# Safety Specialist - Facilities Management (Saudi Arabia)

> Eram Talent · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-09

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** KST

## Description

The Safety Specialist will support the Safety Lead in implementing and maintaining occupational health and safety programs across **KAUST facilities, operations, maintenance activities, construction works, and projects**. The role will focus on field inspections, audits, risk assessments, incident investigations, safety documentation, contractor engagement, training, corrective action tracking, and compliance with **ISO 45001, HSE policies, and applicable regulatory requirements**.

The position requires a strong field-oriented HSE professional who can identify hazards, evaluate risks, provide practical safety guidance, investigate incidents, and work effectively with facility owners, project teams, contractors, and service providers.

### Key Responsibilities

-   HSE Program Implementation: Support the Safety Lead in implementing and continuously improving risk-based safety programs across facilities, operations, maintenance, construction, and projects.
-   Safety Inspections & Audits: Conduct risk-based site inspections, safety audits, compliance evaluations, and field verifications to ensure HSE requirements are being followed.
-   Risk Assessment: Perform hazard identification and risk assessments and verify that appropriate control measures are implemented and effective.
-   Safety Documentation Review: Review HSE documents including risk assessments, method statements, safety plans, permits-to-work, lifting plans, excavation plans, confined-space controls, electrical work procedures, and MOC documentation.
-   Incident Investigation: Investigate or support investigations of accidents, injuries, incidents, and near misses, identify root causes, and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
-   Corrective Action Tracking: Monitor corrective and preventive actions arising from inspections, audits, investigations, and observations, ensuring timely closure and escalation of overdue actions.
-   HSE Training & Awareness: Develop and deliver safety training, toolbox talks, workshops, permit-to-work training, and awareness programs to improve employee and contractor competency.
-   Stakeholder & Contractor Support: Provide practical HSE guidance to facility owners, project teams, contractors, service providers, and other stakeholders to support safe execution of activities.
-   HSE Reporting & Data Analysis: Collect and analyze HSE data, KPIs, inspection findings, audit results, incident trends, and corrective action status, providing reports and recommendations to management.
-   Safety Culture & Compliance: Promote a strong safety culture, intervene in unsafe activities, communicate lessons learned, maintain accurate HSE records, and support compliance with ISO 45001, regulations, policies, procedures, and industry best practices.

## Requirements

-   Education: Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, Science, or a related safety discipline is required.
-   Professional Certification: ISO 45001 Lead Auditor certification is required.
-   Incident Investigation: Certification or formal training in Incident Root Cause Analysis is required.
-   HSE Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in occupational safety, facilities safety, construction safety, contractor management, projects, auditing, compliance, or related HSE functions.
-   Risk Management: Strong experience in hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control, and implementation of risk-based safety programs.
-   High-Risk Activities: Practical knowledge of safety controls for work at height, lifting operations, excavation, confined spaces, hot work, electrical work, and permit-to-work systems.
-   ISO & Audit Knowledge: Working knowledge of ISO 45001, safety management systems, auditing, inspections, incident investigation, and corrective action management. Knowledge of ISO 19011 and ISO 31000 is an advantage.
-   Safety Certifications: Additional recognized HSE qualifications such as CSP, CHST, NEBOSH Certificate/Diploma, IOSH, or equivalent are preferred. Train-the-Trainer certification is also an advantage.
-   Communication & Reporting: Excellent English communication skills with the ability to prepare professional HSE reports, inspection records, investigation reports, presentations, and safety documentation.

## Apply

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