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Workplace Health and Safety Officer, Workplace health and safety

ID: 8691

Type: Full-time

Category: Others

Company Name: Afaq - Warehouse Branch

Location: SAU, Jeddah - Jeddah - Saudi Arabia

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Job Description

The Site WHS Officer will be responsible for partnering with a site operations team in a delivery station to execute company safety policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local and regional regulations. By leveraging lean principles and kaizens, you will lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our Associates. A successful Site WHS Officer will demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the Operations Team and inspire change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and safety data analysis.
The Site WHS Officer must be an effective communicator and send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing. You will instruct and train Operations Leaders in Amazon WHS policies and assist the operations site teams in incorporating our safety standards at their site. You will work to identify best practices and incorporate these standard methodologies into our standards to continuously improve the safety landscape.
Site WHS officer will possess excellent safety program knowledge as well as environmental and ergonomic knowledge and be able demonstrate this expertise when working with Operations.
The Site WHS officer will be a part of site WHS team and reports to site WHS manager. The WHS officer should be flexible to work in shifts.
Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional regulations and company policy.


Key job responsibilities
- Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon WHS standards/Policies.
- Measure site performance against published requirements in safety policies. For all deficiencies, identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies.
- Deliver on-time and quality projects to Operations.
- Analyze safety metrics and review incident weekly and monthly incident trends to discover trends to rationalize the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the safety risk is highest.
- Ensure proper Incident Investigation and closure of Corrective action and preventive action.
- Perform frequent site safety audits to identify all non-compliance equipment and/or processes at the site.
- Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury.
- Audit record-keeping practices and ensure Austin entries to be aligned with global WHS standards and local regulations.
- Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent.
- Lead and mentor Safety Associates in your assigned facility during peak.
- Spend time at the delivery station and seek input from Safety teams, Associates and leaders on safety program improvement opportunities. Ensure open communication on status of progress and resolution against these suggestions.
- Ensure site leadership and Associates are trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities under each policy. Audit the quality, delivery (including qualifications of the trainer), and effectiveness of all required safety training.
- Ensure the PPE’s inventory at site and coordinate with procurement will place order accordingly.
- Ensure site PPE compliance.
- You have to implement the best practices at site.
- Implement PIT (powered industrial truck) safety and yard safety system.
- Ensure standard Work Permit System usage at site.
- Implement and ensure safe contractor management at site.
- Ensure basic safety training calendar for associates and imparting trainings as per the same.
- Work along with facility team and ensure preventive maintenance of all Fire protection and emergency equipment’s
- Ensure basic Fire Fighting training and first aid training requirements.

Basic Qualifications

- Speak, write, and read fluently in English
- Bachelor's degree in safety, environmental, or equivalent, or 1+ years of industrial maintenance experience

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working to appropriate health & safety standards and regulations
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- KAWADIR Safety Professional Certificate

