Site ESH Manager - Jubail

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Project Overview:

Jubail is one of Bechtel’s most remarkable achievements—a city built from the sand up, requiring vast resources and logistical planning on an unprecedented scale. It is one of the biggest civil engineering projects in modern times—and it's getting bigger. Bechtel has managed the Jubail project, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, since it began in the mid-1970s.

Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company (SABCO) serves as the Management Services Contractor (MSC), or “owner’s representative” for our client, the Royal Commission (RC). We are the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) managers, managing design submissions from local architect/engineering (AE) firms, and overseeing the actual construction work being performed by local contractors and sub-contractors in Jubail and Ras Al-Khair Industrial Cities. In June 2026, Bechtel’s contract with the Royal Commission was renewed for another 5 years with work focusing on building new residential communities, iconic buildings/bridges, major site preparation, commercial buildings, mosques, schools, hospitals, sports facilities, clinics, universities, utility services and infrastructure (electrical sub-stations, lift stations), roads and highways, port and pipeline expansions, and more.

This position is designated as Single Status only

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Program Director, the Site ESH Manager represents the Royal Commission, (the client), to ensure the ESH standards of the project are met. You will be responsible for supervising the on-site safety professionals, ensuring they can successfully fulfill their duties to ensure the health and safety of all project participants is maintained. Your role will be to champion ESH on site and continuously drive a positive safety culture - leading by example, coaching employees, personnel and contractors and providing timely advice and support to your team. You will also be required to coordinate and forecast training and assurance activities with site-based operations based on risk.

Major Responsibilities:

• Ensure all site safety planning, clearance certificates, permits to work and assurance planning are in place and effective.
• Provide technical assistance to site construction team, contractor supervision and contractor Health and Safety team.
• Proactive leadership and presence in field to support the successful delivery of project by coaching and leading the project leadership engagement program and facilitate peer engagements and coach contractors.
• Provides guidance to team with respect to integration and compliance with project safety requirements.
• Provides technical support to and review of project risk assessments and work plans.
• Site assurance activities and reporting
• Review of contractor work packages and HSE readiness
• Supervision of Field Leadership observations and reporting
• Review of path of risk (90 / 60 / 30 day look ahead)
• Participate in meetings with all key stakeholders including project team members, and contractors to advise them of safety requirements that may affect project design, schedule, and cost.
• Update ES&H plans, project specific risk reduction plans, safety awareness training programs, and technical reports.
• Provide recommendations and input for revising safety procedures, work processes, and other improvement measures.
• Conduct safety inspections/assessments of project construction activities to monitor compliance with applicable safety and health requirements including contractual commitments, permits, and the ESH Manual.
• Facilitate incident investigations including reporting within required timeframes

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Degree in Occupational Safety and Health or relevant engineering qualification.
• 13-15 years of experience or 17-19 years of relevant work experience Demonstrated experience in civil construction in a safety role with experience in supervising teams.
• Formal qualifications in environmental and/or safety engineering, process safety, health or related discipline.Advanced knowledge in Health and Safety including document creation and maintenance.
• Knowledge of Bechtel and/or EPCM/EPC or PMC safety procedures, principles, and methodologies.
• Knowledge of or can rapidly acquire an understanding of client system and process.
• Knowledge of national and international safety laws/regulations and regulatory agencies’ processes and responsibilities, industry standards/practices for safety and health compliance, and best management practices for minimizing potential safety risks during project execution.
• Experience in safety planning and inspections/assessments during construction.
• Knowledge of hazardous materials and physical risk exposures and Personal Protective Equipment standards as well as People Based Safety processes and procedures.
• Knowledge of Bechtel’s (or similar) organization structure, functions, and administrative procedures.
• Proficient computer skills and use of related applications (including but not limited to Microsoft – i.e. Word, Excel (including generation and manipulation of data in to reports, developing HSE metrics including spread sheeting and reporting, PowerPoint etc.).
• Working knowledge of incident investigation (i.e. ICAM, TapRooT etc)

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to work within a culturally diverse organization, recognizing and respecting differences.
• Must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and positive interpersonal skills. Be able to communicate & coordinate work & progress issues with contractors, management, peers, other organization departments and third parties.
• Committed to maintaining a strong health and safety approach which is in line with the Bechtel zero accidents philosophy and is able to provide leadership for safe work procedures and safety related matters.Capable of proactively identifying issues on the project and raising them effectively through the relevant channels in the project organization.
• Ability to manage priorities and take on additional evolving responsibilities with demonstrated experience providing direction/supervising to a team.
• Serve as a resource for training/mentoring colleagues with less experience.
• Be safety orientated and work proactively with the contractors to support capability building in all areas of ESH.

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