Senior Specialist - Rail Agency Quality, Health, Safety & Sustainability Office

Beginning of the main content section.Return to the home pagePrintable Format Job Description - Senior Specialist - Rail Agency Quality, Health, Safety & Sustainability Office (25001831)Job Description Senior Specialist - Rail Agency Quality, Health, Safety & Sustainability Office - (25001831) Job Description JOB PURPOSE:Ensure the effective implementation, monitoring, and continual improvement of Health & Safety standards across the Rail Agency. Promote a proactive safety culture through strategic planning, performance audits, incident investigation, and stakeholder engagement while supporting regulatory compliance and excellence program execution.ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:Strategy• Contribute to strategic health and safety planning by integrating hazard trends, incident statistics, and legislative updates into annual plans. • Support departments in aligning with local and international safety standards, ensuring documentation and compliance readiness. • Conduct benchmarking studies to identify safety best practices and incorporate them into agency-wide programs.Operations• Monitor contractor, consultant, and partner compliance with agency health and safety requirements. • Lead health & safety risk assessments, site inspections, and hazard identification exercises, ensuring corrective actions are implemented. • Investigate workplace incidents, accidents, and near misses, conducting root cause analysis and recommending preventive measures. • Facilitate safety committee meetings and cross-departmental workshops to review performance indicators and promote safe work practices. • Manage Health and Safety performance of the agency, contractors, consultants.Product / Process Improvement• Develop and deliver safety training programs covering hazard awareness, emergency response, and incident reporting. • Maintain and update safety procedures, manuals, legal register, and emergency protocols based on lessons learned and industry developments. • Implement safety culture improvement initiatives and monitor their effectiveness through KPIs and staff feedback. • Produce monthly HSE statistic report. • Technical review of Health & Safety Management Plans for operator, maintainer, and new projects.Physical Working Conditions• Conduct site visits, audits, and field inspections across depots, stations, and work sites, ensuring adherence to health & safety protocols. • Conduct investigation of railway accidents and other safety incidents and events. Qualifications Education:Bachelor's degree/ master’s degree in engineering, preferably civil, electrical, mechanical, industrial, environmental, or chemical engineering.Experience:6+ years in case of master’s degree (8+ years in case of bachelor’s degree). Job Category: Quality and ExcellenceAdvertiser: Roads and Transport AuthorityDepartment: Dubai Rail CEOEducational-level: BachelorRequired Nationality: UAE Only Suitable for people with determination: NoMonthly Salary: UnspecifiedSchedule-Time: Full timeJob Posting: 13/10/2026Unposting Date: 12/11/2026

Bachelor's degree or master's degree in engineering (civil, electrical, mechanical, industrial, environmental, or chemical). Experience: 6+ years with a master's degree or 8+ years with a bachelor's degree. UAE nationality required.

Ensure the effective implementation, monitoring, and continual improvement of Health & Safety standards across the Rail Agency. Promote a proactive safety culture through strategic planning, performance audits, incident investigation, and stakeholder engagement while supporting regulatory compliance and excellence program execution. Strategy: contribute to strategic health and safety planning; support departments in aligning with safety standards; conduct benchmarking. Operations: monitor compliance of contractors/partners; lead risk assessments and site inspections; investigate incidents; facilitate safety committee meetings; manage HSE performance. Product/Process Improvement: develop/deliver safety training; maintain safety procedures and legal register; implement safety culture initiatives; produce monthly HSE statistics; perform technical review of Health & Safety Management Plans. Physical Working Conditions: conduct site visits/audits/inspections; investigate railway accidents and safety incidents.