Environment Health Safety Lead

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Environment Health Safety (EHS) Lead to drive the HSE function for a major brownfield expansion project in Sohar, Oman. The role provides strategic and operational leadership, ensuring compliance with regulatory and project requirements while fostering a strong safety culture.

Key responsibilities

• Implement and maintain the project HSE Management System, plans, procedures and programs.
• Lead HSE initiatives, mentor engineers and officers, and oversee inspections, audits and compliance assessments.
• Develop audit plans, track corrective actions and analyse performance trends.
• Monitor contractor and subcontractor HSE performance, conduct inspections and audits using approved checklists.
• Lead incident, near‑miss and unsafe‑act investigations, including root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Participate in Job Safety Assessments, risk assessments and review method statements for high‑risk activities.
• Supervise critical brownfield activities such as PTW, SIMOPS, LOTO, confined space entry, lifting, working at height, hot work and excavation.
• Prepare weekly and monthly HSE performance reports and support emergency preparedness drills.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Environment or related field.
• 10–15 years of HSE experience in brownfield construction, oil & gas, petrochemical or heavy industrial projects.
• Proven leadership, excellent communication and ability to work with multi‑disciplinary teams.

Required skills

• HSE Management System implementation
• Incident investigation and root‑cause analysis
• Risk assessment and Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
• Permit to Work (PTW) administration
• SIMOPS coordination
• LOTO procedures
• Confined space entry
• Lifting operations safety
• Working at height safety
• Hot work and excavation safety