HSE Director - Aviation Infrastructure
Posted date [2026-07-06]
(ID: 47538)
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Job Description and Requirements
HSE Director - Aviation InfrastructureJob Snapshot
Role: HSE Director - Aviation Infrastructure
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Airlines/Aviation
Function: Occupational Health and Safety
Experience: 25 years HSE leadership experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
HSE Director - Aviation Infrastructure in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Airlines/Aviation opportunity with Parsons Corporation for an accomplished HSE leader who can provide strategic governance across a major airport infrastructure programme. The role is responsible for health, safety, environmental, and sustainability performance across aviation construction packages, including airfield works, terminals, utilities, live operational interfaces, contractor environments, regulatory compliance, incident response, and programme-wide safety culture.
Job Details
Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Industry: Airlines/Aviation
Function: Occupational Health and Safety
Salary: 70000-95000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The HSE Director will lead
programme-level health, safety, environmental, and sustainability management across complex airport infrastructure delivery where construction activity, aviation regulations, live operations, environmental controls, and multi-contractor coordination require strong governance. This position supports safe and compliant delivery by setting HSE strategy, leading assurance processes, directing HSE teams, engaging regulators and airport authorities, managing high-risk construction controls, and ensuring that safety and environmental performance remain visible at executive, contractor, and worksite levels.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the overall HSE strategy, governance framework, procedures, policies, assurance model, and performance standards for a major aviation infrastructure programme.
* Provide strategic direction to HSE teams working across multiple project packages, contractor environments, consultants, and delivery partners.
* Drive a proactive safety culture across contractors, consultants, airport stakeholders, client teams, construction teams, and programme leadership.
* Ensure compliance with aviation safety requirements, construction safety regulations, environmental obligations, local authority requirements, and client standards.
* Manage regulatory audits, inspections, permits, approvals, authority engagements, compliance reviews, and follow-up actions.
* Oversee construction safety across airfield works, terminal buildings, utilities, support infrastructure, enabling works, and live airport interfaces.
* Ensure effective controls are implemented for high-risk activities such as lifting operations, excavation, working at height, confined spaces, temporary works, traffic movement, and work near live operations.
* Review and challenge contractor risk assessments, method statements, HSE plans, emergency arrangements, inspection programmes, and safety performance records.
* Oversee environmental compliance, sustainability performance, environmental management plans, mitigation measures, monitoring programmes, and reporting obligations.
* Lead investigations into major incidents, near misses, high-potential events, and serious non-compliances.
* Ensure root cause analysis, corrective actions, preventive actions, lessons learned, and effectiveness reviews are completed properly.
* Act as the primary HSE interface with airport authorities, regulators, clients, consultants, contractors, senior leadership, and project stakeholders.
* Support emergency preparedness, crisis management planning, incident response coordination, drills, exercises, and readiness reviews.
* Lead HSE workshops, safety forums, leadership briefings, coordination meetings, and contractor performance review sessions.
* Establish HSE KPIs, dashboards, audit schedules, inspection plans, reporting systems, trend analysis, and assurance processes.
* Monitor programme-wide HSE performance and provide executive-level updates covering risks, trends, compliance status, serious incidents, and improvement actions.
* Promote workforce engagement, behavioral safety, induction programmes, leadership safety walks, observation systems, and continuous improvement in safety culture.
* Guide contractors and delivery partners on practical improvements to field safety, environmental controls, reporting quality, and risk management.
* Ensure HSE considerations are embedded in planning, design coordination, construction sequencing, procurement decisions, and operational readiness activities.
* Lead, mentor, and develop senior HSE managers, advisors, inspectors, environmental specialists, and contractor HSE representatives.
* Promote disciplined documentation, transparent escalation, strong governance, and consistent implementation of programme HSE requirements.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Safety Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, or a related discipline.
* Minimum 25 years of experience in HSE leadership roles across major infrastructure, aviation, airport, airfield, or complex capital development programmes.
* Proven experience in airport, airfield, EPC, PMC, delivery partner, or major construction programme environments.
* Strong background in construction safety management across complex multidisciplinary projects.
* Deep knowledge of international HSE standards and aviation-related requirements, including ICAO, FAA, OSHA, NFPA, ISO 45001, and ISO 14001.
* Experience managing large HSE teams and multi-contractor project environments.
