards of safety in line with KEO’s Safety Management System and client requirements.
• Perform facility inspections and report on conditions affecting daily operations.
• Monitor and track all facility-related activities.
• Provide FM technical safety support to maintenance teams.
• Review and inspect work areas to identify potential safety hazards.
• Ensure staff wear PPE, hard hats, and protective footwear on site.
• Conduct daily project inspections to ensure compliance and suggest changes.
• Investigate accidents, determine causes, and provide prevention recommendations.
• Develop and implement safety policies to reduce accident-related costs.
• Regulate safety policies with input from managers and workers.

Skills

OSH leadership

HSE management

Education

NEBOSH International Diploma

ISO-45001 Lead Auditor

Diploma or Bachelor in relevant field

Job description

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented OSH Engineer t o join our team based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The OSH Engineer will be responsible for maintaining effective operation and management of KEO’s Safety Management System on our project, providing HSE advice and information to KEO staff and contractors, to raise the standards of Health and Safety on site.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Monitor and enforce standards of safety in compliance with KEO’s Health and Safety Management System and Client requirements.
• Performing facility inspections and reporting on condition affecting daily operations
• Monitoring and tracking all facility-related activities.
• Providing FM technical support to the maintenance teams.
• Review and inspect work areas, determining potential occurrence of safety hazards.
• Observe and ensure staff on site always; wear personal protective equipment, use hard hats and protective footwear, operate construction equipment in a safe manner and follow KEO’s safety policies.
• Conduct daily inspections of the projects to ensure compliance and, where applicable, make recommendations for change.
• In case of emergency determine and investigate the cause of the accident, establish a report and provide recommendation(s) to prevent future occurrences.
• Develop and implement safety policies needed to reduce accident-related costs.
• Regulate set policies, soliciting input from managers and workers.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that you will bring a minimum of 12 years' career experience partnered with a Diploma or Bachelor Degree in a relevant field.

NEBOSH International Diploma or equivalent along with ISO-45001 Lead Auditor qualification are required.

Experience gained from working on buildingprojects in Abu Dhabi will be preferred.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.