QHSE Manager (Transmission Projects, PMC Oversight)
by Turner & Townsend in Energy (Oil, Gas & Renewables)
The QHSE Manager at Turner & Townsend provides leadership, governance, and oversight of Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) activities for transmission projects managed at the Project Management Consultancy (PMC) level. The role ensures compliance with the Company Transmission HSEQ Management System, UAE statutory regulations including ADOSH-SF, and international best practices, while supervising EPC contractors, supervision consultants, and the PMC HSEQ team. The QHSE Manager leads the implementation of the corporate HSEQ strategy across projects, promoting a zero-tolerance safety culture and embedding HSEQ practices into daily project execution. Responsibilities include providing site-level oversight through audits, inspections, and joint walkdowns, ensuring adherence to permit-to-work (PTW) systems, essential rules, and HSEQ policies. The role manages reporting cycles, dashboards, and KPIs, ensures accuracy of site-based data, and maintains project HSEQ documentation, registers, and action trackers. The position facilitates serious incident investigations, root cause analysis, and emergency drills, while coordinating technical HSEQ studies such as HAZOP, HAZID, HAZAN, QRA, fire protection, and emergency systems. The manager oversees contractor and consultant HSEQ competency verification, ensures training compliance, and drives culture development, awareness, and continuous improvement initiatives. The role also integrates quality assurance activities to ensure engineering and construction outputs meet organizational standards. Reporting to the PMC Project Director, the QHSE Manager acts as the principal HSEQ authority at PMC level and provides leadership, guidance, and coordination to internal and external stakeholders while maintaining professional conduct and promoting integrity and safety culture across projects.