Job description

Job Purpose:

Provide strategic leadership and oversight for occupational health and medical services across remote industrial and mining operations. Responsible for occupational health programs, medical governance, health risk management, contractor oversight, fitness-for-duty assessments, employee wellbeing initiatives, emergency preparedness, and management of healthcare service providers operating multiple clinic locations.

Key Accountabilities:

Occupational Health Leadership

• Act as the Company's Occupational Health Advisor and Subject Matter Expert.
• Ensure employees can safely perform the physical, psychological, and cognitive requirements of their roles without undue risk to themselves, others, or the environment.
• Develop and implement occupational health strategies, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with local, national, and international occupational health regulations and industry best practices.

Occupational Health Programs

• Develop and implement occupational health programs tailored to mining, processing, and industrial operations.
• Establish and oversee medical surveillance programs for occupational exposures including noise, dust, chemicals, heat stress, ergonomics, and respiratory hazards.
• Lead fitness-for-duty, return-to-work, pre-employment, periodic, and exit medical assessment programs.
• Serve as advisor on work restrictions, accommodations, and employee rehabilitation programs.

Health Risk Management

• Develop Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) and support operational risk management processes.
• Participate in workplace inspections, hazard identification, and risk control programs.
• Conduct investigations of occupational illnesses and industrial accidents and recommend preventive measures.
• Review Lost Time Injuries (LTI), Restricted Work Cases (RWC), and work-related health incidents.

Clinical Governance & Quality

• Oversee clinical governance and ensure delivery of high-quality healthcare services.
• Conduct audits and inspections of clinics to evaluate quality, compliance, staffing, equipment, and service effectiveness.
• Establish medical protocols, treatment guidelines, and quality assurance programs.
• Monitor clinical performance indicators and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

Emergency Preparedness & Response

• Develop and maintain emergency medical response plans.
• Ensure readiness for medical emergencies, chemical exposures, mass casualty incidents, and other site-specific risks.
• Support emergency drills and business continuity planning.
• Provide medical leadership during major incidents and crisis situations.

Vendor & Healthcare Service Provider Management

• Manage outsourced healthcare service providers and contracts from A to Z.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, KPIs, SLAs, and company standards.
• Oversee staffing, recruitment, onboarding, competency management, and performance of vendor personnel.
• Conduct regular vendor performance reviews, audits, and service evaluations.
• Manage contract budgets, invoices, mobilization, service improvement plans, and corrective actions.

Employee Health & Wellbeing

• Lead employee wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention initiatives.
• Develop programs focused on physical wellbeing, mental health, stress management, and healthy lifestyles.
• Promote workforce health awareness and education programs.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with Operations, HR, HSE, Procurement, and senior management.
• Provide technical advice on occupational health matters.
• Prepare reports, dashboards, and presentations on workforce health performance and occupational health trends.

Leadership & People Management

• Lead and develop multidisciplinary healthcare teams across multiple locations.
• Mentor medical staff and support professional development initiatives.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and operational excellence.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Mandatory minimum: PhD, DrPH, or equivalent doctoral-level qualification in Occupational Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Industrial Medicine, Environmental/Occupational Health, or Public Health with a clear occupational/industrial health concentration.
• The doctoral qualification must be directly relevant to occupational health, mining health, industrial health, environmental/occupational exposures, medical surveillance, or workforce health-risk governance.
• Candidates with only MBBS/MD or a bachelor-level medical degree, without the required doctoral-level or consultant/senior specialist occupational health qualification, shall not meet the minimum requirement.
• Valid Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) registration and professional classification appropriate to the role.
• Consultant or senior specialist classification in Occupational Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Public Health, or equivalent relevant specialty is required where applicable to licensing and appointment level.
• Occupational Medicine fellowship, board certification, consultant classification, or equivalent senior postgraduate specialist credential is strongly preferred in addition to the doctoral requirement.
• ISO 45001 Internal Auditor, NEBOSH IGC, occupational hygiene interface, health risk assessment, medical surveillance, or industrial health auditing certifications are desirable only; they are not substitutes for the required doctoral/senior occupational health qualification.
• Priority profile: Occupational Medicine PhD holder, consultant occupational physician, or doctoral-level public health/occupational health expert with proven heavy-industry exposure.
• Direct experience in mining, mineral processing, gold, phosphate, aluminum, smelting, oil & gas, petrochemical, manufacturing, or other high-risk heavy industries is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to act as the company medical authority for occupational health risk, exposure-based surveillance, fitness-for-duty decisions, contractor medical fitness, and remote-site medical readiness.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 8 years of post-qualification experience in occupational health, occupational medicine, industrial medicine, public health, or corporate medical services, preferably including senior-level governance responsibilities.
• Minimum 5 years of direct exposure to mining, mineral processing, oil & gas, petrochemical, smelting, manufacturing, or other high-risk heavy industry is strongly preferred.
• Proven experience designing, governing, or auditing exposure-based medical surveillance programs for hazards such as respirable dust/silica, chemicals, heavy metals, noise, heat stress, fatigue, ergonomics, respiratory hazards, and other site-specific industrial exposures.
• Experience governing multiple remote clinics, industrial medical facilities, ambulance services, outsourced healthcare providers, or contractor medical services is preferred.

• Experience in emergency medical preparedness for remote industrial settings, including trauma stabilization, chemical exposure response, mass casualty readiness, medevac coordination, and prolonged transfer to definitive care.

  
  

Technical Skills:

• Occupational Medicine
• Health Risk Assessment
• Industrial Health Programs
• Medical Surveillance
• Fitness-for-Duty Assessments
• Incident Investigation
• Emergency Medical Response
• Clinical Governance
• Regulatory Compliance
• Vendor & Contract Management
• Health Auditing and Inspection

• Health Data Analysis and Reporting

  
  

Leadership Competencies:

• Leadership
• Tactical Thinking
• Achievement Drive
• Communication
• Developing Others
• Strategic Planning
• Problem Solving
• Stakeholder Management
• Decision Making
• Change Management

Preferred candidate

Years of experience

2+ years

Degree

Bachelor's degree / higher diploma