Senior Engineer - Ind. Traffic Safety

About Emirates Global Aluminium

Emirates Global Aluminium is the world’s biggest ‘premium aluminium’ producer and the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil and gas industry. EGA is an integrated aluminium producer, with operations on four continents from bauxite mining to the production of cast primary aluminium and recycling. EGA employs over 7,000 of these people including more than 1,200 UAE Nationals. EGA operates aluminium smelters in Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah in the United Arab Emirates, an alumina refinery in Al Taweelah, a bauxite mine and associated export facilities in the Republic of Guinea, a speciality foundry in high strength recycled aluminium in Germany, and a recycling plant in the United States.

JOB PURPOSE:

The Industrial Traffic Safety senior engineer is responsible for the independent design, auditing, and continuous improvement of all vehicular and pedestrian traffic systems covering all internal road networks and traffic interfaces (covered & uncovered roads) within EGA Abu Dhabi (Al Taweelah) & Dubai (Jebel Ali) operations. The primary purpose of this role is to eliminate or reduce the risk of vehicle–vehicle and vehicle–pedestrian interactions. By applying traffic impact principles to the floor, this role ensures that facility expansions, layout changes, and daily logistics flows maximize operational efficiency without compromising worker safety or violating EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) regulations. Establish and govern a standardized industrial traffic safety framework across all EGA sites, ensuring horizontal deployment of controls, designs, and lessons learned.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Plant Traffic & Flow Layout Design

• Internal Routing & Mapping: Design and optimize indoor and outdoor traffic routing plans that cleanly separate heavy machinery, material handling equipment (MHE), and pedestrian walkways.
• Expansion Impact Studies: Conduct "Internal Traffic Impact Studies" ahead of any plant expansions, new production line installations, or area re-layouts to predict and eliminate bottleneck hazards and new conflict points.

Risk Assessment & Conflict Analysis

• Floor-Level Conflict Mapping: Map and analyze blind spots, high-traffic intersections, and loading dock zones where vehicles and pedestrians cross paths.
• Near-Miss Data Analytics: Maintain and evaluate log data related to vehicular & pedestrian traffic alerts and surveillance cameras to proactively identify high-risk zones before an injury occurs.

Infrastructure & Technology Implementation

• Zoning & Signage: Mandate and oversee the installation of physical traffic control infrastructure, including bollards, impact-resistant barriers, specialized floor striping, overhead convex mirrors, and digital warning signage.
• Smart Safety Integration: Evaluate advanced safety tech, such as proximity warning sensors, pedestrian-detection cameras on industrial vehicles, automatic speed-limiting zones, and smart interlocking gates at pedestrian crossings.

Budgeting & Financial Management

• OPEX Control: Develop and manage the annual Operational Expenditure (OPEX) budget allocated for traffic safety maintenance, including floor re-striping, replacement of safety signage, protective bollard repairs etc.
• ROI Forecasting: Prepare cost-benefit analyses and Return on Investment (ROI) forecasts for traffic safety investments, demonstrating how reducing near-misses and optimizing internal flows directly mitigates financial losses from material damage and operational downtime.

CAPEX Project Management

• Capital Planning: Author, justify, and submit Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) proposals for large-scale site traffic overhauls (e.g., implementing site-wide Industrial vehicle networks, installing electronic pedestrian-gate interlocking systems, or major outdoor parking lot/yard redesigns).
• Project Execution: Act as the primary stakeholder or pro