Project Safety Specialist (Outsource)

Fixed term contract (6 months duration)

Availability should be immediate

Position Overview

This role requires an engineering or safety professional with a strong understanding of rail safety regulations, project safety in design processes, risk assessment, as well as expertise in updating hazard logs and maintaining risk registers. Be a critical thinker with a keen interest in improving the organisation’s internal control structure and to promote an organisational safety culture that puts safety at the foundation of everything we do.

Roles and Responsibility

• Input to hazard workshops and reviews to consider rail safety in design, construction, testing, operations, and maintenance phases
• Provide safety assurance principles from a systems engineering approach on projects
• Identify interfaces between disciplines and look at applying proven processes to provide assurance that risks have been identified and managed as low as reasonably practicable
• Conduct reviews of projects from the perspective of reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS)
• Involved in interdisciplinary design reviews to identify safety issues, or those pertaining to RAMS
• Monitor changes to operating conditions, limitations, and restrictions from assets
• Liaise with internal Etihad Rail teams to manage the safety assurance approach on projects
• Work effectively and efficiently within project teams and with individuals
• Act as the technical liaison between project teams and the HSEQ department
• Participate in the development and delivery of safety training programs and initiatives to promote a strong safety culture within the organization, in line with the operations safety case
• Stay current on industry best practices, regulations, and standards related to railway safety, and assist in updating Etihad Rail Infrastructure’s safety procedures accordingly
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of safety inspections, audits, incident investigations, hazard logs, and risk registers

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

Academic Qualifications:

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Safety Management, Risk or related field.

Professional Qualifications:

• Certification in risk management techniques
• Professional membership in audit, health and safety, risk, environmental management or engineering is highly desirable
• Full Driving licence is essential

Experience:

• 5+ years in safety or risk related roles, preferably rail
• Experience in conducting risk analyses; PHA, HAZID, HAZOP, OSHA, FMEA, SIL, RAMS
• Experience in updating hazard logs and maintaining risk register
• Possession of previous international experience in a high hazard industry
• Knowledge of local and international railway safety regulations and standards
• Experience in writing reports, processes and procedures
• Experience in rail operations / rail infrastructure is desirable.

Other Skills:

• Excellent communication skills are necessary in all forms with a proven ability to speak publicly and present in a professional manner.
• Excellent English language skill both written and verbal. Knowledge of Arabic is preferable.
• Able to manage cultural diversity in the workplace and recognise the sensitivities between different cultures.
• Adaptability and resilience to work in a harsh environment with most of the time being employed in desert locations.
• Be a person of trust and integrity and a people person who possesses the ability to influence, coach and mentor others. Be a safety role model and lead by example.