AECOM Middle East Jobs

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

1. Purpose of the Job

Neom Backbone Projects will be delivered by multiple Design Work Packages (DWPs) and safety assurance management is of paramount importance across all DWPs. Engineering Safety Manager (ESM) covers the process of analysing, formulating and prioritising project system safety requirements such that they are identified and properly tracked throughout the project lifecycle to ensure the project safety requirements are satisfied and hazards are eliminated or mitigated ALARP.

This role supports the Systems Assurance Lead in the management of the Safety Assurance elements of the DWP designs undertaken by Backbone Engineering Consultant (BEC) and subsequent contractor design and delivery. This role leads the BEC Engineering System Safety Management process and is responsible for the effective and efficient development of DWP Safety Cases and Hazard Logs involving complex rail systems and civil works, and meet the needs of the client (NEOM) and the whole project. The ESM reports to the Systems Assurance Lead.

The Engineering Safety Manager will:

• Work autonomously to deliver safety assurance planning

• Perform typical engineering safety management and analysis

• Develop and manage Safety Assurance Plans and Hazard Logs

• Perform elicitation, definition and analysis of safety requirements

• Undertake qualitative and quantitative safety risk assessments

• Develop Safety Case Reports and Safety Risk Assessment Reports

• Facilitate and lead design teams and clients through the hazard identification and analysis process, and chair hazard workshops

• Check design evidence provided for safety requirements to mitigate hazards

• Regularly interacts with DWP leaders and system designers and other disciplines concerning engineering safety and design evidence

• Review the progress of engineering safety to ensure timely and satisfactory resolution and close out of safety risk reduction and evidence

• Provide support to client (NEOM/EPM) as necessary

• Work collaboratively with other assurance team members

2. Principal Accountabilities

• Leadership of the engineering safety function and activities

• Provide visible leadership and demonstrable commitment to engineering safety principles and processes

• Keep the Systems Assurance Lead informed of technical issues arising from engineering safety management activities

• Liaise with the client (NEOM/EPM) Engineering Safety Manager in relation to safety assurance activities and deliverables

• Perform safety assurance activities and prepare associated deliverables in accordance with CENELEC 50126/8/9 and CSM standards

• Co-operate with NEOM in all matters relating to health and safety, including following safe working procedures at all times

• Act as a role model for AECOM’s and NEOM’s vision and values, behaving in ways that are aligned with NEOM’s Ways of Working

• Take necessary care to properly protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of corporate information from unauthorised disclosure, modification or destruction. Never knowingly put NEOM’s information or information systems at risk.

3. Main challenges of the job

• Analysing and formulating engineering safety activities

• Formulate engineering safety registers and activities to supporting the overall project development and implementation

• Supporting the successful delivery of the project from an engineering safety perspective

• Review various design documents to identify engineering safety risks

• Respond to questions from EPM and/or design team personnel regarding system safety

• Facilitate and manage regular engineering safety management workshops and forums

• Facilitate the development and/or optimisation of the engineering safety process

• Cooperate and coordinate fully with all members of the Systems Assurance team

• Identification of potential improvements in support of engineering safety

• Participate and support other assurance management disciplines and activities

4. Dimensions & Interfaces (both internal and external)

Key working relationships

• Reports to Systems Assurance Lead

• Works closely with Systems Assurance Lead, DWP Leads, and Engineering Manager

• Works closely with client EPM to fully understand safety process

• Works closely with EPM staff

Qualifications

• B. Eng. or MSc Degree qualified engineer

• 10 years’ experience of System Safety on major rail projects including heavy rail, high-speed rail, freight rail

• Working knowledge and thorough understanding of safety assurance principles and process

• Technical experience and knowledge of the full systems engineering lifecycle

• Understands the application of system engineering with respect to EN 50126/8/9, Common Safety Method and ISO 15288

• Familiarity and working level understanding of Aconex, ProjectWise or equivalent document management systems

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10091903

Business Line: Water

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ME and Africa

Career Area: Program & Project Management

Work Location Model: On-Site