HSE Officer

Job Title: HSE Officer

Location: Awka, Anambra

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

• We are seeking a responsible and safety-conscious HSE Officer to implement and monitor health, safety, and environmental standards across project sites and company operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting a safe working environment, ensuring compliance with applicable HSE regulations, and preventing workplace accidents and environmental incidents.

Responsibilities

• Services of the Health & Safety Officer during the construction phase of a project include:
• • Assist with the preparation of a construction health and safety plan
• • Confirm necessary documentation was submitted to the relevant authorities
• • Attend project planning meetings
• • Assessments and approval of contractor(s) health and safety plans
• • Attend the contractors site handover
• • Attend regular site, technical and progress meetings
• • Facilitate site health and safety meetings
• • Identification of the hazards and risks relevant to the construction project through regular coordinated site inspections
• • Establish and maintain health and safety communication structures and systems, distribution of health and safety specific documents to sub-contractors
• • Compiling project specific emergency response and preparedness plans
• • Testing the effectiveness of the emergency response plans
• • Conduct site safety inductions
• • Evaluate the levels of compliance of subcontractors to the project specific health and safety plan and client specifications through inspections and audits
• • Oversee the reporting and investigation of project related incidents
• • Oversee the maintenance of all records
• • Participation in management reviews of the health and safety systems
• • Use of trends analysis to identify system deficiencies and incident trends, outline relevant improvements
• • Incorporation of changes into a health and safety management system
• • Review and update the health and safety plan
• • Development of technical reports in relation to health and safety issues and communicate through presentations to diverse groups of decision makers

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or HND in Environmental Science, Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of relevant HSE experience, preferably in construction or project-based environments.
• Relevant HSE certifications such as NEBOSH, IOSH, or equivalent.
• Good knowledge of workplace safety regulations, hazard identification, and risk assessment.
• Strong observation, reporting, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to conduct safety inspections, training, and incident investigations.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Application Closing Date

18th November, 2026