Explosive Safety Manager

About the role

EDGE Group is looking for an experienced Explosive Safety Manager to act as a senior technical and strategic advisor on explosives and ammunition safety. The role ensures compliance with UAE explosives regulations, licensing requirements, and industry best practices across manufacturing, testing, storage, handling, transportation, and demilitarisation.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain compliance with UAE explosives regulations, internal policies, and industry standards.
• Prepare, review and manage explosives operating and storage facility licences.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk assessments for existing operations, plant modifications and new facilities.
• Provide technical guidance on safe manufacturing, handling, transportation, storage and testing of explosive materials.
• Lead internal audits, incident investigations and root‑cause analyses, and communicate lessons learned.
• Support budget planning, forecasting and cost control for explosives management activities.

Required profile

• Minimum 10 years of experience in explosives or ammunition manufacturing and testing.
• At least 3 years of management or supervisory experience.
• Hands‑on experience with UAE explosives regulations, licensing and risk‑assessment processes.
• Knowledge of explosives physical and chemical properties, associated hazards and demilitarisation activities.

Required skills

• Explosives risk assessment
• Explosives licensing
• Explosives testing
• Demilitarisation procedures
• Incident investigation
• ISO 9001 knowledge
• ISO 14001 knowledge
• ISO 45001 knowledge

What we offer

• Highly competitive, tax‑free salary
• Family visas, annual flight tickets and medical insurance for dependents
• Education allowances for children
• Access to a dedicated learning academy and digital learning platforms
• Opportunities to work with world‑class talent in a multicultural environment