* Strong capability in audits, compliance management, performance reporting, incident investigation, corrective action management, and assurance systems.
* Practical knowledge of airport construction risks, airfield interfaces, terminal works, utilities, live operational constraints, construction logistics, and emergency planning.
* Master’s degree in Safety, Environmental Management, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.
* Chartered status or recognized HSE certification such as NEBOSH IGC, NEBOSH IDIP, CSP, CIH, CMIOSH, or equivalent is desirable.
* Experience on GCC airport megaprojects or complex aviation infrastructure programmes is preferred.
* Background in ESG, sustainability reporting, carbon management, FIDIC-based contracts, or digital HSE systems is an advantage.
* Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, presentation, negotiation, and crisis management skills.
* Able to influence senior leaders, contractors, regulators, and project teams while maintaining clear standards and practical solutions.
* Strong analytical ability with the capacity to interpret HSE data, identify trends, prioritize risks, and drive measurable improvement.
* Confident working under pressure in complex programme environments involving live operations, multiple stakeholders, and high public visibility.
Skills Set
* HSE leadership
* Aviation safety
* Airport infrastructure
* Airfield safety
* Terminal construction safety
* Construction HSE
* Environmental management
* Sustainability performance
* HSE governance
* HSE strategy
* HSE audits
* Regulatory compliance
* Authority engagement
* Contractor HSE management
* Multi-contractor environments
* Live airport operations
* Risk assessments
* Method statement review
* HSE plans
* High-risk activity control
* Lifting operations
* Excavation safety
* Working at heights
* Confined space safety
* Incident investigation
* Root cause analysis
* Corrective action management
* Emergency preparedness
* Crisis management
* HSE KPIs
* HSE dashboards
* Performance reporting
* Safety culture
* Behavioral safety
* Workforce engagement
* Induction programmes
* Safety forums
* ICAO
* FAA
* OSHA
* NFPA
* ISO 45001
* ISO 14001
* NEBOSH
* CSP
* CMIOSH
* ESG reporting
* Carbon management
* Digital HSE systems
Why Join Us
This role offers an experienced HSE Director the opportunity to lead health, safety, environmental, and sustainability performance across a major aviation infrastructure programme in Riyadh. The position provides executive-level exposure to airport construction, airfield works, terminals, live operational interfaces, multi-contractor governance, regulatory engagement, and safety culture transformation. It is a strong opportunity for a senior HSE leader who wants to protect people, strengthen compliance, improve environmental performance, and contribute to world-class aviation infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, construction management, and project delivery company supporting major aviation, transportation, utilities, urban development, public realm, and civil infrastructure programmes. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to large-scale development through HSE leadership, aviation delivery expertise, environmental management, project controls, construction supervision, and practical technical knowledge that support safe, reliable, and future-ready infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the overall HSE strategy, governance framework, procedures, policies, assurance model, and performance standards for a major aviation infrastructure programme.
* Provide strategic direction to HSE teams working across multiple project packages, contractor environments, consultants, and delivery partners.
* Drive a proactive safety culture across contractors, consultants, airport stakeholders, client teams, construction teams, and programme leadership.
* Ensure compliance with aviation safety requirements, construction safety regulations, environmental obligations, local authority requirements, and client standards.
* Manage regulatory audits, inspections, permits, approvals, authority engagements, compliance reviews, and follow-up actions.
* Oversee construction safety across airfield works, terminal buildings, utilities, support infrastructure, enabling works, and live airport interfaces.
* Ensure effective controls are implemented for high-risk activities such as lifting operations, excavation, working at height, confined spaces, temporary works, traffic movement, and work near live operations.
* Review and challenge contractor risk assessments, method statements, HSE plans, emergency arrangements, inspection programmes, and safety performance records.
* Oversee environmental compliance, sustainability performance, environmental management plans, mitigation measures, monitoring programmes, and reporting obligations.
* Lead investigations into major incidents, near misses, high-potential events, and serious non-compliances.
* Ensure root cause analysis, corrective actions, preventive actions, lessons learned, and effectiveness reviews are completed properly.
* Act as the primary HSE interface with airport authorities, regulators, clients, consultants, contractors, senior leadership, and project stakeholders.
* Support emergency preparedness, crisis management planning, incident response coordination, drills, exercises, and readiness reviews.
