Safety Engineer

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Reporting To: Safety Manager

Employment Type: On-site, permanent

No. of Opening: 01

Eligible Branches: Diploma or Certificate in Industrial Safety, Construction Safety, Occupational Health and Safety, or a related discipline.

Experience: 6 to 8 years

Role Overview:

Savvy is seeking an experienced Safety Engineer to oversee and implement occupational health and safety practices across our projects in Mumbai. The role will be responsible for conducting safety audits, ensuring statutory compliance, identifying workplace hazards, and promoting a strong safety culture among employees, contractors, and subcontractors.

The ideal candidate should have a recognized Diploma or Certificate in Industrial Safety, Construction Safety, or Occupational Health and Safety, along with 68 years of relevant experience in construction or real estate project environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and monitor the health, safety, and environmental policies at construction sites.
• Conduct regular safety inspections, internal safety audits, and compliance audits.
• Identify hazards and assess risks related to civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, excavation, lifting, scaffolding, and height-related activities.
• Prepare and maintain risk assessments, Job Safety Analysis, Method Statements, and Permit-to-Work systems.
• Ensure compliance with applicable safety laws, statutory requirements, building regulations, and local authority guidelines.
• Maintain statutory safety registers, records, licenses, inspection reports, and compliance documentation.
• Monitor compliance with requirements related to scaffolding, lifting equipment, electrical installations, fire protection systems, personal protective equipment, and emergency preparedness.
• Investigate accidents, incidents, near misses, and unsafe occurrences, and prepare corrective and preventive action plans.
• Conduct toolbox talks, safety inductions, training sessions, emergency drills, and awareness programmes for employees, contractors, and visitors.
• Monitor the safety performance of contractors and subcontractors and ensure corrective actions are completed within the required timelines.
• Inspect construction equipment, tools, machinery, access platforms, ladders, barricades, and temporary works.
• Ensure proper use of PPE and take corrective action in cases of non-compliance.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly safety reports, dashboards, audit reports, and management review presentations.
• Coordinate with project teams, consultants, contractors, government authorities, and third-party auditors on safety-related matters.
• Support the development and implementation of emergency response, fire prevention, evacuation, and disaster management plans.
• Promote a proactive safety culture and continuously improve site safety standards and practices.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of construction-site safety standards and statutory compliance requirements.
• Proficiency in conducting safety audits and preparing detailed audit reports.
• Proficiency in statutory compliance and organisational safety requirements.
• Knowledge of applicable labour, construction, fire, electrical, environmental, and occupational safety regulations.
• Ability to interpret safety procedures, risk assessments, method statements, drawings, and inspection checklists.
• Strong understanding of work-at-height safety, scaffolding, lifting operations, excavation, confined spaces, electrical safety, hot work, and fire prevention.
• Good incident investigation and root-cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication, training, coordination, and documentation abilities.
• Ability to identify unsafe acts and conditions and implement effective corrective actions.
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and safety reporting tools.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, decision-making, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and remain effective in a demanding construction-site environment.