Senior HSE Manager - Logistics
Posted date [2026-07-06]
(ID: 47543)
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Job Description and Requirements
Senior HSE Manager - LogisticsJob Snapshot
Role: Senior HSE Manager - Logistics
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Construction
Function: Occupational Health and Safety
Experience: 15 years construction HSSE experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Senior HSE Manager - Logistics in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Construction opportunity with Parsons Corporation for an experienced health, safety, security, and environment leader who can manage HSSE planning, site setup, contractor coordination, logistics safety, and programme-wide governance across a complex construction environment. The role supports city-wide delivery by integrating HSSE plans with engineering and logistics strategies, coordinating with delivery partners, managing contractors, leading teams, and ensuring consistent safety standards across the programme.
Job Details
Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Industry: Construction
Function: Occupational Health and Safety
Salary: 40000-60000
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 Senior HSE Manager will lead HSSE strategy and implementation for logistics and construction activities across a major programme where multiple contractors, delivery partners, stakeholders, and site interfaces must operate under consistent safety controls. This position supports initial site setup, operational planning, HSSE procedures, contractor management, reporting, and team leadership while ensuring alignment with corporate, contractual, ethical, and safety requirements. The role is important for reducing risk, improving field discipline, and maintaining a coordinated programme-wide approach to health, safety, security, and environmental performance.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead planning, initial site setup, and development of HSSE plans integrated with wider engineering and logistics plans.
* Support a city-wide approach to HSSE management across construction, logistics, engineering, and delivery activities.
* Develop standard operating procedures for programme HSSE activities and ensure consistent implementation across all delivery teams.
* Plan and implement HSSE strategies in accordance with approved programme HSSE plans, project requirements, and corporate standards.
* Coordinate with delivery partners, client representatives, existing contractors, future major contractors, and other stakeholders involved in programme delivery.
* Lead the application of advanced HSSE principles, concepts, and controls to ensure compliance and consistency across project teams.
* Contribute to innovative HSSE ideas, practical safety improvements, and improved logistics safety practices.
* Lead resolution of complex HSSE issues in coordination with site leads, engineering leads, logistics teams, contractors, and senior management.
* Facilitate partnerships with key stakeholders and organizations affected by programme activities.
* Ensure logistics, site access, construction interfaces, contractor activities, and work sequencing are reviewed from an HSSE risk perspective.
* Assign work to HSSE team members, oversee task completion, and track progress against programme safety priorities.
* Interview and select personnel for assignment when required by the programme.
* Maintain clear work standards, goals, accountability expectations, and reporting requirements for HSSE employees.
* Provide training, development support, coaching, and performance feedback to team members.
* Complete performance evaluations, conduct employee counselling, and take corrective action when necessary.
* Prepare required HSSE reports, summaries, dashboards, updates, and performance documentation for management review.
* Ensure adherence to corporate, contractual, ethical, safety, security, environmental, and procedural requirements.
* Monitor contractor HSSE performance and intervene when work practices, planning, or controls fall below required standards.
* Support contractor coordination by clarifying HSSE expectations, reviewing risks, and ensuring timely follow-up on corrective actions.
* Work effectively within a matrix organization, balancing programme requirements, stakeholder expectations, and dual reporting structures.
* Interact with senior management, client groups, contractors, vendors, employees, and co-workers to consult, motivate, negotiate, and resolve HSSE matters.
* Prioritize workload under time constraints and ensure critical HSSE actions are delivered within required deadlines.
* Promote a practical, proactive, and disciplined safety culture across logistics and construction operations.
* Perform additional responsibilities related to HSSE management, contractor coordination, and programme safety performance as required.
Ideal Profile
* Degree in Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
* Minimum 15 years of experience in construction projects, specifically in health, safety, security, and environment roles.
* Proven experience working within complex construction environments involving multiple contractors, stakeholders, and delivery partners.
* Experience in Saudi Arabia is advantageous.
* OSHA certification is a plus.
* Strong understanding of HSSE planning, site setup, construction logistics, contractor management, operational procedures, and programme safety governance.
