Senior Health and Safety Manager

• Leads full-time, part-time, and collateral duty project and program HSW specialists in implementing work plans, risk management practices and supporting Program delivery.
• Advises and assists project manager, program manager and/or other project and program personnel in conforming to Parsons’ Environmental, Safety, Health, and Risk Program (ESHARP) management system and Parsons’ policies and procedures.
• Develops and implements QIDP HSW plans and standard operating procedures, integrating with the wider project execution, engineering and logistics plans for consistency across the program.
• Coordinates HSW with other delivery partners (Jacobs and Mace), as well as QIC, external stakeholders, all existing contractors, and future planned procurement of major contractors.
• Performs inspections, audits and wider assurance activities. Prepares written reports of findings and recommendations for corrective and preventative measures, monitoring to completion.
• Sets project wide HSW goals, ensuring adherence to corporate, client, contractual, ethics and safety standards, policies, procedures and lessons learned.
• Contributes to the QIDP and sector assurance plans, delivers HSW assurance activities as per the plans and supports Quality, Sustainability and Environment assurance activities as required.
• Performs regulatory and best practice HSW training. Implements Parsons’ occupational injury and incident reporting and management processes and assists in meeting company goals and initiatives, profitability, and productivity requirements.
• Leads on unusually complex HSE problems and provides solutions that are highly creative, in coordination with site and engineering leads.
• Analyzes incident data and identify trends and recommend actions to avoid Incidents across the organization; identify best practices and lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce work process risks, raise safety awareness and improve safe work practices across the program
• Collaborates with project and program managers to evaluate contractors’ HSW performance, planning, and culture to be consistent with the QIC’s risk management practices and core values.
• Initiates and conducts thorough incident investigations and root cause analyses using defensible protocols.
• Collaborates with project and program managers, craft workers, and other program personnel to identify and implement assurance activities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas, leading in the fields of HSW including review and update of existing procedures and processes as required by QIDP or QIC.
• Develops, implements and maintains QIDP HSW training programs and modules, participates in routine safe work briefings with QIDP staff and contractors.
• Assure compliance with company standards, contractual requirements and local legal safety, health and environmental requirement and best practice where applicable.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate

• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Safety and Health or related field (or equivalent) experience or Diploma in the field of health, safety, and environment; risk management, crisis management and resilience or related discipline
• Previous experience in a senior role managing and directing a team
• 10+ years of related work experience in the field of Health and Safety
• 5+ years’ experience in large scale, multi-disciplinary, mega or giga construction projects, specifically in the field of health and safety.
• Certificates such as ISO 45001, 14001; OSHA 10; 30-hour General Industry Health & Safety and accident and incident investigation,
• Incident Command Systems (ICS)
• Demonstration of Continuous Personal Development (Training and certificates)
• Extensive knowledge of Federal and State health and safety regulations and reporting procedures
• Advanced knowledge of safety-related national consensus standards (e.g., ANSI, NFPA)
• Exceptional interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Ability to perform in a supervisory/managerial capacity and deliver with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated teamwork, management, mentoring and Contractor Management skills with the ability to work with a cross section of professionals.
• Proven experience of working within complex construction environment.
• Ability to follow through clearly deliver work instructions in a complex stakeholder environment.
• Ability to work in a matrix organization (dual reporting) and exhibit effective decision making.
• Ability to interact with senior-level management and to consult, motivate, and negotiate effectively with client groups, co-workers, employees, vendors, and contractors.
• Must function effectively under time constraints, schedule workload to meet deadlines, and have the ability to prioritize.
• Investigating Workplace Incidents and accidents.
• Effective time management and decision-making capabilities.

• Experience in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would be an advantage
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) is preferred

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