Roving HSSE Officer

Our client PROLAS is seeking a proactive, field-focused Roving HSSE Officer to provide a visible HSSE presence across commercial and project sites. The role combines site inspections, coaching and compliance reinforcement with disciplined reporting, performance monitoring and corrective-action follow-through.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Roving HSSE Officer will help ensure that HSSE requirements are consistently applied across PROLAS operations by identifying risks and non-conformities, engaging employees and subcontractors, escalating serious concerns, and driving assigned actions through to verified closure.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

SITE-BASED — APPROX. 50%

• Conduct routine HSSE inspections and surveillance across commercial and project sites.
• Monitor compliance with PROLAS and client HSSE requirements.
• Identify unsafe conditions, behaviors, hazards and non-conformities.
• Coach employees, supervisors and subcontractors on safe work practices.
• Support toolbox talks and site HSSE awareness activities.
• Follow up on deficiencies and escalate serious, recurring or unresolved concerns.

REPORTING & FOLLOW-UP — APPROX. 50%

• Prepare clear inspection, surveillance and compliance reports.
• Maintain corrective-action registers and HSSE trackers.
• Monitor open and overdue actions through to verified closure.
• Support incident and near-miss reporting and follow-up.
• Track HSSE statistics, KPIs, recurring findings and trends.
• Provide management with timely updates on significant risks and outstanding actions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of three (3) years of practical HSSE experience, preferably within construction, maintenance, industrial, commercial, project or multi-site operations.
• Valid driver’s permit, with the ability and willingness to travel routinely between PROLAS sites.
• A recognized HSSE or occupational safety and health qualification – Degree in HSSE; NEBOSH Diploma.
• Training in risk assessment development.
• Training in accident/incident investigation and root cause analysis.
• Strong understanding of construction safety, including barricades, excavation, response planning and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) systems.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Strong hazard-identification and observation skills.
• Confident workforce and subcontractor engagement.
• Clear inspection, reporting and documentation skills.
• Disciplined follow-up and action-tracking capability.
• Ability to identify recurring trends and concerns.
• Professional communication and a prevention mindset.

OUR OPERATING PRINCIPLE

OBSERVE → ENGAGE → CORRECT → REPORT → TRACK → VERIFY → CLOSE → IMPROVE

This role is expected not only to identify HSSE issues, but also to help drive them through to effective closure and improvement.

REF: J.C