Safety Officer

JOB DESCRIPTION

CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY OFFICER

1. Job Purpose

• To support safe construction activities by implementing the project HSE plan, identifying hazards, preventing incidents, and ensuring that workers, staff, contractors, and visitors comply with applicable safety requirements.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Conduct daily site safety inspections and identify unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, and potential hazards.
• Ensure workers and staff use required PPE, including safety helmets, safety shoes, reflective jackets, gloves, goggles, and fall-protection equipment as applicable.
• Monitor work at height, scaffolding, ladders, roof work, PEB erection, lifting operations, and other high-risk activities.
• Verify that work permits, risk assessments/JSA, method statements, and toolbox talks are completed before work starts where required.
• Check lifting tools and tackles, cranes, electrical installations, access ways, excavations, housekeeping, and fire-prevention arrangements.
• Ensure safety belts/full-body harnesses, lifelines, anchor points, guardrails, and fall-arrest systems are inspected and used correctly.
• Conduct toolbox talks, safety inductions, and safety awareness sessions for workers, supervisors, and subcontractors.
• Report incidents, near misses, unsafe conditions, and property damage promptly; support investigations and corrective-action follow-up.
• Stop or escalate imminent-danger activities in accordance with company procedures and immediately inform the Site Engineer/Safety Manager.
• Maintain safety records, including inspection checklists, training attendance, permits, incident reports, equipment inspections, and corrective-action registers.
• Coordinate with site engineers, supervisors, subcontractors, and the HSE team to close safety observations within agreed timelines.
• Monitor emergency preparedness, first-aid facilities, fire extinguishers, emergency access, and evacuation arrangements.
• Check that waste is managed properly and that work areas are kept clean, orderly, and free from obstruction.
• Support compliance with applicable legal requirements, client rules, company HSE procedures, and project-specific safety standards.
• Submit daily/weekly safety reports and promptly communicate serious risks to the Safety Manager.

3. Authority

• Request correction of unsafe conditions and non-compliant practices.
• Recommend suspension of unsafe work and escalate imminent risks immediately.
• Verify that corrective actions are completed before affected work resumes, in line with site procedures.

4. Qualifications and Experience

• Qualification: Diploma or degree in a relevant discipline, with a recognized safety qualification as required by the employer and applicable local rules.
• Experience: Construction-site safety experience preferred; experience in high-risk work such as work at height, lifting, steel/PEB erection, and subcontractor coordination is an advantage.
• Knowledge: Construction hazards, PPE, work permits, risk assessment/JSA, emergency response, incident reporting, and basic applicable HSE requirements.
• Skills: Clear communication, observation, reporting, teamwork, practical problem-solving, and confidence to raise safety concerns.

5. Reporting and Working Relationships

Reports to: Safety Manager / Project HSE In-charge.

Coordinates with: Project Manager, Site Engineers, Supervisors, subcontractors, workers, and client representatives.

6. Performance Expectations

• Timely identification and reporting of hazards and near misses.
• Consistent PPE compliance and effective toolbox talks/inductions.
• Timely closure of safety observations and accurate maintenance of records.
• Proactive monitoring of high-risk activities and effective emergency readiness.

Note: This is a general job description. Adapt qualification requirements, statutory responsibilities, and project-specific duties to the employer's policies, contract requirements, and applicable local law.