Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Oracle is seeking an Environmental Health & Safety Specialist in Dubai, UAE. The role involves developing EHS processes, ensuring compliance with standards, and managing risks in data center construction. Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree, at least 6 years of experience, and relevant certifications. Strong communication and project management skills are essential. Responsibilities include reviewing safety plans and conducting risk assessments.
The ideal candidate will have

Develops and implements process:
• Work across multifunctional teams and collaborate to meet EHS goals.
• Ensure compliance with all Oracle's standards, local, federal, or regional statutory requirements.
• Review and thoroughly analyze EHS documentation.
• Have a track record of large-scale service accountability from multiple jurisdictions.
• Demonstrate a strong ability to navigate rapidly changing work scope and lead EHS discussions with experience and expertise.
• Support notification, reporting, escalation, and resolution of EHS risks, incidents, and findings.
• Experience and working knowledge of data centers preferred.
• Familiarity with health and safety practices and/or regulatory compliance preferred.
• Monitor company environmental safety programs and policies to ensure compliance with regulations.

Required skills/qualifications:
• Minimum of a bachelor's degree with preference for a master's in health and safety, industrial hygiene, risk, or associated science fields.
• Minimum 6 years' experience in data center construction required.
• Must have at least one certification, such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST), or Construction Health and Safety Technologist (CHST).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience engaging and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience in interpreting and implementing standards and processes.
• Mission critical project delivery experience.
• Ability to work with diverse groups across multiple time zones and countries.
• Proficient in MS Office tools.
• Project and relationship management skills.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, consistent change, and strong critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

Review EHS schematic plans, systems, and documentation associated with:
• Electrical safety
• Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout)
• Occupational noise control
• Exposure assessment (industrial hygiene)
• Emergency response planning
• Working at heights
• Confined space entry
• Heavy material handling
• Powered industrial trucks (forklifts)
• Cranes/rigging
• Trenching and excavation
• Fire/life safety
• Mobile elevated work platforms
• Hazardous substances handling
• Waste management
• Emergency response plans
• Risk assessment and hazard mitigation
• Permit to work processes
• Root cause analysis
• High risk activity management