* Lead HSE workshops, safety forums, leadership briefings, coordination meetings, and contractor performance review sessions.
* Establish HSE KPIs, dashboards, audit schedules, inspection plans, reporting systems, trend analysis, and assurance processes.
* Monitor programme-wide HSE performance and provide executive-level updates covering risks, trends, compliance status, serious incidents, and improvement actions.
* Promote workforce engagement, behavioral safety, induction programmes, leadership safety walks, observation systems, and continuous improvement in safety culture.
* Guide contractors and delivery partners on practical improvements to field safety, environmental controls, reporting quality, and risk management.
* Ensure HSE considerations are embedded in planning, design coordination, construction sequencing, procurement decisions, and operational readiness activities.
* Lead, mentor, and develop senior HSE managers, advisors, inspectors, environmental specialists, and contractor HSE representatives.
* Promote disciplined documentation, transparent escalation, strong governance, and consistent implementation of programme HSE requirements.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Safety Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, or a related discipline.
* Minimum 25 years of experience in HSE leadership roles across major infrastructure, aviation, airport, airfield, or complex capital development programmes.
* Proven experience in airport, airfield, EPC, PMC, delivery partner, or major construction programme environments.
* Strong background in construction safety management across complex multidisciplinary projects.
* Deep knowledge of international HSE standards and aviation-related requirements, including ICAO, FAA, OSHA, NFPA, ISO 45001, and ISO 14001.
* Experience managing large HSE teams and multi-contractor project environments.
* Strong capability in audits, compliance management, performance reporting, incident investigation, corrective action management, and assurance systems.
* Practical knowledge of airport construction risks, airfield interfaces, terminal works, utilities, live operational constraints, construction logistics, and emergency planning.
* Master’s degree in Safety, Environmental Management, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.
* Chartered status or recognized HSE certification such as NEBOSH IGC, NEBOSH IDIP, CSP, CIH, CMIOSH, or equivalent is desirable.
* Experience on GCC airport megaprojects or complex aviation infrastructure programmes is preferred.
* Background in ESG, sustainability reporting, carbon management, FIDIC-based contracts, or digital HSE systems is an advantage.
* Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, presentation, negotiation, and crisis management skills.
* Able to influence senior leaders, contractors, regulators, and project teams while maintaining clear standards and practical solutions.
* Strong analytical ability with the capacity to interpret HSE data, identify trends, prioritize risks, and drive measurable improvement.
* Confident working under pressure in complex programme environments involving live operations, multiple stakeholders, and high public visibility.
Skills Set
* HSE leadership
* Aviation safety
* Airport infrastructure
* Airfield safety
* Terminal construction safety
* Construction HSE
* Environmental management
* Sustainability performance
* HSE governance
* HSE strategy
* HSE audits
* Regulatory compliance
* Authority engagement
* Contractor HSE management
* Multi-contractor environments
* Live airport operations
* Risk assessments
* Method statement review
* HSE plans
* High-risk activity control
* Lifting operations
* Excavation safety
* Working at heights
* Confined space safety
* Incident investigation
* Root cause analysis
* Corrective action management
* Emergency preparedness
* Crisis management
* HSE KPIs
* HSE dashboards
* Performance reporting
* Safety culture
* Behavioral safety
* Workforce engagement
* Induction programmes
* Safety forums
* ICAO
* FAA
* OSHA
* NFPA
* ISO 45001
* ISO 14001
* NEBOSH
* CSP
* CMIOSH
* ESG reporting
* Carbon management
* Digital HSE systems
Why Join Us
This role offers an experienced HSE Director the opportunity to lead health, safety, environmental, and sustainability performance across a major aviation infrastructure programme in Riyadh. The position provides executive-level exposure to airport construction, airfield works, terminals, live operational interfaces, multi-contractor governance, regulatory engagement, and safety culture transformation. It is a strong opportunity for a senior HSE leader who wants to protect people, strengthen compliance, improve environmental performance, and contribute to world-class aviation infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, construction management, and project delivery company supporting major aviation, transportation, utilities, urban development, public realm, and civil infrastructure programmes. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to large-scale development through HSE leadership, aviation delivery expertise, environmental management, project controls, construction supervision, and practical technical knowledge that support safe, reliable, and future-ready infrastructure.
