Project Safety Specialist (Outsource)

Position Overview

The position is responsible for supporting the integration of new projects in a live operational rail environment. It plays a key role in the identification and management of safety assurance throughout the life cycle of the project, ensuring compliance with UAE railway regulations. The position also supports the development of operational safety cases for the UAE rail network.

This role requires an engineering or safety professional with a strong understanding of rail safety regulations, project safety in design processes, risk assessment, as well as expertise in updating hazard logs and maintaining risk registers. The candidate should be a critical thinker with a keen interest in improving the organization's internal control structure and promoting an organizational safety culture that puts safety at the foundation of everything we do.

Roles and Responsibility

• Input to hazard workshops and reviews to consider rail safety in design, construction, testing, operations, and maintenance phases.
• Provide safety assurance principles from a systems engineering approach on projects.
• Identify interfaces between disciplines and apply proven processes to assure that risks have been identified and managed as low as reasonably practicable.
• Conduct reviews of projects from the perspective of reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS).
• Participate in interdisciplinary design reviews to identify safety issues or those pertaining to RAMS.
• Monitor changes to operating conditions, limitations, and restrictions from assets.
• Liaise with internal Etihad Rail teams to manage the safety assurance approach on projects.
• Work effectively and efficiently within project teams and with individuals.
• Act as the technical liaison between project teams and the HSEQ department.
• Participate in the development and delivery of safety training programs and initiatives to promote a strong safety culture within the organization, in line with the operations safety case.
• Stay current on industry best practices, regulations, and standards related to railway safety, and assist in updating Etihad Rail Infrastructure's safety procedures accordingly.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of safety inspections, audits, incident investigations, hazard logs, and risk registers.

Desirable Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Safety Management, Risk or related field.

Professional Qualifications:

• Certification in risk management techniques.
• Professional membership in audit, health and safety, risk, environmental management or engineering is highly desirable.
• Full Driving licence is essential.

Experience:

• 5+ years in safety or risk-related roles, preferably rail.
• Experience in conducting risk analyses; PHA, HAZID, HAZOP, OSHA, FMEA, SIL, RAMS.
• Experience in updating hazard logs and maintaining risk registers.
• Possession of previous international experience in a high hazard industry.
• Knowledge of local and international railway safety regulations and standards.
• Experience in writing reports, processes, and procedures.
• Experience in rail operations/rail infrastructure is desirable.

Other Skills:

• Excellent communication skills are necessary in all forms with a proven ability to speak publicly and present in a professional manner.
• Excellent English language skills, both written and verbal. Knowledge of Arabic is preferable.
• Able to manage cultural diversity in the workplace and recognize the sensitivities between different cultures.
• Adaptability and resilience to work in a harsh environment, with most of the time being employed in desert locations.
• Be a person of trust and integrity and a people person who possesses the ability to influence, coach, and mentor others. Be a safety role model and lead by example.

Other Responsibilities

Safety Responsibilities

To comply with those elements of the company's environment, health and safety management system and other company documents where specific responsibility is identified with the role or as a general requirement for all employees.

Security

• Etihad Rail subsidiary employees are responsible for:
• Being aware of the current policies and procedures and their responsibilities for protecting corporate assets.
• Using corporate resources only for intended purposes as defined by policies and procedures of Etihad Rail.
• Being accountable for their actions relating to their use of all assets.