Summary
Dar Al Riyadh is seeking an Environmental Engineer to support dam projects and operations and maintenance activities across Saudi Arabia. The role covers environmental plans and assessments, permits and compliance, contractor audits, site inspections, monitoring, incident investigations, and technical reporting. Candidates must have a relevant bachelor’s degree and at least 20 years of professional experience, including work on dams, water infrastructure, utilities, or comparable projects. Experience with Saudi environmental requirements, environmental impact assessments, and permitting is required.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Develop environmental requirements, standards and procedures for dam projects and O&M activities.
- Prepare and implement environmental management and monitoring plans.
- Conduct and review environmental impact assessments and related technical studies.
- Identify environmental risks associated with dam operation, maintenance, rehabilitation and construction activities.
- Assess potential impacts on water quality, air quality, soil, groundwater, biodiversity, aquatic habitats and surrounding communities.
- Support the preparation, submission and maintenance of environmental permits, licences and approvals.
- Maintain an environmental legal register and monitor compliance with applicable requirements.
- Audit contractors’ environmental performance, management plans and technical submissions.
- Review environmental method statements, risk assessments, monitoring plans and emergency-response procedures.
- Conduct site inspections and verify compliance with approved environmental requirements.
- Monitor waste generation, segregation, storage, transportation and disposal.
- Review the handling, storage and control of fuel, oil, chemicals and hazardous materials.
- Monitor erosion, sedimentation, dust, noise, wastewater discharge and pollution-prevention measures.
- Review reservoir and downstream water-quality monitoring programs.
- Assess environmental implications of sediment removal, dredging, disposal and rehabilitation activities.
- Review specifications, scopes of work and tender documents against Saudi environmental regulations and applicable standards.
- Confirm that environmental requirements are incorporated into project and O&M contracts.
- Investigate environmental incidents, complaints, spills, exceedances and non-conformances.
- Conduct or support root-cause analyses and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
- Track environmental observations and corrective actions through to verified closure.
- Coordinate environmental sampling, laboratory testing and interpretation of monitoring results.
- Develop environmental KPIs and monitor contractor performance against agreed targets.
- Analyze environmental data and identify trends, recurring issues and improvement opportunities.
- Coordinate practical environmental solutions with engineering, operations, maintenance, quality and HSE teams.
- Promote the adoption of relevant international environmental practices and sustainable solutions.
- Support environmental awareness programs, inductions, toolbox talks and specialist training.
- Liaise with regulators, government stakeholders, consultants, contractors and affected parties.
- Prepare clear daily, weekly, monthly, annual and technical reports as required by the assignment.
- Present environmental findings, compliance status, risks and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Attend meetings, inspections and site visits anywhere in Saudi Arabia as required.
- Comply with Saudi laws, applicable codes, Client procedures, quality requirements and occupational health and safety obligations.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering or an equivalent relevant discipline from a recognized university.
- Minimum 20 years of professional experience in environmental engineering and management.
- Direct experience preparing or reviewing environmental impact assessments.
- Demonstrated experience obtaining and maintaining environmental permits and approvals.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Saudi and applicable international environmental requirements.
- Experience with dams, water infrastructure, utilities, major civil works or comparable asset-intensive projects.
- Experience auditing contractors’ environmental compliance and technical submissions.
- Strong knowledge of water quality, pollution prevention, waste management, environmental monitoring and incident investigation.
- Ability to interpret environmental data, laboratory results and regulatory requirements.
- Experience preparing environmental plans, procedures, specifications and management reports.
- Strong technical-reporting, analytical, communication and stakeholder-management capabilities.
- Relevant experience must be supported by verifiable employment records, project references, reports or studies when requested.