Job description

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Safety Officer to join our team and work on a prestigious government sector project in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

You will be responsible for being on the front line of the safety program that keeps our clients project adhering to the strictest of measures related to the safety for all individuals involved with the program of works.

We envisage success in this role to include;

• Monitoring and enforcing standards of safety in compliance with KEO’s Health and Safety Management System and Client requirements.
• Reviewing and inspecting work areas determining potential occurrence of safety hazards.
• Observing and ensuring staff on site always; wear personal protective equipment, use hard hats and protective footwear, operate construction equipment in a safe manner and follow KEO’s safety policies.
• Conducting daily inspections of the projects to ensure compliance and where applicable make recommendations for change.
• In case of emergency determining and investigating the cause of the accident, establish a report and provide recommendation(s) to prevent future occurrences.
• Developing and implementing safety policies needed to reduce accident-related costs.
• Regulating set policies soliciting input from managers and workers.
• Providing training to KEO staff on safety as per OSHA requirements. 

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 10+ years work experience partnered with a Degree/Diploma in a relevant Safety or Engineering field. 

Chartered status with NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent) is highly regarded as are safety certifications related to the construction sector that are issued by recognised bodies (Working at Height, Confined Spaces, Fire Fighting, First Aid etc.). As the role will involve periods of time on active construction sites dealing with 3rd parties, multi-lingual candidates will be highly regarded.

Project Experience: Proven experience in mixed-use developments that combine commercial buildings, malls, infrastructure, waterfront/public realm, and marine or marina works. Candidates with a combination of these project types will be preferred

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.