Environmental Health and Safety Officer - Hotel
Posted date [2026-09-11]
(ID: 51334)
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Job Description and Requirements
Environmental Health and Safety Officer - HotelJob Snapshot
Role: Environmental Health and Safety Officer - Hotel
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Hospitality
Function: Occupational Health and Safety
Experience: Minimum 1 year
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Environmental Health and Safety Officer - Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Hospitality hiring opportunity with Accor at Swissotel Al Murooj, responsible for coordinating occupational health, workplace safety, environmental compliance, risk control, audits, incident investigations, and employee awareness programs. The role supports safe hotel operations by identifying hazards, strengthening preventive controls, maintaining regulatory documentation, and promoting continuous improvement across all departments.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Hospitality
Function: Occupational Health and Safety
Salary: Not disclosed
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Environmental Health and Safety Officer helps protect employees, guests, contractors, hotel assets, and the surrounding environment by maintaining a structured
approach to health, safety, and environmental management. The position combines field inspections, compliance monitoring, incident analysis, documentation, training, and corrective action follow-up.
Within a large hotel operation, safety risks can arise from engineering works, kitchens, housekeeping activities, chemicals, manual handling, equipment, contractors, waste management, and emergency situations. The role therefore works across departments to identify exposure early, implement practical controls, and ensure corrective measures are completed within required timelines.
Key Responsibilities
* Plan and coordinate hotel-wide health, safety, and environmental activities.
* Develop annual EHS plans covering inspections, audits, awareness campaigns, training, and improvement initiatives.
* Review existing safety methods and recommend improvements to procedures, systems, and operational controls.
* Identify workplace hazards and establish suitable preventive and corrective measures.
* Conduct routine inspections across guest areas, operational departments, back-of-house spaces, workshops, kitchens, and staff facilities.
* Detect unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, environmental concerns, and other areas requiring immediate intervention.
* Complete daily, weekly, and monthly EHS inspections, checklists, and reports.
* Take prompt action when hazards, incidents, or significant compliance concerns are identified.
* Monitor adherence to hotel procedures, applicable legislation, and established health, safety, and environmental requirements.
* Provide practical EHS advice to department heads, supervisors, and associates.
* Conduct safety briefings, toolbox talks, awareness sessions, and targeted campaigns.
* Train colleagues on safe working practices and reinforce correct procedures through ongoing coaching.
* Promote proactive hazard reporting and encourage employees to report near misses and unsafe conditions.
* Support management in maintaining a strong and visible workplace safety culture.
* Review housekeeping and workplace organization standards for conditions that may create safety risks.
* Monitor the availability, condition, inspection, and proper use of Personal Protective Equipment.
* Assist departments in selecting suitable PPE for identified occupational hazards.
* Coordinate PPE fit-testing requirements where applicable.
* Review accident, incident, and near-miss reports for accuracy and completeness.
* Participate in incident investigations and identify immediate, underlying, and root causes.
* Recommend corrective and preventive actions following investigations.
* Track agreed actions until closure and verify that implemented controls are effective.
* Maintain statistics covering accidents, incidents, near misses, audits, inspections, and safety observations.
* Analyze safety performance trends and highlight recurring or emerging risks to management.
* Conduct monthly safety and environmental audits across hotel departments.
* Communicate audit findings clearly and assign corrective actions to responsible departments.
* Follow up overdue findings and escalate significant unresolved risks where necessary.
* Coordinate internal and external EHS training activities.
* Maintain training attendance records and competency documentation.
* Support emergency preparedness programs, drills, exercises, and response procedures.
* Review workplace ergonomics, workstation arrangements, equipment use, and task design where relevant.
* Ensure defective equipment and unsafe conditions are reported and isolated or controlled appropriately.
* Support implementation and continual improvement of the hotel\'s EHS management systems.
* Monitor environmental practices involving waste management, energy conservation, chemical handling, and responsible resource use.
* Assist with environmental performance initiatives and compliance reporting.
* Coordinate implementation of applicable drug testing procedures where required by hotel policy.
* Attend safety committees, EHS meetings, audits, and inspection activities.
* Maintain written EHS procedures, policies, standards, guidelines, and risk assessments.
* Keep required certificates, permits, reports, training records, and inspection documents current.
* Prepare management reports summarizing safety performance, findings, actions, and improvement priorities.
* Maintain confidentiality when dealing with incidents, medical-related safety information, investigations, and sensitive documentation.
* Remain current with applicable EHS practices, regulatory expectations, and industry developments.
* Carry out other reasonable health, safety, and environmental duties assigned by management.
