HSWW Manager, Power Utilities — Safety & Wellbeing Leader

Parsons

Riyadh

On-site

SAR 360,000 - 720,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seeks a senior HSWW Manager to lead health, safety, wellness, and wellbeing across power utilities projects. The role prioritizes risk reduction, compliance, and practical field leadership for transmission, substations, and underground works.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in HSWW/HSE within utilities, strong regulatory knowledge, and experience driving safety culture, incident investigations, and contractor management on complex multi-contractor

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Minimum 10 years HSWW, HSE, occupational safety, or infrastructure safety experience.
Strong experience in power utilities infrastructure, including transmission and distribution construction and substations.
Knowledge of safety regulations and electrical utility safety standards.
Certification such as CSP, CRSP, NEBOSH or equivalent preferred.
Experience with ISO occupational health and safety and environmental management systems.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement HSWW strategies, procedures, standards, and improvement plans tailored to power utilities infrastructure projects.
Align health, safety, wellness, and wellbeing programmes with corporate objectives, client requirements, project KPIs, and regulatory obligations.
Integrate safety management with wellbeing initiatives such as fatigue management, stress awareness, ergonomics, hydration, heat stress prevention, and work-life balance support.
Conduct gap assessments and maturity reviews of existing HSWW programmes, then lead practical improvement actions.
Ensure compliance with applicable health and safety legislation, environmental requirements, utility standards, client procedures, and industry best practice.
Maintain HSWW management systems, including ISO-based or corporate health and safety management frameworks.
Identify, assess, and control risks linked to transmission lines, distribution works, substations, underground utilities, civil works, and energized work areas.
Lead the development and maintenance of risk registers, risk assessments, job hazard analyses, and safe work method statements.
Support emergency response planning, incident command arrangements, drills, and field readiness for utility construction and operations.
Provide visible HSWW leadership on project sites through safety walks, wellbeing walks, inspections, audits, and direct engagement with field teams.