Job Title: Project Safety Officer (Oil & Gas Construction)

Location: Doha, Qatar

Contract Type: Long-Term Contract

A major oil and gas project requires an experienced Project Safety Officer to oversee HSE compliance during project execution phases. This role will focus on construction, pre-commissioning, and commissioning activities for large-scale greenfield and brownfield projects, ensuring strict adherence to safety policies, standards, and regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert HSE support across all project stages including definition, detailed design, and execution.
• Ensure contractor compliance with project HSE requirements, corporate policies, national laws, and international standards.
• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture aligned with project objectives and corporate values.
• Identify and implement risk reduction measures based on hazard identification and risk assessments.
• Review and verify method statements, job safety analyses (JSA), safety certifications, and HSE documentation submitted by contractors and consultants.
• Conduct daily site inspections, monitor work activities, and ensure compliance with approved permits, risk assessments, and safety procedures.
• Support the development and implementation of HSE performance monitoring, objectives, and initiatives.
• Monitor environmental management systems and ensure prompt corrective measures for identified non-compliances.
• Provide oversight of subcontractor and vendor activities, verifying understanding of project HSE requirements.
• Assist with project HSE risk register updates, ensuring risks are properly recorded, monitored, and closed out.
• Review and assess contractor HSE plans, procedures, personnel qualifications, and mobilisations for compliance.
• Conduct incident investigations, reporting, and implementation of corrective and preventive actions in accordance with corporate procedures.
• Lead site safety meetings, deliver HSE awareness sessions, and participate in HSE audits.
• Prepare HSE reports, statistics, and trend analyses to assess safety performance and recommend improvements.
• Contribute to updating HSE codes, standards, specifications, and philosophies.

Requirements:

• Higher National Diploma (HND), University Degree (preferably in Engineering), or accredited HSE Professional Certification.
• Associate membership of a recognised safety institution is desirable.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in Occupational Health and Safety within oil, gas, and petrochemical construction projects (greenfield and brownfield).
• Strong knowledge of safe work practices, ISO 45001:2018, environmental management standards, and international HSE regulations.
• Trained in incident investigation software such as TapRoot, SafetyCulture, EasyRCA, Tripod Beta, or equivalent.
• Competent with Microsoft Office applications and relevant HSE software.
• Experience working on GCC projects is desirable.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills with the ability to work in multicultural and multidisciplinary teams.