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Company Information

Company Name: Afaq - Warehouse Branch

Company Website: https://www.afaqsystems.com

Company Address: MR4V+7QX، Ishara Al Jabir, As Sulay, Riyadh 11741, Ả Rập Xê-út

Afaq Systems W.L.L. is a regional information technology company that provides a broad portfolio of IT products and services focused on enterprise computing, systems integration, and managed technology solutions. Operating as a provider to commercial, government, and institutional customers, the company positions itself as a single-source partner for organizations seeking to design, deploy, and operate secure and reliable IT infrastructure and business applications. Afaq Systems offers a mix of professional services, software solutions, hardware procurement and installation, and ongoing operational support intended to help customers accelerate digital transformation initiatives and optimize the availability and performance of critical systems. Core business activities System integration and IT infrastructure: Afaq Systems specializes in designing, supplying and implementing IT infrastructure projects, including local area networking (LAN), wide area networking (WAN), wireless networks, structured cabling, and server/storage deployments. The company typically undertakes turnkey projects that cover needs assessment, solution architecture, vendor coordination, installation, commissioning and handover to operations. It works on on-premises datacenter builds, virtualization platforms, and hybrid cloud connectivity to enable reliable access to applications and data. Software and application services: The company provides software implementation and customization services for business-critical applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), point-of-sale (POS) systems, and industry-specific applications. Services commonly include requirements analysis, solution design, configuration, custom development and integration with existing IT systems. Afaq Systems also supports legacy application modernization and migration activities to contemporary platforms. Cloud & managed services: Afaq Systems offers managed hosting, cloud migration, and ongoing managed services to help customers reduce the operational burden of maintaining infrastructure. Typical offerings include managed servers and storage, backup and disaster recovery, remote monitoring and management, patching and lifecycle maintenance, and service level-based support contracts. For customers adopting cloud models, the company assists with planning and implementing public, private, and hybrid cloud solutions and can broker cloud services from major public cloud providers. Cybersecurity & compliance: Recognizing the importance of protecting data and infrastructure, Afaq Systems provides cybersecurity assessments, security architecture design, deployment of security technologies (firewalls, endpoint protection, intrusion detection/prevention), and security operations support. Services often include vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, security policy design, and advisory work to help customers meet relevant regulatory or industry compliance requirements. Hardware procurement & vendor partnerships: The company acts as an authorized reseller and integrator for a range of enterprise hardware and software vendors. Its product portfolio commonly spans servers, storage arrays, network switches and routers, wireless access points, security appliances, and peripherals. By partnering with established global vendors, Afaq Systems can supply validated hardware bundles and warranty-backed components for enterprise deployments. Professional services and consultancy: Afaq Systems provides project management, systems design, business process consulting, and implementation services. The consultancy arm assists organizations in mapping business requirements to IT architectures, producing technical and operational specifications, and managing complex rollouts including migration strategies, cut-over plans and post-deployment stabilization. Training and support: To help customers maximize the value of deployed technologies, Afaq Systems offers training programs, knowledge transfer sessions, documentation and tiered technical support services. Support options typically include remote helpdesk support, on-site technical assistance, spare parts provisioning and extended warranty services for hardware components. Main products and solution areas - Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions: Server and storage solutions, virtualization stacks, converged and hyperconverged infrastructure, backup and continuity solutions. - Networking and Connectivity: Wired and wireless networking products, network security appliances, and WAN optimization technologies. - Security Solutions: Firewalls, unified threat management, endpoint protection suites, identity and access management implementations, and security monitoring services. - Business Applications: ERP, CRM, POS systems, custom line-of-business software and integrations. - Cloud & Managed Services: Cloud migration services, hosted infrastructure, managed backups, and 24/7 operations support. - IoT and Smart Solutions: Sensor and device integration, remote monitoring platforms, and connectivity solutions for industrial and commercial IoT use cases (offered where customers require telemetry and automation). Customer segments and verticals Afaq Systems serves a wide range of sectors where reliable IT systems are critical. Typical customer segments include mid-market and enterprise commercial organizations, retail chains requiring POS and store networking, financial services and insurance firms requiring secure transaction and data handling, healthcare providers with clinical IT needs, and government or quasi-government entities requiring compliant and resilient infrastructure. Delivery model and engagement approach Engagements with Afaq Systems usually begin with a discovery and assessment phase to define technical and business requirements. The company then proposes solution architectures, project plans, and commercial terms. Delivery is executed through staged implementation phases—procurement and logistics, installation and configuration, testing and acceptance, followed by a transition to managed services or customer operations. The firm emphasizes warranties, vendor-backed support, and local engineering presence to ensure service continuity. Partnerships and certifications Afaq Systems typically maintains partnerships and certifications with leading global technology vendors to assure compatibility, access to certified components, and channels for support and escalation. These vendor relationships enable the company to supply validated solutions and to provide maintenance under original equipment manufacturer (OEM) support agreements. While specific details such as headquarter location, corporate history, or executive leadership are not included here, Afaq Systems is represented as a practical, service-oriented IT systems integrator and managed services provider offering end-to-end technology solutions to enterprise and public-sector customers. The company’s capabilities span the full lifecycle of enterprise IT deployments—from initial consultancy and hardware/software procurement through implementation, security hardening, and ongoing operational management.
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