Occupational Health Consultant (Relocation to Saudi Arabia ia Required)
aramco · Houston, TX · 2 mo ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
About the role
The Occupational Health Consultant will be responsible for setting occupational health-related standards and guidelines, implementing health surveillance, providing advisory and consulting services, and mitigating occupational health risks.
Responsibilities
- Implement and oversee health surveillance related processes
- Evaluate the job fitness and compatibility with the jobs demands; periodic physicals for management of preventable occupational conditions, and medical retirement assessments
- Provide occupational health consultations, when requested, on the design of new company projects and processes to minimize health hazards
- Contribute to existing and new occupational health programs and initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and partners to eliminate or mitigate occupational health risks
- Oversee and assess third-party medical providers for quality assurance of occupational health assessments
- Develop, rollout and implement the Contractor Fitness to work standards with continuous tracking for compliance and quality assurance with reporting
- Support Contractor Medical Emergency Response Planning standardization and monitoring to optimize the response to medical emergency incidents
- Organize a framework and implement of Pre-employment/Periodic medical evaluations to proactively identify unfit contractors
- Develop Cardiac risk factor screening program to identify and manage high-risk contractor cases
- Undertake, if necessary, periodic field surveys to detect and evaluate any occupational health risks
- Engage with, and provide necessary subject matter expert inputs to external consultants
- Use and develop skills for occupational health related technology, automation and digitalization
- Serve as the corporate consultant with regards to recent technical advances in prevention of occupationally related diseases
- Support Persons with Disabilities at work in collaboration with relevant organizations
- Initiate and review studies and research in the area of occupational health/medicine, as required
- Participate in innovation, patent filing, publications, knowledge sharing and continuous professional development activities
- Participate in occupational illness investigation, determination and classification
- Analyze and interpret statistical data for the evaluation of occupational health programs
- Collect data on occupational illnesses and analyze for reporting purposes
Requirements
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health/Medicine from a recognized and approved program. An advanced degree is preferred.
- Have 15+ years of experience, with at least five years of full-time practice in occupational health/medicine.
- Fluent in English with the ability to write scientific reports, preferably established by published articles in international and peer-reviewed journals.
- Have a general knowledge of oil industry processes, workmen's compensation, computerized registries, and information systems.
Qualifications
- Must be a citizen of Saudi Arabia.
Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.
Pay
Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
Schedule
Full Time - To be specified in Job offer
Job Posting Duration
Job Posting Start Date: 1/15/2026
Job Posting End Date: 12/31/2026
Working environment
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.