Safety Officer

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years, we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences, and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development, all within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counseling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams, and beach clean-ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits, you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, and employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Safety Officer (GCC National) to join our award-winning team in Riyadh, Saudi. This critical role will be responsible for undertaking inspections on site in accordance with the civil-related Inspection and Test Plans (ITP's).

• Monitoring and enforcing standards of safety in compliance with KEO’s Health and Safety Management System and Client requirements.
• Reviewing and inspecting work areas to determine potential safety hazards.
• Observing and ensuring staff on site always wear personal protective equipment, use hard hats and protective footwear, operate construction equipment safely, and follow KEO’s safety policies.
• Conducting daily inspections of the projects to ensure compliance and, where applicable, make recommendations for change.
• In case of emergency, determining and investigating the cause of the accident, establishing a report, and providing recommendations to prevent future occurrences.
• Developing and implementing safety policies needed to reduce accident-related costs.
• Regulating set policies while soliciting input from managers and workers.
• Providing training to KEO staff on safety as per OSHA requirements.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 6 to 8 years of work experience partnered with a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Safety or Engineering field.

GCC National opportunity only.

Chartered status with NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent) is highly regarded, as are safety certifications related to the construction sector issued by recognized bodies (Working at Height, Confined Spaces, Fire Fighting, First Aid, etc.). As the role will involve periods of time on active construction sites dealing with third parties, multilingual candidates will be highly regarded.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety, and our people. We embrace diversity and recognize its contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.