ES&H Advisor - Ar Rjum

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Project Overview:

The Ar Rjum Project comprises a green field gold project with three open pit mining operations with associated waste dumps and ore stockpile, a processing plant, tailings management facilities, and supporting infrastructure including water supply, power supply, maintenance facilities, offices, temporary and permanent accommodation village.

The Project is situated within the Central Arabian Gold Region, approximately 200 km north-east of Taif towards Riyadh and about 26 km South of Al Mouwayh, which is a small town situated on the Jeddah – Riyadh highway.  

Job Summary:

Note: This position is designated for Saudi Nationals.

The Senior ESH Specialist supports the implementation of ESH management programs, systems and processes; provides the technical oversight of the environment, safety and health activities; and provides the overall support for a specific area to be successful in controlling the risk of harm to people, property and the environment.

Major Responsibilities:

• Coordinates a wide variety of Environmental, Safety, and Health (ES&H) disciplines to facilitate implementation of Bechtel's ES&H program and ES&H Management System, including aiding compliance with Bechtel's ES&H standards, applicable regulatory requirements, and contractual commitments.
• Assists in the development, implementation, and maintenance of programs, systems, and procedures necessary for the safety and health of employees and protection of the environment and communities.
• Maintains ES&H databases, inclusive of incident events, audit/assessment findings, and corrective actions. 
• Performs statistical analysis of ES&H data to identify performance trends and contributing factors as part of continuous improvement and makes recommendations accordingly. 
• Identifies and coordinates unique software systems and electronic innovation used by ES&H personnel. 
• Leads teams in conducting risk assessment, studies, mitigation planning, and monitoring in response to ES&H issues. 
• Prepares communications, writes reports, and prepares documents for program execution and records retention.
• Coordinates incident notifications, leads investigations, and prepares incident investigation reports.
• Recommends and implements improvements in processes, procedures, and work activities to minimize hazard potential.
• Participates in and may lead employee training, emergency preparedness, and quality assurance programs.
• Coordinates ES&H recognition programs.
• Researches moderately complex issues and provides regulatory interpretation and technical advice.
• Provides support to ES&H field and office personnel, inclusive of all ES&H disciplines.
• Identifies activities that directly reduce risk.
• Supervises and maintains a team that provides in-field ESH support to all construction areas.
• Participates in area leader meetings to identify and report on ESH requirements.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor degree or higher in an ESH discipline.
• 6-8 years of ESH experience in the industrial construction or heavy engineering industry; and
• 2+ years of experience directly supervising a team of 3 to 4 ESH professionals; or
• 2+ years of ESH experience in a complex work environment.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Professional skill set to deliver quality outputs of an ESH program.
• High level of written and verbal communication.
• Attributes that openly display ESH as a personal value.
• Ability to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines, targets and objectives.

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