Senior HSE Engineer

Senior HSE Engineer

Abu Dhabi, UAE

We’re hiring a Senior HSE Engineer to join our growing team in Abu Dhabi. With Parsons’ extensive expertise in safety and your knowledge of safety policies and procedures, this role offers a great opportunity to advance your career.

• Advises and assists the most senior construction site representative in establishing and managing ESHARP Management and Parsons SH&E processes, identifying and controlling hazards to persons and property.
• Develops site‑specific work plans, SH&E compliance programs, training programs, and orientation plans fully conforming to relevant SH&E regulations, Parsons’ ESHARP management system, and client requirements.
• Collaborates with SH&E and project and program managers to evaluate contractors’ SH&E performance, planning, and culture to align with the company’s risk management practices and core values.
• Audits projects and programs and their worksites against corporate and client standards to detect and correct safety hazards, and creates and submits written audit reports.
• Implements Parsons’ occupational injury and incident reporting and management processes.
• Initiates and conducts thorough incident investigations and root cause analyses using secure protocols.
• Performs trend analyses on audit findings, inspection findings, and incident reports; creates and submits regular analysis reports.
• Represents the program SH&E manager on project or program worksites.
• Supervises emergency response team and first aid personnel in providing services during emergency situations and to occupationally injured or ill personnel.
• Prepares and reviews audit and inspection reports and OSH statistics reports and presentations.
• Represents management during safety inspections of the job site by regulatory authorities or company insurance carriers.
• Provides oversight to the Parsons’ new hire safety orientation process and other safety‑related training.
• Reviews risk assessments for upcoming work and provides technical assistance to the safety planning process.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in safety, health and environmental/loss prevention or any relevant Engineering Discipline from an accredited university.
• Recognized OSH education and certifications (e.g., NEBOSH Diploma or NVQ Level 6/7).
• ISO 45001:2018 Lead Auditor certificate.
• Extensive knowledge of UAE and Abu Dhabi health and safety regulations and reporting procedures including ADOSH‑SF.
• Minimum 10+ years of construction safety management experience in the Middle East, with at least 4 years as an OSH Engineer/Manager on construction supervision or project management with reputed consultants.
• OSH management experience in both infrastructure and buildings construction projects.
• Exceptional interpersonal, oral, and written communication and report‑writing skills.
• Ability to perform in a supervisory/managerial capacity.
• Holds a valid UAE Driver’s license.
• Able to attend in‑person interviews in Abu Dhabi.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.