Director of Health, Safety & Worker Welfare

Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC), a PIF-backed giga project, is central to Saudi Vision 2030’s goal of building a vibrant society, thriving economy, and ambitious nation. By harnessing the power of Play, QIC brings entertainment, sports, and culture to the forefront in Qiddiya City—a futuristic destination featuring world-class attractions, sports complexes, cultural landmarks, and residential areas.

To lead the delivery Health, Safety, and Worker Welfare (HSWW) across Qiddiya's active construction portfolio, ensuring the effective implementation of HSWW standards, driving construction safety compliance and assurance, and overseeing incident response and worker welfare practices.

Construction Safety Oversight and Risk Management

· Ensure health and safety requirements established during the pre-construction phase, including Safety in Design outputs and contractor pre-qualification conditions, are actively integrated into construction execution activities across all active delivery programs, directing site teams and contractors to address identified risks before and during construction, in alignment with enterprise HSWW standards.

· Oversee health and safety risk assessments for construction execution activities across all active programs, directing the assessment of site-specific hazards, construction methodologies, and project risk profiles to ensure appropriate controls are in place before high-risk activities initiate.

· Lead the execution of delivery-phase safety audits and inspections in alignment with the enterprise assurance framework, directing selective audits based on contractor and vendor risk profiles and the safety sensitivity of the assets being delivered, to identify non-conformances and escalate findings to relevant stakeholders.

· Ensure compliance with applicable national and international safety standards, worker welfare standards, and KSA labour laws across all delivery activities, directing regular compliance audits in alignment with the enterprise standardized audit approach and ensuring corrective action is taken where deviations are identified.

Site Inspection, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and Corrective Action Management

· Lead the delivery HSWW inspection program across all active construction sites, directing regular inspections of workplace conditions, risk mitigation measure effectiveness, and adherence to safe work practices, to verify that enterprise HSWW standards are consistently applied across all contractors and delivery partners.

· Oversee the PPE program across all active delivery programs, including the management of PPE procurement, distribution, compliance monitoring, and record-keeping, to ensure the construction workforce is protected across all site activities at all times.

· Monitor corrective actions arising from site inspections, audits, incidents, safety simulations, and worker welfare grievances, ensuring all identified actions are assigned, progressed, and closed out within required time frames to prevent recurrence and demonstrate continuous safety improvement.

Incident Investigation and Crisis Response

· Lead the investigation of health and safety incidents involving on-site workers, by adhering to the enterprise incident investigation hierarchy, directing root cause analysis, incident classification, escalation measures, and the development of lessons learned for site-level incidents.

· Oversee the implementation of corrective and preventive actions arising from incident investigations, ensuring findings are communicated to relevant stakeholders, and that lessons are escalated relevant stakeholders for organization-wide dissemination.

· Lead site-based crisis communication and coordinate regulatory reporting in the event of serious…