HSE Specialist

Description

If you are a Health Safety & Environment (HSE) Specialist professional looking for an opportunity to grow your career Emerson has an exciting opportunity for this role you will lead the development implementation and continuous improvement of Emersons Health Safety Environment Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility programs across the Dubai Headquarters and Northern Region operations including Iraq Kuwait and Qatar. You will play a key role in fostering a positive safety culture ensuring regulatory and management system compliance advancing sustainability initiatives and supporting operational excellence across manufacturing warehousing facilities and office environments.

In This Role Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Act as the HSE leader for the Dubai Campus setting benchmarks for operational safety and sustainability excellence across the MEA region.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all safety and sustainability matters for the facility and supported regions while coordinating global directives.
• Ensure compliance with company policies ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 standards and applicable legal requirements by developing implementing and monitoring annual HSE activity plans across business units and facilities.
• Plan and manage peer safety walkdowns and leadership safety walks across Dubai Campus operations.
• Lead incident investigations involving hazards near misses and reportable incidents ensuring timely closure of corrective and preventive actions across the MEA region.
• Develop and maintain HSE documentation including policies procedures training records and performance monitoring data.
• Lead the Dubai HSE Committee and collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve safety environmental and sustainability objectives.
• Oversee permit issuance and compliance processes conduct safety inductions and work closely with Facilities teams to review and update risk assessments.
• Lead annual legal compliance assessments and HSE prequalification processes.
• Organize workshops seminars and awareness events such as Safety Day and Earth Day to strengthen engagement and safety awareness.
• Develop implement monitor and review annual MEA HSE plans to ensure strategic objectives are achieved.
• Develop and manage the corporate HSE training plan and training matrix for Emerson MEA.
• Develop and execute sustainability strategies focused on energy efficiency waste management and resource conservation.
• Conduct cross-functional safety audits and inspections across MEA operations to ensure compliance with company requirements and regulatory obligations.
• Plan budget and coordinate CSR initiatives across the MEA region partnering with local communities and stakeholders to deliver meaningful and sustainable outcomes.
• Drive automation and digitalization of HSE processes through Power Apps and SharePoint to improve efficiency reporting and compliance monitoring.
• Support MEA operations in achieving regulatory and organizational objectives through compliance guidance customer questionnaires incident investigations and procedure development.
• Provide HSE leadership to Northern Region operations supporting facility expansion and relocation activities while ensuring alignment with MEA HSE standards.
• Coordinate with regional leadership and cross-functional teams to strengthen safety culture regulatory compliance HSE budgeting and sustainability initiatives.
• Adhere to Health Safety & Environment policies established by the organization.

Who You Are

You consistently identify opportunities to improve safety environmental performance and operational effectiveness while balancing long-term strategic priorities with day-to-day execution. You build trust through integrity accountability and transparent communication and you effectively engage stakeholders at all levels to achieve shared objectives. You demonstrate resilience in overcoming challenges adapt your approach to changing business needs and inspire others to contribute to a strong culture of safety sustainability and continuous improvement.

For This Role You Will Need:

• Bachelors degree in Occupational Health & Safety Safety Management or an equivalent field of study.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in an EHS function within a large manufacturing organization.
• NEBOSH IGC or a comparable Health Safety and Environmental qualification.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective organizational and leadership capabilities.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• Membership with IOSH or another internationally recognized occupational health and safety professional body.
• Experience in environmental management programs and initiatives.
• Experience using VelocityEHS or similar EHS management systems.
• Experience supporting sustainability energy efficiency waste reduction or environmental stewardship programs.
• Knowledge of digital tools and process automation platforms such as Power Apps and SharePoint.

Our Culture and Commitment To You

At Emerson we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued respected and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation collaboration and diverse perspectivesbecause we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship training or leadership opportunities we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.Guided by our core values of innovation integrity collaboration and inclusion we are committed to creating an environment where employees can do their best work and reach their full potential. We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing and offer competitive benefits and development opportunities designed to support your physical mental financial and social wellbeing.Our learning culture supports career growth at every stage from onboarding through leadership development. Through training coaching mentorship project-based learning and hands-on experiences we help employees build meaningful careers while contributing to business success and positive outcomes for our customers communities and the environment.

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