Health and Safety Executive (Saudi National Talent) - Jumeirah The Red Sea

About Jumeirah

Jumeirah is a global leader in luxury hospitality, part of Dubai Holding, operating 29 exceptional properties across 11 countries throughout the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. Since revolutionizing luxury hospitality with the iconic Burj Al Arab in 1999, Jumeirah has become globally recognized for outstanding beachfront resorts, prestigious city hotels, and exclusive residences. The brand offers diverse locations from the Maldivian island paradise at Olhahali Island to the art-inspired Capri Palace in Italy and the modern British style of the Carlton Tower in London, known for warm, generous service and creating unique, meaningful experiences for guests worldwide.

Role Overview

We have an exciting vacancy for a Health and Safety Executive to join Jumeirah The Red Sea property.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out regular health, safety, and environmental inspections across operational areas of the resort, ensuring all findings are recorded and addressed promptly.
• Support workplace risk assessments and help departments implement effective safety measures to reduce hazards.
• Assist in investigating incidents, accidents, near misses, unsafe behaviors, and conditions, including reporting, root cause analysis, and ensuring corrective action completion.
• Supervise contractor and third-party compliance with HSE policies, permit-to-work systems, and safe work practices.
• Participate in emergency preparedness activities, such as evacuation drills, response exercises, equipment checks, and departmental reviews.
• Help implement and continuously improve HSE policies, procedures, standard operating procedures, and incident management processes.
• Monitor environmental compliance related to waste handling, chemical storage, spill prevention, and maintain regulatory documentation.
• Support beach and waterfront safety by evaluating safety signage, emergency access, rescue and first aid equipment, and ensuring proper incident reporting and emergency protocols.
• Engage in internal audits, regulatory inspections, and compliance assessments covering health, safety, environmental, and operational readiness.
• Keep accurate and up-to-date HSE documentation including incident and inspection reports, risk assessments, training records, and compliance logs.
• Deliver safety inductions, toolbox talks, and awareness sessions to staff, contractors, and third parties.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Security, Housekeeping, Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Recreation, and other departments on safety and compliance matters.
• Support pre-opening activities with site walkthroughs, inspections, operational checks, and tracking corrective measures.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Health, Environmental Science, Engineering, or similar fields.
• NEBOSH International General Certificate (IGC) or an equivalent recognized health and safety qualification.
• Proven experience of 2–3 years in health and safety roles within hotels, resorts, hospitality, facilities management, construction, or related operational sectors.
• Hands-on experience conducting HSE inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, contractor safety supervision, emergency planning, and compliance monitoring.
• Understanding of environmental regulations including waste management, chemical safety, spill prevention, and regulatory record-keeping.
• Fluent spoken and written English skills.
• Previous exposure to hospitality, resort, island, beach, marine environments, or pre-opening hotel operations is beneficial.
• Additional certifications such as IOSH Managing Safely, First Aid, Fire & Life Safety or environmental sustainability are advantageous.

Compensation and Benefits

• A supportive and inclusive workplace culture that values employee development.
• Access to learning and development programs with well-defined career growth paths.
• Opportunities for career mobility within our global company network.
• Colleague discounts on food, beverages, and hotel stays worldwide.
• Comprehensive healthcare and insurance coverage.
• A competitive local salary combined with an incentive scheme.
• Additional locally tailored benefits offered by the property.