Executive Director - Occupational Health And Safety

Job Description

About Wynn Al Marjan Island:

Wynn Al Marjan Island will be the first integrated resort in the UAE. Set to open in 2027, the resort will be located 50 miles from Dubai International Airport in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. The resort will offer 1,530 rooms and suites, 22 restaurants, lounges, and bars, a theater, and a beach club. It will feature multiple swimming and wading pools, water features, a five-star spa, a salon, a shopping promenade, and a celebrations and events center.

About The Position

Wynn Al Marjan Island is currently seeking an Executive Director - Occupational Health & Safety to join the resort’s Executive Office team.

Responsibilities

The primary duties and responsibilities of this role are:

• Oversee enterprise-wide risk assessments, compliance audits, and incident investigations across all divisions, ensuring alignment with UAE regulations, international SHE best practice, and Wynn corporate standards.
• Accountable for enterprise risk mitigation, development and deployment of safety performance metrics (TRIR/LTIFR) in ensuring safe work and occupied environments in which the guests, team members, assets, and the Wynn brand are not put at risk.
• Direct cross-departmental risk governance initiatives, providing executive oversight and guidance on mitigation strategies relating to life safety, property protection, operational continuity, and brand risk.
• Direct incident Investigation, investigate accidents, near-misses, and incidents to determine root causes, the implementation of mitigation measures and prepare necessary documentation for management and authorities notification and submission.
• Direct incident investigations into accidents, near-misses, and significant events, ensuring appropriate root cause analysis, execute corrective action implementation, and comply with discharging statutory reporting.
• Establish enterprise OHS training strategy and oversee the development and delivery of induction, contractor onboarding, and specialised risk training programs.
• Provide weekly operational dashboards and formal monthly executive OHS performance reports to the President and senior leadership, including KPI trend analysis and regulatory compliance status.
• Direct enterprise compliance audits targeting high-risk operational activities, ensuring adherence to statutory dictate, UAE Civil Defence requirements, international standards, and Wynn protocols.
• Serve as executive sponsor for emergency preparedness, evacuation planning, and major incident response frameworks in collaboration with Facilities, Security, and executive leadership
• In conjunction with the Communications department, develop media content for promotional awareness campaigns and behavioral conditioning safety communication initiatives.
• Oversee and validate contractor and vendor safety governance, including Permit-to-Work systems, mobilisation compliance, and high-risk activity controls.
• Act as the Wynn Al Marjan executive liaison with federal and local regulatory authorities, including Civil Defence and Municipality bodies, ensuring compliance, audit readiness, and regulatory confidence in Wynn’s safety governance framework.
• Provide executive safety oversight during pre-opening, commissioning, and operational readiness phases, validating safe handover of assets and operational systems prior to guest opening.
• Contributes to environmental sustainability initiatives, including responsible resource use, waste reduction, and safe end-of-life asset management, aligned with Wynn ESG objectives.
  
  

About You

The ideal candidate for this position will have the following experience and qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering MSC/Bachelor Degree in conjunction with a NEBOSH Diploma and/or IOSH NVQ 6 or equivalent certification is required.
• Demonstrable exposure to high-risk infrastructure and operational interfaces, airport expansion environments and live operational facilities, which reflects an ability to manage safety within sensitive, complex, multi-stakeholder environments Minimum 10 years of experience in at an executive level in Occupational Health & Safety
• Certified ISO 45001 Auditor
• Experience in implementing documentation formats that are aligned with ISO 9001
• Strong knowledge of UAE labor laws and safety regulations.
• Strong knowledge of UAE fire life safety regulations
• Strong knowledge of International SHE safety guidance
• MS Office.
• Ability develop content to deliver target training lessons
• Excellent communication, leadership, and analytical skills.
  
  

About Wynn Al Marjan Island’s Benefits

We offer an attractive salary, paid in Dirhams (AED), the local currency of the UAE. In addition, we offer an excellent leave policy, a healthcare package, incentive programs, and other employee benefits . The result is a package that makes this role highly attractive to outstanding applicant s seeking a career with Wynn Resorts, among the most renowned and celebrated brands in the global hospitality industry.

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