Environment, Health and Safety Manager

Company: MTEC Electromechanical Works LLC

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Employment Type: Full-time

Openings: 1

Minimum Experience: 20+ years of directly relevant experience

ABOUT THE ROLE

Lead the company/project HSE management system and establish a proactive safety culture that prevents injury, protects the environment and ensures compliance with UAE law, client requirements and approved integrated management systems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, implement and maintain project/company HSE plans, procedures, objectives and KPIs aligned with legal, client, consultant and ISO requirements.

• Lead HSE staffing, deployment, competency assessment and performance management across project sites and ensure adequate coverage for work fronts and shifts.

• Review and approve risk assessments, method statements, permit-to-work systems, emergency plans, lifting plans and high-risk activity controls in coordination with operations.

• Conduct leadership safety walks, audits and inspections and ensure unsafe conditions, observations and non-conformances are assigned, corrected and verified closed.

• Lead incident/near-miss investigations, root-cause analysis, corrective/preventive actions and lessons learned and ensure statutory/client notifications are completed as required.

• Monitor leading and lagging indicators including observations, training, PTW compliance, incidents, environmental issues and subcontractor performance and report trends to management.

• Establish induction, toolbox talk, competency and specialized training programmes and verify training effectiveness.

• Manage subcontractor HSE prequalification, onboarding, monitoring and escalation and ensure contractual HSE obligations are enforced.

• Coordinate emergency preparedness, drills, first aid, fire prevention, welfare, heat-stress controls and environmental management requirements.

• Interface with client/consultant HSE teams and regulatory authorities and represent the company during audits, inspections and HSE meetings.

• Promote stop-work authority, behavioural safety, positive intervention and management accountability at all levels.

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science or a related discipline.

• Minimum 20 years of construction HSE experience, including senior management responsibility on major projects.

• Recognized HSE qualification such as NEBOSH Diploma/IGC or equivalent; higher-level professional HSE credentials are strongly preferred.

• Strong knowledge of UAE occupational safety requirements, construction HSE practices, high-risk activities and environmental controls.

• ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 Lead Auditor/implementation experience is preferred.

• Proven experience managing large HSE teams, subcontractors and high-manpower construction environments.

• Strong incident investigation, audit, training, reporting and leadership capability.

• UAE/GCC experience on major building or MEP projects is strongly preferred.