HSE Manager - USACE Projects

About the role

A full-time, site-based HSE Manager position is open for USACE projects in Kuwait. The role carries overall responsibility for the project safety and health program and its compliance with EM 385-1-1, OSHA and Kuwait regulations, and involves managing a team of Site Safety and Health Officers.

Key responsibilities

• Manage a team of Site Safety and Health Officers and act as alternate SSHO when required.
• Prepare and maintain the Accident Prevention Plan and safety plans such as lift, work, night work, fall protection, rescue, confined space, excavation, lockout/tagout, hot work, heat stress, severe storm and emergency response plans.
• Prepare Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs) and brief crews before work starts, and prepare safety-related submittals.
• Manage daily safety reports, inspection logs and the safety deficiency tracking system, and run the permit-to-work system for hot work, confined space, excavation, work at height and energized work.
• Implement equipment safety inspections (lifting equipment, heavy equipment, scaffolds, power tools, electrical equipment) and audit procedures, permits and forms against safety manuals and approved plans.
• Conduct safety training, refresher courses, site orientations and toolbox talks, and report and investigate mishaps and near misses with root cause analysis.
• Maintain injury and illness records, monthly exposure reports and safety statistics, verify subcontractor safety compliance and coordinate with government safety staff.

Required profile

• OSHA 30-hour construction safety card.
• At least 5 years of construction safety experience and EM 385-1-1 qualifications for a Site Safety and Health Officer.
• Fluent in reading, writing and speaking English.
• Advantageous: bachelor's degree in engineering or occupational safety and health, CSP or NEBOSH certificate, 40-hour EM 385-1-1 course, USACE or U.S. government project experience, working knowledge of Arabic, and already being in Kuwait with a transferable residency.

Required skills

• Preparing APPs, AHAs, lift plans, fall protection and confined space entry plans.
• Excavation, scaffolding, lifting, electrical and lockout/tagout safety controls.
• Accident investigation, root-cause analysis and OSHA recordkeeping.

What we offer

• Salary of KD 1,000 per month (negotiable).
• Transportation or fuel allowance and communication allowance.
• Paid annual vacation leave after 9 months.