* Demonstrated ability to lead HSSE implementation across large construction programmes and maintain consistency across multiple workstreams.
* Strong contractor management skills with the ability to influence contractor performance and challenge unsafe practices constructively.
* Able to deliver clear work instructions in a complex stakeholder environment.
* Strong written and spoken English communication skills.
* Demonstrated teamwork, leadership, management, negotiation, and stakeholder coordination skills.
* Able to work in a matrix organization with dual reporting lines and senior-level management interaction.
* Able to consult, motivate, and negotiate effectively with client groups, co-workers, employees, vendors, contractors, and delivery partners.
* Able to function effectively under time constraints, schedule workload, meet deadlines, and prioritize critical HSSE activities.
* Practical, assertive, organized, and able to resolve complex HSSE problems in coordination with site and engineering teams.
* Committed to safety culture, ethical conduct, compliance, and continuous improvement in programme delivery.
Skills Set
* HSSE management
* Health and safety leadership
* Security and environment
* Construction safety
* Logistics safety
* Site setup planning
* HSSE strategy
* HSSE plans
* Standard operating procedures
* Programme safety governance
* Contractor management
* Delivery partner coordination
* Stakeholder engagement
* Matrix organization coordination
* Construction logistics
* Site access safety
* Work sequencing safety
* Risk control
* Safety compliance
* Environmental compliance
* Safety reporting
* HSSE dashboards
* Performance reporting
* Team leadership
* Staff development
* Performance evaluation
* Training coordination
* Corrective action management
* Safety culture
* Senior management communication
* Client coordination
* Vendor coordination
* Contractor coordination
* OSHA awareness
* Ethical standards
* Corporate compliance
* Workload prioritization
* Problem solving
* Negotiation
* English communication
Why Join Us
This role offers a Senior HSE Manager the opportunity to lead logistics-focused HSSE performance across a major construction programme in Riyadh. The position provides senior exposure to programme safety strategy, contractor management, delivery partner coordination, site setup, construction logistics, stakeholder engagement, and operational safety governance. It is a strong opportunity for an experienced HSSE leader who wants to improve programme consistency, strengthen contractor performance, and support safe infrastructure delivery in Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, construction management, and project delivery company supporting major transportation, utilities, aviation, urban development, public realm, and civil infrastructure programmes. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to large-scale development through HSSE leadership, logistics coordination, construction management, project controls, technical expertise, and practical delivery knowledge that help create safe, reliable, and future-ready infrastructure.
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Senior HSE Manager will lead HSSE strategy and implementation for logistics and construction activities across a major programme where multiple contractors, delivery partners, stakeholders, and site interfaces must operate under consistent safety controls. This position supports initial site setup, operational planning, HSSE procedures, contractor management, reporting, and team leadership while ensuring alignment with corporate, contractual, ethical, and safety requirements. The role is important for reducing risk, improving field discipline, and maintaining a coordinated programme-wide approach to health, safety, security, and environmental performance.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead planning, initial site setup, and development of HSSE plans integrated with wider engineering and logistics plans.
* Support a city-wide approach to HSSE management across construction, logistics, engineering, and delivery activities.
* Develop standard operating procedures for programme HSSE activities and ensure consistent implementation across all delivery teams.
* Plan and implement HSSE strategies in accordance with approved programme HSSE plans, project requirements, and corporate standards.
* Coordinate with delivery partners, client representatives, existing contractors, future major contractors, and other stakeholders involved in programme delivery.
* Lead the application of advanced HSSE principles, concepts, and controls to ensure compliance and consistency across project teams.
* Contribute to innovative HSSE ideas, practical safety improvements, and improved logistics safety practices.
* Lead resolution of complex HSSE issues in coordination with site leads, engineering leads, logistics teams, contractors, and senior management.
* Facilitate partnerships with key stakeholders and organizations affected by programme activities.
* Ensure logistics, site access, construction interfaces, contractor activities, and work sequencing are reviewed from an HSSE risk perspective.
* Assign work to HSSE team members, oversee task completion, and track progress against programme safety priorities.
