Dam Safety Engineer | Field HSE & Compliance

DAR AL RIYADH; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 223,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

DAR AL RIYADH seeks a senior safety professional to oversee occupational health, safety and environmental activities across dam sites and water facilities in Saudi Arabia. You will conduct site inspections, review safety plans, and ensure contractor compliance with safety provisions and approved procedures.

Responsibilities include leading toolbox talks, risk assessments, incident investigations, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a safety discipline from a recognized university.
• Minimum 6 years of professional safety, health and environmental experience.
• Experience monitoring construction, operations or maintenance in infra or industrial environments.
• Ability to review risk assessments, method statements and permit-to-work documentation.
• Understanding of hazard identification and emergency response.
• Experience inspecting activities, equipment and site conditions.
• Verifiable employment references, project reports or studies on request.

Responsibilities

• Monitor occupational health safety and environmental activities at dam sites, water facilities and project locations.
• Conduct routine inspections of construction, operation, maintenance, repair and installation activities.
• Inspect work areas, access arrangements, PPE, emergency facilities and safety equipment for compliance.
• Identify unsafe acts, unsafe conditions and potential hazards.
• Issue site-safety observations and recommendations for corrective or preventive action.
• Follow up contractors' corrective actions and verify closure within required timeframes.
• Review safety plans, risk assessments, method statements and permit-to-work documents.
• Monitor contractor compliance with safety provisions and approved procedures.
• Support integration of health, safety and environmental requirements into project specs and contracts.
• Participate in toolbox talks, pre-activity meetings and risk assessments.
• Monitor controls for high-risk activities including work at height, confined spaces, lifting, electrical work, excavation, hot work and isolation.
• Support safe execution of dam inspections, gate and valve maintenance and reservoir works.
• Report incidents, near misses and dangerous occurrences; assist investigations and root-cause analysis.
• Monitor emergency-preparedness arrangements and drills.
• Assist with safety inductions, campaigns, training programs and workshops.
• Maintain safety-inspection records, incident registers and corrective-action trackers.
• Compile safety performance data and monitor indicators like inspections and training completion.
• Escalate serious hazards and repeated violations through approved channels.
• Contribute to review and continuous improvement of safety procedures and emergency plans.
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, annual and technical reports as required.
• Coordinate with government stakeholders, consultants, contractors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Attend meetings, inspections and site visits across Saudi Arabia as required.
• Ensure compliance with Saudi laws, client procedures, quality requirements and HSE obligations.

Skills

Hazard identification

Risk assessment

Incident reporting

Emergency response

Contractor safety monitoring

Worksite inspections

Safety audits

Permit-to-work reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Safety Engineering

Fire Protection Engineering

Job description

DAR AL RIYADH seeks a senior safety professional to oversee occupational health, safety and environmental activities across dam sites and water facilities in Saudi Arabia. You will conduct site inspections, review safety plans, and ensure contractor compliance with safety provisions and approved procedures.

Responsibilities include leading toolbox talks, risk assessments, incident investigations, and reporting.