Job Description

Health & Safety Manager - Subject to Contract Award
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The Job Opportunity
Subject to contract award, Serco Saudi Arabia (SSA) will be acting as a managing agent that is responsible for a project that will act and serve as a luxurious tourist destination. SSA's role as a managing agent and master operator will be to manage the service operators of the following transport modes:

• Air (Private Planes & Helicopter, etc.)
• Sea (Marine fleet & water taxis, sea freight etc.)
• Land - Road (cycle, cars, buggy, buses etc.)
• Land- Logistics (vans, staff buses etc.)

Key accountabilities
Develop and maintain elements of the management system relevant to workplace health and safety, operations safety, fire and electrical safety and human factors management in close liaison with the functional departments;
Responsible for writing all the necessary safety cases to any regulators to ensure mobility operations can take place.
Liaise with client's safety team on wider policy changes.
Responsible for safety performance of service operators.
Coordinate an ongoing safety improvement programme to reduce the risks to health and safety, and monitor implementation of control measures and arrangements identified as necessary;
Develop, maintain and monitor a safety leadership program for the contract.
Ensure compliance with health, safety, welfare and fire legislation and keep abreast of relevant standards and industry best practice.
Coordinate systems to ensure effective consultation and communication on health and safety policies, processes and improvement programmes;
Develop and maintain a human factors strategy.
develop and maintain training and assessment regimes for health, safety and fire related issues;
Implement systems to ensure the timely reporting and effective investigation of accidents and incidents, ensuring that lessons learnt are captured and used in the continuous improvement process;
Carry out regular workplace health, safety, welfare, and fire and electrical safety audits and inspections, producing reports and recommendations for improvement;
Develop, and monitor compliance with, standards and procedures for ensuring the fitness of employees to work safely, including drugs, alcohol and fatigue;
Maintain KPI's on safety performance and produce management reports in order to analyse trends and recommend improvements;
Ensure companywide awareness of the health and safety policy;
Prepare and carry out regular training programs for staff on fire and evacuation and general health and safety;
Carry out proper and timely assessment of risks to health and safety, and implementation of measures and arrangements identified as necessary from the assessments;
Review and update emergency procedures, evacuation plans, safety signs and incident reporting;
Ensure each workplace satisfies the local and international standards for health, safety and welfare requirements;
Review and monitor prevention and precautions against, or adequate control of, exposure to hazardous substances, and danger from flammable, explosive, electrical, noise, radiation and manual handling risks;
Ensure the on-going competence of all team members and arrange any training that may be required to ensure up-skilling and continuous development of staff capability;
Own the competence management system for the team and regularly audit competence records to ensure correct completion;
Review non-conformances raised against the department regularly and assign resource to close out overdue Non-Conformances (NCs) within agreed timescales;
Specific Requirements
A degree in Engineering or Science;
NEBOSH Diploma
Minimum 5 years, preferably 7 years of work experience as a work health and safety manager, or specialist;
Experience in supporting the health and safety efforts of an organisation, and providing expert information, advice and training, liaising with external agencies to ensure awareness of matters which might impact its workplace health and safety program;
Good understanding of recognised standards for Occupational Health and Safety (OHSAS 18001), Quality (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001) and Fire (NFPA 130).
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