Health, Safety & Environment Officer – Building Renovation (Beirut)

About the role

We are seeking a qualified Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSE) Officer to support a building renovation project in Beirut, Lebanon. The officer will ensure occupational health and safety, environmental protection, site security and regulatory compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Implement and monitor the project HSE plan, procedures, policies and emergency‑response arrangements.
• Conduct regular site inspections, safety walks, toolbox talks and safety briefings.
• Identify hazards, assess risks and ensure suitable control measures are in place before work starts.
• Monitor compliance with method statements, risk assessments, permits to work and safe systems of work.
• Investigate incidents, near‑misses and unsafe conditions and prepare corrective‑action reports.
• Supervise safety controls for vertical construction activities such as work at height, scaffolding, roof and façade work.
• Verify that scaffolds, mobile elevated work platforms, ladders, guardrails, lifelines and fall‑arrest systems are properly selected, inspected, erected and maintained.
• Monitor demolition, temporary works, excavation, lifting operations, hot work, electrical work and confined‑space activities.
• Coordinate safe work interfaces among client, consultants, contractors, subcontractors and building occupants.

Required profile

• 5–10 years of experience in health, safety, environment and security, preferably on vertical construction or renovation sites.
• Hands‑on experience with work‑at‑height operations, scaffolding, lifting equipment, demolition and temporary works.
• Proven ability to conduct hazard identification, risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Strong knowledge of Lebanese occupational health and safety regulations and environmental standards.
• Ability to stop or escalate unsafe work when immediate risk is identified.

Required skills

• Scaffolding inspection and erection
• Fall protection systems (guardrails, lifelines, fall‑arrest)
• Lifting equipment operation and inspection
• Hazard identification and risk assessment
• Incident investigation and corrective‑action reporting