Senior Safety Officer

We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Safety Officer role. This position is based in Qatar onshore.

Position Title
:
Senior Safety Officer

Tentative Starting Date
: 15 April 2026

Contract Duration
: 24 months

Normal Working Days
: 6 days per week

Work Location
:
Onshore - Doha & Ras Laffan

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or safety discipline.
• NEBOSH diploma or equivalent.
• 10 years of experience including at least 8 years of experience as a HSEQ / SHE&S professional.
• Experience in the oil and gas, HSEQ management of FEED and EPC projects, engineering, construction and commissioning projects, systems completions coordination, hook up/commissioning, and start up activities in brownfield and greenfield environment.
• Experience in at least 2 FEED projects executed within the last 8 years.
• Experience in implementation of HSEQ systems and building HSEQ capability and competence in a new project starting from FEED phase up to EPC phase including detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start up.
• Good understanding of both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment techniques. Experience of active participation in process safety studies such as HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, fire & explosion, dispersion modelling and FERA/QRA studies.
• Experience with contractors, sub-contractors and vendors involved in the oil and gas industry. Experience in providing Safety Leadership to large contractors’ workforce to drive proactive safety culture and Safety KPIs.
• Experience in active participation of workers’ welfare programmes.
• Knowledge in developing and implementing Emergency Response Procedures to deal with H2S Risk to the workers.
• Experience in development and maintenance of Project HSE Risk Registers.
• Ensure the implementation of Safety, Health, Environment and Security procedures, plans and processes for companies Laffan Offshore Terminal South (LOTS) Project to achieve safe execution of all project’s phases in accordance with the Company’s HSEQ objectives and targets.
• Ensures the effective implementation of LOTS Project HSE Management System in a dynamic Project environment with consideration to HSE, Worker Welfare, Quality, Cost and Schedule.
• Aligns LOTS project HSEQ activities with Company Management System (PMS) while progressing and maturing the project scope, standards and project stakeholders’ requirements.
• Ensures that safety considerations and regulations is fully embedded in FEED engineering deliverables and design decision before moving to EPC phase. Involved in strategic stewardship of project activities spanning multiple contractors, and work fronts.
• Completes a large number of HSE related studies in a timely manner as part of FEED and EPC projects to enable design decisions to be made to meet execution milestones.
• Major challenges include maintaining effective working relationships with both Contractors and stakeholders (e.g., Operations, Project and HSEQ) to ensure alignment of loss prevention and HSE philosophies in accordance with project requirements and plans.

• Support project lifecycle management by identifying HSE deliverables and actions at each phase of the project (FEED, EPC, Commissioning, Operations, etc.) and lead development of early LNG company Project Management System Plans / Project HSE deliverables and project’s HSE studies throughout the project phases (particularly during LOTS FEED phase).
• Provide HSE leadership and support the LOTS PMT FEED team ensuring compliance with Company and Regulatory Requirements; advise project management on the effective implementation of the Project Safety Management System, stewardship of HSE performance indicators and management of HSEQ interfaces with stakeholders.
• Lead the preparation of HSE requirements for Invitation To Tender (ITT) and conduct Contractor HSE evaluations; provide safety requirement inputs into FEED phase of the Project to promote safe design and execution principles; develop, review, approve and monitor Contractor HSE Systems and Plans for FEED and EPC phases (including design reviews, construction and commissioning phases as per PMS such as Safety Management plan,…