Chief Safety - Health and Environmental Expert, Elevated-BID Position

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consulting groups specializing in public transport and mobility solutions. For over 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions develop by creating, improving and modernizing their transport infrastructure and systems.

Context

In India, SYSTRA is an international consulting and engineering company operating in the fields of Metros, High Speed Rail, Railways, Roads, Buildings, Urban planning, and Water & Environment for public and private organizations.

Our engineers work with passion to deliver the most reliable, cost-effective and made-to measures solutions allowing end users to move seamlessly.

SYSTRA’s unique expertise is backed with a reputation built through technical excellence delivered on projects. Thanks to our know-how of our employees spread across India, we are present at all stages from upstream studies to operation and maintenance. We provide a comprehensive solution to manage all kinds of missions: Detailed Design Consultant, Project Management, Independent checking services.

SYSTRA India’s comprehensive know-how and expertise in Railways provides a wide spectrum of solutions for any challenge (Building a new rail link, doubling the capacity, gauge conversion, upgrading a network, improving the performance of existing lines, etc.).

Our extensive experience encompasses, Bridges, station buildings, Depots, Earthwork & Track Works, Power Supply and Transmission, Signaling & Telecommunications, Rolling Stock, Utilities diversion and yard re-modelling etc.

Our services cover the entire life cycle of the project implementation.

Currently, we are bidding for Semi High Speed Rail projects across India. The position of Chief Safety, Health and Environmental Expert - Elevated is the key position in these BIDs.

Missions/Main Duties

• Develop and Enforce Project SHE Strategy: 📜 Establish the comprehensive Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) Management Plan and System Safety Program Plan (SSPP). This includes setting project-wide SHE targets, integrating specialized procedures for working at height (elevated sections), and ensuring compliance with all local, national, and railway-specific regulations.

• High-Risk Activity Management & Oversight: Direct the rigorous assessment and control of high-risk construction activities, specifically related to elevated structures, such as pile foundation work, pier cap casting, segment launching, heavy lifting operations, and working over or adjacent to existing infrastructure and public traffic.

• Incident Management and Prevention: Establish and manage the Incident/Accident/Near-Miss reporting, investigation, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process across all contractors. Ensure the timely implementation and verification of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) to prevent recurrence.

• Environmental Impact and Compliance: Oversee the implementation of the Environmental Management Plan (EMP), focusing on unique elevated rail concerns like noise and vibration control, dust suppression, hazardous waste management, and minimizing impact on sensitive areas during construction and operation.

• SHE Auditing, Training, and Culture: Lead and coordinate all internal and external SHE audits (including regulatory and client audits) and site inspections. Drive a positive safety culture through mandatory training, contractor monitoring, and competence assessments for all personnel, particularly for safety-critical roles.

• Interface and Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary technical point of contact for the Client/Employer, regulatory bodies, and interfacing contractors on all SHE matters. Ensure seamless coordination of safety protocols at interface points, especially where construction meets operational rail lines or public access point

Profile/Skills

• Qualification: Graduate in Engineering in Civil/Mechanical/Electrical with Full time Post Graduate/Advance Diploma/MBA in Industrial Safety with working knowledge of reading, writing and speaking in English

• Minimum Experience: 20 years post minimum qualification in Infrastructure sub sector related to Transport & Logistics (Roads and bridges; Ports; Shipyards; Airport; Urban Public Transport; Railway terminal & stations; Railway track incl. electrical & signalling system, tunnels, viaducts, bridges) [additional marks for more experience]

• Relevant Experience: 5 years’ experience for Preparation, Implementation and monitoring of safety Management system and emergency procedures regarding construction safety, Health & Environment for elevated in Infrastructure sub sector related to Transport & Logistics as Chief Safety, Health and Environmental Expert or equivalent position [additional marks for more experience; experience in position one level below allowed with less weightage]

• Eligible Assignment**(see below): Must have experience of 1 Eligible Assignment as Chief Safety, Health and Environmental Expert or equivalent position for a full-time continuous deployment period not less than 2 years [additional marks for more Eligible Assignments; less weightage for position one level below]

*Rail-based Passenger Transit System shall mean

• High Speed Transit System / Regional Rail Transit System (with operational speed of 160kmh and above) OR
• Urban/Suburban/Intercity/Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) [excluding LRT with design PHPDT less than 20000/Tram/Monorail Systems]

**Shall mean experience of working as a personnel of General Consultant / Project Management Consultant / Employer’s Personnel in a work / project in a Rail based Passenger Transit System* with operational speed of 160 kmph or more comprising:

• Construction of Civil structures (at-grade/elevated/underground) AND
• Installation of Systems (Track, Rolling Stock, Traction & Power Supply, Signalling)

Including Detailed Design or Proof checking of designs; Bid Process Management; Project and Interface Management; Construction Supervision and System Installations and Testing & Commissioning

We commit to put people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency. As we are growing, this is time to be a part of this challenging adventure. It’s not a job - it’s a career!