Manager- Health & Safety - Risk Assurance (Emiratised role)

Join the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest and safest financial institutions. Our focus is to create value for our employees, customers, shareholders and communities to grow through differentiation, agility and innovation. We are looking for top talent and your success is our success. Accelerate your growth as you help us reach our goals and advance your career. Be ready to make your mark a top company, in an exciting & dynamic industry. 

This position plays an important role in implementing Health, Safety function within FAB HSE & Security unit.  This role will be a key contributor in operationalizing occupational Health, Safety management system.

Strategic Contribution

• Risk assessment: Identification of potential workplace hazards and assessing their risks to develop effective mitigation strategies.
• Compliance: Ensuring the compliance with relevant regulations and standards
• Safety Policy: Developing and implementation of safety policy and procedure to protect employees and assets.
• Training and education, incident investigation, emergency preparedness, health and safety awareness, cost reduction.
• Promote the organization values and ethics in all activities within the team in order to support the establishment of a value drive culture within the bank

People Management

• Provide on job training and constructive feedback to assigned team to support their overall development.

Budgeting and Financial Performance

• Monitor the financial performance of a given area of activity versus budgets and ensure all activities are carried out in line with the approved guidelines while promptly reporting on any variances to management.

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures

• Provide input and implement policies, systems, and procedures for the assigned team/task so that all relevant procedure/ legislative requirements, fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service.

Relationship Management

• Participate in the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement and sustainability of systems, process and practices considering global standards, productivity improvement and cost reduction.
• Reporting Prepare sectional statements and reports timely and accurately to meet FAB requirements, policies, and quality standards.

Specific Accountability (UAE)

• Implementation of FAB Health & Safety system in compliance to ISO 45001:2018 and any other Health & Safety standards applied/implemented by bank.
• Conduct a periodic Risk Assessment on FAB buildings/branches across UAE by establishing, implementing, and maintaining a process(es) for hazard identification that is ongoing and proactive.
• Conduct a periodic safety routine check by examining of work surrounding, structures and machinery;
• Documenting working conditions through photographs and written reports
• Ascertaining that business is given enough knowledge to the hazards identified during the inspection.
• Evaluate machinery and equipment to ensure they meet safety standards.
• Assure the implementation and development of safety procedures and protocols when needed.
• Assess OH&S risks from the identified hazards, while considering the effectiveness of existing controls.
• Enhance OH&S performance, while considering planned changes to the organization, its policies, its processes, or its activities.
• Ensure, in accordance with the Health & Safety management system, the implementation, updating, review and auditing of bank Health & Safety systems.
• To take part in accident/incident investigation. Carries out analysis of accident/incident statics, identifying trends and suggesting improvement plans.
• Participate in Health & Safety meetings related to fit out/special projects, updates and undertake actions taken from the meeting.
• To arrange safety awareness /trainings for bank employees.
• To arrange closure of all identified non- conformities/observation related to internal/external audit reports.
• To take part in yearly budget exercise for Health & Safety unit and propose Health & Safety initiatives relevant for bank in line with industry best standards.
• To coordinate with Health & Safety Representatives/ Business units to conduct occupational risk & impact assessment for prudently managing Health & Safety risk & creating opportunities for continual improvements in their respective areas.
• To supervise periodically fire emergency drills on FAB premises to comply with regulatory requirements in coordination with the assigned service provider (All unit must have this)
• Reviewing, approving, closing out the Permit To Work (PTW) request.
• To oversee Health Identification & Risk Assessment and Emergency Response Plan related training in collaboration with Learning Development.

Minimum Qualification

• Any recognized qualification in Health & Safety such as NEBOSH, ESC, and NVQ etc.
• Bachelor’s degree in science / Health & Safety /Quality management from recognized university.
• Lead Auditor qualification in Health & Safety management system (ISO 45001)
• Basic First Aid training preferred.

Minimum Experience

• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience in Health & Safety.