* Interview and select personnel for assignment when required by the programme.
* Maintain clear work standards, goals, accountability expectations, and reporting requirements for HSSE employees.
* Provide training, development support, coaching, and performance feedback to team members.
* Complete performance evaluations, conduct employee counselling, and take corrective action when necessary.
* Prepare required HSSE reports, summaries, dashboards, updates, and performance documentation for management review.
* Ensure adherence to corporate, contractual, ethical, safety, security, environmental, and procedural requirements.
* Monitor contractor HSSE performance and intervene when work practices, planning, or controls fall below required standards.
* Support contractor coordination by clarifying HSSE expectations, reviewing risks, and ensuring timely follow-up on corrective actions.
* Work effectively within a matrix organization, balancing programme requirements, stakeholder expectations, and dual reporting structures.
* Interact with senior management, client groups, contractors, vendors, employees, and co-workers to consult, motivate, negotiate, and resolve HSSE matters.
* Prioritize workload under time constraints and ensure critical HSSE actions are delivered within required deadlines.
* Promote a practical, proactive, and disciplined safety culture across logistics and construction operations.
* Perform additional responsibilities related to HSSE management, contractor coordination, and programme safety performance as required.
Ideal Profile
* Degree in Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
* Minimum 15 years of experience in construction projects, specifically in health, safety, security, and environment roles.
* Proven experience working within complex construction environments involving multiple contractors, stakeholders, and delivery partners.
* Experience in Saudi Arabia is advantageous.
* OSHA certification is a plus.
* Strong understanding of HSSE planning, site setup, construction logistics, contractor management, operational procedures, and programme safety governance.
* Demonstrated ability to lead HSSE implementation across large construction programmes and maintain consistency across multiple workstreams.
* Strong contractor management skills with the ability to influence contractor performance and challenge unsafe practices constructively.
* Able to deliver clear work instructions in a complex stakeholder environment.
* Strong written and spoken English communication skills.
* Demonstrated teamwork, leadership, management, negotiation, and stakeholder coordination skills.
* Able to work in a matrix organization with dual reporting lines and senior-level management interaction.
* Able to consult, motivate, and negotiate effectively with client groups, co-workers, employees, vendors, contractors, and delivery partners.
* Able to function effectively under time constraints, schedule workload, meet deadlines, and prioritize critical HSSE activities.
* Practical, assertive, organized, and able to resolve complex HSSE problems in coordination with site and engineering teams.
* Committed to safety culture, ethical conduct, compliance, and continuous improvement in programme delivery.
Skills Set
* HSSE management
* Health and safety leadership
* Security and environment
* Construction safety
* Logistics safety
* Site setup planning
* HSSE strategy
* HSSE plans
* Standard operating procedures
* Programme safety governance
* Contractor management
* Delivery partner coordination
* Stakeholder engagement
* Matrix organization coordination
* Construction logistics
* Site access safety
* Work sequencing safety
* Risk control
* Safety compliance
* Environmental compliance
* Safety reporting
* HSSE dashboards
* Performance reporting
* Team leadership
* Staff development
* Performance evaluation
* Training coordination
* Corrective action management
* Safety culture
* Senior management communication
* Client coordination
* Vendor coordination
* Contractor coordination
* OSHA awareness
* Ethical standards
* Corporate compliance
* Workload prioritization
* Problem solving
* Negotiation
* English communication
Why Join Us
This role offers a Senior HSE Manager the opportunity to lead logistics-focused HSSE performance across a major construction programme in Riyadh. The position provides senior exposure to programme safety strategy, contractor management, delivery partner coordination, site setup, construction logistics, stakeholder engagement, and operational safety governance. It is a strong opportunity for an experienced HSSE leader who wants to improve programme consistency, strengthen contractor performance, and support safe infrastructure delivery in Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, construction management, and project delivery company supporting major transportation, utilities, aviation, urban development, public realm, and civil infrastructure programmes. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to large-scale development through HSSE leadership, logistics coordination, construction management, project controls, technical expertise, and practical delivery knowledge that help create safe, reliable, and future-ready infrastructure.
