QHSE Officer

Job Description – QHSE Officer (Catering – ADNOC Projects, UAE)

We are seeking an experienced QHSE Officer to oversee quality, food safety, health, safety and environmental compliance across our catering operations serving ADNOC projects. The role ensures adherence to ADNOC HSE standards, UAE regulations, HACCP, ISO standards and Dubai Municipality/ADAFSA guidelines, safeguarding both employees and clients.

Job Purpose:

Responsible for implementing and maintaining Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QHSE) standards within the organization to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient operations including implementation of Integrated Management System (IMS), conducting audits and inspections, and

ensuring that all practices align with regulatory and organizational requirements.

Job Description:

• Jobholder will discharge the responsibilities within the policy guidelines and instructions given by Direct Manager. Jobholder’s recommendations are considered in the decision-making process. Jobholder takes decisions as per chart of authority and policy.
• Implement and monitor food safety standards and hygiene practices to meet regulatory and company requirements.
• Establish and enforce health and safety guidelines to maintain a safe working environment for all staff as per the NCC GC IMS. | Conduct risk assessments, identifying potential hazards and implementing control measures. | Ensure the availability and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and maintain records of safety equipment.
• Develop and monitor quality control procedures to ensure food products meet quality standards. | Oversee quality checks on ingredients, preparation processes, and finished products. | Investigate quality issues, customer complaints, and non-compliances, taking corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure the organization’s practices are environmentally friendly by promoting waste reduction, recycling, and sustainable practices. | Monitor and minimize water, energy, and waste usage to reduce the environmental impact.
• Organize regular training sessions on QHSE topics, including first aid, fire safety, food handling, and emergency procedures. | Keep staff updated on new QHSE regulations, standards, and best practices. Train staff on IMS requirements and standards | Conducts tool box talks and ensures that all employees provided with daily tool box talks as per approved NCC plan.
• Maintain accurate records of inspections, audits, incidents, and training activities. | Prepare and submit QHSE reports to management, providing recommendations for improvement.
• Lead incident investigations and root cause analysis for any QHSE incidents. | Develop and implement emergency response plans, including evacuation drills. | Ensures the site have HACCP teams and meetings conducted as per the AMAN plan, ERT is formed and updated in the location.
• Manage and conduct regular audits and inspections to ensure compliance with quality, health, safety, and environmental standards across all operations. | Facilitates external audits by regulatory bodies, ensuring all records and documentation are accurate and accessible.
• Implements and continuously monitors Integrated Management System (IMS) to ensure alignment with quality, health, safety, and environmental standards across all operations. This includes coordinating documentation, conducting regular internal audits, and suggest updating policies and procedures to meet regulatory and organizational requirements. | Ensure employees perform according to IMS procedures and ensure that are complying with NCC IMS standards.
• Reports non conformities to NCC IMS during day to day activities, provides recommendations on corrective actions, follow ups and ensures recommendations are implemented by location/s management.
• Coordinate QHSE activities onsite with location/s management, AMAN management, client HSE and QHSE team onsite (if a team is assigned).
• Ensuring a ‘customer focussed’ approach is implemented in own area. Systematically analyses customer information. | Understands and keeps up to date on wider issues at local and national level that may have an impact on the service provided. | Is proactive, benchmarks, best practice, seeks service improvement. | Ensures systems are in place to communicate relevant information to others either within own division/department/team or to committees/groups, or to colleagues. | Manages the process of reviewing policies and procedures to improve satisfaction with the service provided within the scope of own department or project. | Ensures the development and implementation of agreed customer improvement plans.
• Ability to understand shared beliefs and values established by leaders and then communicate and reinforce through various methods, to model employee perceptions, behaviors and understanding.
• Responds positively to safety-oriented feedback. | Encourages and supports others to be safe while at work. | Implements, Establishes and monitors a Safety Culture.
• Communicates persuasively and confidently both to external and internal groups. | Plays a representational role. | Presents succinct, well balanced information written and oral, with clear outcomes. | Encourages a positive environment for constructive challenge and feedback. | Creates an environment where people are encouraged to communicate openly. | Shares relevant information concerning strategic / long term plans with colleagues/own team. | Develops proposals and reports in a style and language necessary to guide, inform, and/or persuade in line with NCC.
• protocol. Quality, Health, Safety & Environment Enforcing Laws, Rules, & Regulation Balances enforcing all laws, rules, and regulations against the need to respond to the worst (or most harmful) violations first. | Remains calm during the course of enforcement activities to lessen the chance of hostility | Ability to training, establish and monitor legal and corporate policy in organization.
• Actively seeks out opportunities to learn and develop. | Actively promotes learning and development in others. | Proactively keeps up to date with own knowledge / learning by reading, and attending seminars/ conferences. | Empowers individuals and/or colleagues by appropriately delegating work which challenges them and provides stretching but realistic targets. | Provides regular informal constructive feedback on performance. | Innovative in facilitating learning opportunities. | Actively provides coaching, training and mentoring to individuals.
• Ability to make everyone feel one despite who they are and what they do for the business in the workplace, considering all are equally important.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Occupational Safety, Environmental Health or related field.
• Certifications: HACCP, ISO standards, NEBOSH IGC, IOSH, ISO, ADNOC HSE approval/training is a plus.
• Minimum 5–10 years’ experience in QHSE roles in catering for industrial or oil & gas projects.
• Knowledge of ADNOC HSE standards, UAE regulatory requirements, and ISO certifications.
• Proven experience in audits, inspections, and training delivery in high-risk environments.

Skills:

• Auditing, reporting and compliance management.
• Staff training and HSE promotion.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving.
• Ability to work in remote/industrial sites with strict safety protocols.

Apply Now to join a team committed to safe, high-quality catering operations in a challenging and rewarding environment.