Job Description: HSE Officer
We are seeking a qualified and experienced Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSE) Officer to support a building renovation project in Beirut, Lebanon. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining high standards of occupational health and safety, environmental protection, site security, and regulatory compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
The role requires strong practical experience in vertical construction sites, including work at height, scaffolding, lifting operations, temporary works, demolition, material handling, and coordination of multiple contractors and subcontractors.
HSE Officer
Building renovation project
Beirut, Lebanon
5–10 years in health, safety, environment, and security
Monday–Friday: 9 hours per day; Saturday: half day; Sunday: off
Project-based / full-time
Report to: Project Manager
Key Responsibilities
Health and Safety Management
•Implement and monitor the project HSE plan, procedures, policies, and emergency-response arrangements.
•Conduct regular site inspections, safety walks, toolbox talks, and safety briefings.
•Identify hazards, assess risks, and ensure that suitable control measures are implemented before work begins.
•Monitor compliance with approved method statements, risk assessments, permits to work, and safe systems of work.
•Investigate incidents, near misses, unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions, and prepare corrective-action reports.
•Maintain accurate HSE records, including inspection reports, training registers, permits, incident logs, and corrective-action trackers.
•Stop or escalate unsafe work when there is an immediate risk to workers, visitors, the public, property, or the environment.
Vertical Construction and Renovation Safety
•Supervise safety controls for vertical construction and renovation activities, including work at height, scaffolding, ladders, roof work, façade work, and access through elevated or restricted areas.
•Verify that scaffolds, mobile elevated work platforms, ladders, guardrails, lifelines, fall-arrest systems, and other access equipment are properly selected, inspected, erected, used, and maintained.
•Monitor demolition, structural alterations, temporary works, excavation, lifting operations, hot work, electrical work, and confined-space activities where applicable.
•Ensure that floor openings, edges, shafts, stairwells, balconies, and other fall hazards are properly protected and clearly identified.
•Confirm that lifting equipment, lifting accessories, hoists, cranes, and material-handling activities are inspected and operated by competent personnel.
•Coordinate safe work interfaces between the client, consultants, contractors, subcontractors, workers, visitors, and building occupants.
•Ensure that renovation activities are planned to protect the public, neighboring properties, building users, and existing services.
Environmental Management
•Monitor environmental controls related to dust, noise, vibration, waste, hazardous materials, water pollution, and spills.
•Ensure proper segregation, storage, handling, transport, and disposal of construction and hazardous waste.
•Conduct environmental inspections and support compliance with project requirements and applicable Lebanese regulations.
•Promote efficient use of water, energy, and materials and report environmental nonconformities.
Site Security and Emergency Preparedness
•Monitor site access control, visitor registration, worker identification, and security arrangements.
•Support the protection of personnel, equipment, tools, materials, and project property.
•Develop, communicate, and periodically test emergency procedures for fire, medical incidents, evacuation, structural instability, spills, security threats, and other foreseeable events.
•Coordinate emergency drills and maintain emergency equipment, contact lists, assembly points, and response arrangements.
Training and Communication
•Deliver induction training, task-specific briefings, toolbox talks, and refresher training.
•Promote a positive safety culture and encourage workers to report hazards and near misses.
•Communicate HSE requirements clearly to workers of different languages, skill levels, and employment backgrounds.
•Provide regular HSE performance updates and recommendations to project management.
Required Qualifications and Certifications
•Bachelor’s degree or technical diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
•Five to ten years of relevant HSE experience, preferably on building renovation, vertical construction, fit-out, or major maintenance projects.
•Recognized HSE certification, such as NEBOSH, IOSH, OSHA, ISO 45001, or an equivalent internationally recognized qualification. The required certification must be verified against the project owner’s and applicable Lebanese requirements.
•Valid training or certification in work-at-height safety and fall protection.
•First-aid and fire-safety training are preferred.
•Additional certifications in scaffolding inspection, lifting operations, confined spaces, permit-to-work systems, or environmental management are advantageous.
•Working knowledge of applicable Lebanese occupational safety, environmental, construction, and emergency requirements.
Required Experience and Competencies
•Demonstrated experience managing HSE on vertical construction sites, particularly where work at height and renovation hazards are present.
•Strong knowledge of risk assessment, incident investigation, permit-to-work systems, emergency response, and contractor management.
•Ability to inspect work areas, recognize unsafe conditions, and take timely corrective action.
•Ability to read and review method statements, risk assessments, construction drawings, lifting plans, and inspection records.
•Strong communication, coordination, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
•Ability to work independently while maintaining effective cooperation with project management and site teams.
•Proficiency in English is required. Arabic is strongly preferred; French is an advantage.
•Good computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, email, and digital HSE reporting systems.
•Willingness to work on an active construction site and to maintain a visible presence in the field.
Key Performance Indicators
Performance will be assessed through the quality and timeliness of inspections and reports, closure of corrective actions, completion of required training and toolbox talks, incident and near-miss reporting, compliance with work-at-height controls, environmental performance, emergency preparedness, and contractor adherence to project HSE requirements.
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