Ideal Profile
Candidates should hold a bachelor\'s degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, or a related discipline and have at least 1 year of professional experience as an Environmental Health and Safety Officer or in a comparable role.
Applicants should understand workplace hazard identification, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, inspection techniques, incident investigation, corrective action management, environmental controls, and occupational safety practices.
Professional certification such as NEBOSH, OHSAS-related training, or an equivalent occupational health and safety qualification is preferred.
Experience within a hotel, resort, facilities management, commercial property, or similarly complex operational environment is advantageous because the position requires interaction with multiple departments and diverse workplace risks.
Strong written communication and reporting ability are required, together with proficiency in Microsoft Office and confidence preparing audit findings, statistics, presentations, and management reports.
The successful candidate should be analytical, observant, organized, and comfortable challenging unsafe practices constructively while maintaining positive working relationships.
Skills Set
* Environmental Health and Safety
* Occupational health and safety
* Workplace safety
* Hazard identification
* Risk assessment
* Safety inspections
* EHS audits
* Compliance monitoring
* Incident investigation
* Root cause analysis
* Corrective action management
* Preventive action
* Near-miss reporting
* Safety statistics
* Safety performance analysis
* Toolbox talks
* Safety training
* EHS awareness programs
* Personal Protective Equipment
* PPE inspections
* PPE selection
* Fit testing coordination
* Emergency preparedness
* Emergency drills
* Workplace ergonomics
* Hotel safety
* Contractor safety
* Chemical safety
* Waste management
* Environmental compliance
* Energy conservation
* EHS management systems
* Safety procedures
* Risk registers
* EHS documentation
* Permit and certificate control
* Microsoft Office
* Management reporting
* NEBOSH
* OHSAS
* Regulatory compliance
Why Join Us
Health and safety professionals play a critical role within Dubai\'s Hospitality sector, where hotels operate complex facilities involving food production, engineering systems, housekeeping activities, contractors, guest areas, chemicals, and high employee movement. Strong EHS oversight reduces operational risk while supporting legal compliance, workforce wellbeing, and business continuity.
Joining Accor at Swissotel Al Murooj provides exposure to a large international hospitality operation where EHS professionals can develop experience across occupational safety, environmental management, incident investigation, auditing, emergency planning, and management systems. The role can support progression toward senior EHS, safety management, risk management, or broader compliance leadership positions.
About the Company
Accor is a global hospitality group operating an extensive portfolio of hotels and hospitality brands across international markets. Swissotel Al Murooj is an Accor property in downtown Dubai, located near The Dubai Mall, Burj Khalifa, Dubai Metro, DIFC, and the World Trade Centre. Its operational teams work across guest services, engineering, food and beverage, housekeeping, and support functions, requiring coordinated health, safety, and environmental standards throughout the property.
Within a large hotel operation, safety risks can arise from engineering works, kitchens, housekeeping activities, chemicals, manual handling, equipment, contractors, waste management, and emergency situations. The role therefore works across departments to identify exposure early, implement practical controls, and ensure corrective measures are completed within required timelines.
Key Responsibilities
* Plan and coordinate hotel-wide health, safety, and environmental activities.
* Develop annual EHS plans covering inspections, audits, awareness campaigns, training, and improvement initiatives.
* Review existing safety methods and recommend improvements to procedures, systems, and operational controls.
* Identify workplace hazards and establish suitable preventive and corrective measures.
* Conduct routine inspections across guest areas, operational departments, back-of-house spaces, workshops, kitchens, and staff facilities.
* Detect unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, environmental concerns, and other areas requiring immediate intervention.
* Complete daily, weekly, and monthly EHS inspections, checklists, and reports.
* Take prompt action when hazards, incidents, or significant compliance concerns are identified.
* Monitor adherence to hotel procedures, applicable legislation, and established health, safety, and environmental requirements.
* Provide practical EHS advice to department heads, supervisors, and associates.
* Conduct safety briefings, toolbox talks, awareness sessions, and targeted campaigns.
* Train colleagues on safe working practices and reinforce correct procedures through ongoing coaching.
* Promote proactive hazard reporting and encourage employees to report near misses and unsafe conditions.
* Support management in maintaining a strong and visible workplace safety culture.
* Review housekeeping and workplace organization standards for conditions that may create safety risks.
* Monitor the availability, condition, inspection, and proper use of Personal Protective Equipment.
* Assist departments in selecting suitable PPE for identified occupational hazards.
* Coordinate PPE fit-testing requirements where applicable.
