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Title: Safety Officer
Location: Gaza, Tulkarem, Yatta

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Safety Officer will be responsible for overseeing the strict implementation of the Safety Policies adopted and set for implementation under the project. The Safety Officer is expected to have excellent communication skills and ability to coordinate and communicate with the Project Construction Manager, other technical members of the project and program team and the contractors whose services are engaged to execute the various projects activities.

The Safety Officer must have exceptional reporting and writing skills under considerable time constraints and while balancing multiple priorities.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

• Ensure Personnel Safety of all parties (engineers, contractors personnel, authorized visitors, public…etc.) at construction sites, through overseeing that construction safety practices are properly implemented by contractors at sites.


• Review and comment on Contractor’s safety plans and relevant submittals.


• Develop and conduct employee safety and health training programs, and new employee orientation.


• Monitor and oversee contractor safety program and safety professionals.


• Responsible for inspecting construction site conditions to determine if hazards are present and to establish procedures and policies to overcome those hazardous situations.


• Ensure the necessary documentation for workplace injury at a construction site.


• Conducts incident, injury/illness and near miss investigations; Issue Safety notices on site.


• Writes detailed investigation and safety and health progress reports.


• Adheres to safety and quality standards as applicable to duties and accountabilities.


• Conducts routine as well as ad hoc site safety and health inspections.


• Establish construction inspection and test plan, and track inspections/actions identified.


• Any other duties related to Safety as may be requested by SES.