Job Description

• Senior Road Safety Engineer shall be responsible for preparing, reviewing and approving traffic management plans and traffic diversions including designs, details and working drawings.
• Perform road safety audits and follow up on corrective actions and closures.
• To ensure compliance with PWA’s objectives, policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
• Lead, manage, guide and motivate team members to deliver ROMD objectives, ensure they work safely and comply with all company policies, procedures and regulations and provide technical expertise and knowledge when required.
• Interface with company representatives and government authorities to address traffic and transportation safety improvements in the Eastern Province.
• Ensures, in accordance with PWA guidelines, the implementation, updating, review and auditing.
• Coordinate the compliance of the Project Non-Conformance and conduct Incident Investigation.
• To act as a technical lead to various traffic safety engineering related work tasks. To oversee work being carried out by contractors.
• To support and guide work being undertaken by other members in the team.
• To review and assist in developing scope-of-works for the HOM/PWA projects/studies (e.g., Road Safety audit, Traffic Impact study, Temporary Traffic Management, etc.) to support Qatar Safety Council.
• To provide technical support to various internal & external entities to improve traffic mobility and traffic safety.
• To review and provide initial inputs on design, specifications of existing/proposed roadway schemes within PWA and from the contractors, utilizing applicable industry standards and guidelines.
• Assists the Contracts, Engineering and Operations Department in their dealings with Contractors in all issues concerned with Health and Safety at work.
• Conduct review of available documents such as HSE Plan, RA/MS, Emergency Preparedness Plans etc.
• Lead investigations of serious incidents on any ROMD site which involves fatality or large-scale emergency evacuation and provide report and recommendations within agreed timescales.
• Provide and agree annual plans and budgets for successful implementation of Qatar Safety Council Program and manage delivery against target.
• Ensure implementation of latest version of Work Zone Traffic Management Guide (WZTMG).
• Liaise with the Quality, Safety and Environment Department to ensure alignment of systems and working practices.