Chief Specialist- Corporate Health, Safety & Sustainability

Job Purpose

• Advance RTA-wide sustainability by executing strategies, studies and governance; monitoring performance and certifications; leading internal and external coordination; and supervising sustainability audits to continually improve outcomes.

Roles and Responsibilities

Strategy

• Review and provide inputs to sustainability elements of Corporate Health, Safety, & Sustainability Management System; align documents and actions with concerned units.

• Deliver sustainability strategic objectives and plans; monitor results and prepare periodic sustainability performance reports.

• Conduct sustainability studies, evaluations and benchmarks, including emerging technologies and Artificial Intelligence and recommend policy and process updates.

• Review sustainability priorities via the materiality-assessment process and contribute inputs to the annual sustainability report.

Operations

• Provide sustainability technical feedback on specifications, legislation and plans and issue documented recommendations.

• Prepare documentation for obtaining and renewing sustainability-related accreditations and certifications and assemble evidence for external auditors.

• Lead periodic coordination and consultation with agencies, sectors and stakeholders on sustainability policies and procedures; track agreed improvements.

• Lead external coordination to enhance the RTA’s sustainability role with councils, ministries and forums; represent the sustainability function as required.

• Manage and supervise sustainability audit and inspection programs; review non-conformities, verify corrective plans and issue status reports.

• Execute delegated or ad-hoc sustainability tasks from management to meet emerging needs.

Product / Process Improvement

• Recommend sustainability process and reporting enhancements based on studies, materiality outcomes, audits and inspections and external assurance feedback.

Physical Working Conditions

• Participate in on-site sustainability audits and inspections, meetings and external representation visits, including outside regular hours when required.

• Education:
  Bachelor’s/ master’s degree in engineering

• Experience: 9+ years in case of master’s degree (11+ years in case of bachelor’s degree)

• Certifications:
  ISO 14001/50001, or IEMA certified