Operations, Health and Safety Professional

Position: Operations, Health and Safety Professional

Reports to: Program Manager, Sustainable & Integrated Mobility, Urban Mobility

Sector: Land Mobility

Job Location: NEOM

Looking for candidates with Rood-base public transport experience 

Role Purpose:

As an Operations, Health and Safety Specialist in NEOM’s mobility team, you will be part of an exceptional team of engineers and business developers building the future of mobility at NEOM and beyond. You will lead the development of various business models and support the development of strategic partnerships to deliver the future of mobility at NEOM. The insights from these projects and partnerships will lead to the development of mobility in NEOM regional and urban mobility companies and other partnerships with international companies

Key Accountabilities:

Core focus

• Support the execution of land mobility infrastructure development projects covering the design, build and operational management phases of civil works, traffic management, and/or energy management of battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
• Facilitate the technical and commercial due diligence of companies that will aid in making strategic decisions for mobility infrastructure development in adherence to international best practices in health and safety.
• Participate in tendering of projects and in preparing related information
• Facilitate in ensuring that system design and implementation, meets applicable quality and/or technical standards and guidelines, and receive NEOM/3rd party quality and technical approvals/certificates once deployed
• Effectively oversee program(s)/project(s) conceptualization, planning, execution schedule
• Conduct project (internal/external) stakeholder(s) integration meetings, managing actions/issues list/log, risk register, safety audits, among other project management, monitoring, troubleshooting, reviews, to ensure seamless transition through knowledge management of project documentation
• Develop MoUs, RFPs, RFQs, SLAs, contracts, and other required tendering documents, including SoW of various mobility projects
• Facilitate in document submissions for responsible project(s) and ensure their timely review and approvals focusing on business continuity, risk mitigation, quality management, health and safety standards

Innovation

• Develop data analysis and scale up recommendations on land mobility infrastructure to meet ongoing (temporary to steady-state) development stages of NEOM
• Gather technical, operational, and other business insights from existing deployments of various mobility technologies to guide, recommend and steer the direction of upcoming mobility system deployments to ensure a high level of safety is ensured in operational implementation
• Be a critical evaluator in reviewing the infrastructure needs, traffic flow and energy provisions of various land mobility demand models, and a strategic thinker in innovating new solutions to support mobility solutions to alleviate risk
• Be a problem solver and find creative ways to find solutions to problems as they arise in the project
• Global benchmarking/recommendations of sustainable infrastructure-related technologies for mobility systems, and digital integration in order to mitigate against risk

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• 10+ years of experience and proven success in leading public transport traffic engineering projects as a Project/Program Manager (PM) /Technical Project Manager (TPM), with complete ownership of the project management of at least three medium-to-large scale projects, especially in the area of health and safety
• Prior experience in development of safe and efficient road networks, infrastructure projects for public transportation, mass transit operations, shared electric car operations, smart mobility, autonomous driving technologies, and electrification including EVs and charging infrastructure is desired
• Traffic engineering experience in projects involve designing traffic control device installations and modifications, including traffic signals, signs, and pavement markings are pre-requisites, especially in traffic safety for improving locations with high crash rates and developing countermeasures to reduce crashes.
• Traffic flow management encompassing preparation of construction traffic control plans, including detour plans for pedestrian and vehicular traffic) or long-term (estimating the impacts of proposed commercial/residential developments on traffic patterns)
• Proficiency in site layout, grading, utility design, commuter safety, regulatory approvals etc
• Prepare, monitor and audit cost estimates for material, labor, and equipment
• Require project engineering, quality assurance and post construction defect management experience.
• Must be able to apply asset management frameworks, asset management strategy and maintenance planning.
• Oversees, investigate and audit worksite health, safety, and quality assurance
• Must have the ability to breakdown complex technology projects into work packages such that project risks in relevant areas can be clearly identified, and progress can be clearly tracked and managed
• Ability to provide advice and resolve creatively emerging problems/deficiencies
• Must be able to translate the business objectives of the project into data insights that must be gathered, subsequently leading to the identification of data attributes that must be captured and analyzed, and based on the findings of data from the projects, provide recommendations on path forward
• Basic knowledge of design and visualizations software such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D or similar
• Working knowledge of Jira, Microsoft Project or a similar project management software
• Proficiency in the use of dashboard for data representations such as Power BI is desired
• Must be an effective and clear communicator, with leadership aptitude to oversee and mentor staff
• Prior experience leading Agile as well as traditional projects
• Strong networking skills
• Excellent communication skills in English (other languages is a plus)

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in related engineering field, advanced degree preferred