* Review accident, incident, and near-miss reports for accuracy and completeness.
* Participate in incident investigations and identify immediate, underlying, and root causes.
* Recommend corrective and preventive actions following investigations.
* Track agreed actions until closure and verify that implemented controls are effective.
* Maintain statistics covering accidents, incidents, near misses, audits, inspections, and safety observations.
* Analyze safety performance trends and highlight recurring or emerging risks to management.
* Conduct monthly safety and environmental audits across hotel departments.
* Communicate audit findings clearly and assign corrective actions to responsible departments.
* Follow up overdue findings and escalate significant unresolved risks where necessary.
* Coordinate internal and external EHS training activities.
* Maintain training attendance records and competency documentation.
* Support emergency preparedness programs, drills, exercises, and response procedures.
* Review workplace ergonomics, workstation arrangements, equipment use, and task design where relevant.
* Ensure defective equipment and unsafe conditions are reported and isolated or controlled appropriately.
* Support implementation and continual improvement of the hotel\'s EHS management systems.
* Monitor environmental practices involving waste management, energy conservation, chemical handling, and responsible resource use.
* Assist with environmental performance initiatives and compliance reporting.
* Coordinate implementation of applicable drug testing procedures where required by hotel policy.
* Attend safety committees, EHS meetings, audits, and inspection activities.
* Maintain written EHS procedures, policies, standards, guidelines, and risk assessments.
* Keep required certificates, permits, reports, training records, and inspection documents current.
* Prepare management reports summarizing safety performance, findings, actions, and improvement priorities.
* Maintain confidentiality when dealing with incidents, medical-related safety information, investigations, and sensitive documentation.
* Remain current with applicable EHS practices, regulatory expectations, and industry developments.
* Carry out other reasonable health, safety, and environmental duties assigned by management.
Ideal Profile
Candidates should hold a bachelor\'s degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, or a related discipline and have at least 1 year of professional experience as an Environmental Health and Safety Officer or in a comparable role.
Applicants should understand workplace hazard identification, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, inspection techniques, incident investigation, corrective action management, environmental controls, and occupational safety practices.
Professional certification such as NEBOSH, OHSAS-related training, or an equivalent occupational health and safety qualification is preferred.
Experience within a hotel, resort, facilities management, commercial property, or similarly complex operational environment is advantageous because the position requires interaction with multiple departments and diverse workplace risks.
Strong written communication and reporting ability are required, together with proficiency in Microsoft Office and confidence preparing audit findings, statistics, presentations, and management reports.
The successful candidate should be analytical, observant, organized, and comfortable challenging unsafe practices constructively while maintaining positive working relationships.
Skills Set
* Environmental Health and Safety
* Occupational health and safety
* Workplace safety
* Hazard identification
* Risk assessment
* Safety inspections
* EHS audits
* Compliance monitoring
* Incident investigation
* Root cause analysis
* Corrective action management
* Preventive action
* Near-miss reporting
* Safety statistics
* Safety performance analysis
* Toolbox talks
* Safety training
* EHS awareness programs
* Personal Protective Equipment
* PPE inspections
* PPE selection
* Fit testing coordination
* Emergency preparedness
* Emergency drills
* Workplace ergonomics
* Hotel safety
* Contractor safety
* Chemical safety
* Waste management
* Environmental compliance
* Energy conservation
* EHS management systems
* Safety procedures
* Risk registers
* EHS documentation
* Permit and certificate control
* Microsoft Office
* Management reporting
* NEBOSH
* OHSAS
* Regulatory compliance
Why Join Us
Health and safety professionals play a critical role within Dubai\'s Hospitality sector, where hotels operate complex facilities involving food production, engineering systems, housekeeping activities, contractors, guest areas, chemicals, and high employee movement. Strong EHS oversight reduces operational risk while supporting legal compliance, workforce wellbeing, and business continuity.
Joining Accor at Swissotel Al Murooj provides exposure to a large international hospitality operation where EHS professionals can develop experience across occupational safety, environmental management, incident investigation, auditing, emergency planning, and management systems. The role can support progression toward senior EHS, safety management, risk management, or broader compliance leadership positions.
About the Company
Accor is a global hospitality group operating an extensive portfolio of hotels and hospitality brands across international markets. Swissotel Al Murooj is an Accor property in downtown Dubai, located near The Dubai Mall, Burj Khalifa, Dubai Metro, DIFC, and the World Trade Centre. Its operational teams work across guest services, engineering, food and beverage, housekeeping, and support functions, requiring coordinated health, safety, and environmental standards throughout the property.
