WHS Safety Manager - Engineering

Amazon UAE; Dubai; On-site; AED 293,793 - 403,966; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UAE is looking for a WHS Safety Manager - Engineering in Dubai. This role is critical in reducing operational risks across logistics and fulfillment environments, ensuring compliance with safety standards.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, at least 5 years of relevant experience, and strong knowledge of robotics and material handling systems. The position supports operational excellence and safety across all sites.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in safety standards applications.
• Strong knowledge of robotics and material handling equipment.
• Practical experience conducting risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Perform WHS risk assessments for new launch sites.
• Lead safety technical reviews for new machinery and systems.
• Coordinate with inspection teams for regulatory compliance.

Skills

Occupational Health and Safety

Risk assessments

Robotics

Material handling systems

Safety technical reviews

Lean principles

Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Overview

WHS Safety Manager - Engineering

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Logistics and Supply Chain

Function: Occupational Health and Safety

Experience: 5 years

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The WHS Safety Manager - Engineering plays a critical role in reducing operational risk across high-volume logistics and fulfillment environments. The position works at the intersection of workplace health and safety, engineering design, construction, automation, real estate, maintenance, and operations. By reviewing new and existing sites, leading technical safety assessments, validating machinery and building design standards, and tracking corrective actions, the role helps create safer workplaces while supporting scalability, efficiency, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence across a broad regional and international network.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform suitable and sufficient WHS risk assessments for new launch sites, legacy fulfillment centres, sort centres, delivery stations, and related logistics facilities.
• Act as the technical safety voice during project development, ensuring equipment systems, layouts, installations, and processes meet internal safety standards and regulatory requirements.
• Lead safety technical reviews and risk assessments for new machinery, material handling systems, robotics, automation equipment, controls, and facility-related systems.
• Manage incoming requests for WHS engineering support and prioritize inspection activity according to operational requirements and project urgency.
• Coordinate inspection team involvement with engineering, reliability and maintenance engineering, procurement, new build safety, real estate, startup, and operations teams.
• Conduct site WHS assessments to confirm applicable safety, ergonomic, environmental, and machinery-related requirements are addressed during installation and commissioning.
• Create punch list items using internal tools and review corrective measures with project teams until risk is reduced to an acceptable level.
• Keep inspection program tracking data accurate, current, and suitable for reporting, follow-up, and management review.
• Validate that geographically specific real estate standards and building design standards are included during construction, remodeling, or site upgrade activity.
• Support the development of safety solutions that improve risk reduction, customer satisfaction, efficiency, scalability, simplicity, and operational excellence.
• Contribute to central health and safety proactive objectives by identifying repeated safety gaps, improvement themes, and preventive actions.
• Escalate significant concerns, unresolved safety risks, lessons learned, and inspection findings to relevant leaders in a clear and timely manner.
• Provide technical input for change projects, build-outs, development projects, site expansions, and equipment modifications.
• Use data, metrics, standards, and inspection outcomes to recommend improvements that strengthen workplace safety and engineering controls.
• Build trust with stakeholders by communicating clearly, applying technical judgment, and giving practical guidance that supports safe execution.
• Support frequent site and office-based work, including regional travel for inspections, project reviews, launch support, and operational assessments.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience demonstrating and applying safety standards in industrial, logistics, manufacturing, production, engineering, facilities, or service operations.
• Strong knowledge of material handling systems, industrial mechanical systems, electrical systems, automation, controls, robotics, and related safety requirements.
• Practical experience conducting risk assessments and applying findings to reduce operational and equipment-related safety risks.
• Robotics and Material Handling Equipment knowledge is required.
• Ability to read, understand, and apply technical documents, engineering requirements, safety standards, and practical solutions.
• Experience working cross-functionally with stakeholders, users, engineers, project teams, and senior leaders to gain buy-in and deliver safety improvements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
• Proficiency in MS Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience using data and metrics to identify improvement areas, track corrective actions, and support decision-making.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently, with travel expected up to around 50 percent of the time.
• Ability to obtain visas for countries within the assigned regional remit.
• Experience using lean principles, Six Sigma methods, or technology-led process improvement is preferred.
• Master's degree in a technical field is an advantage.
• Experience working for a notified or approved body for machinery safety is preferred.
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification is preferred.
• Formal machinery safety training such as CMSE is an advantage.
• TUV Certified Functional Safety Engineer certification is preferred.
• Ability to manage projects with minimal supervision while coordinating multiple workstreams and stakeholders.

Skills

• Occupational Health and Safety
• WHS safety engineering
• Safety design review
• Machinery safety
• Risk assessments
• Site WHS assessments
• Material handling systems
• Robotics
• Automation systems
• Industrial mechanical systems
• Electrical systems
• Controls systems
• Ergonomic safety
• Environmental safety
• Fulfillment centre safety
• Sort centre safety
• Delivery station safety
• Safety technical reviews
• Punch list management
• Corrective action tracking
• Inspection program management
• Building design standards
• Real estate standards
• Construction safety support
• Equipment installation safety
• Regulatory compliance
• Operational risk reduction
• Engineering coordination
• Reliability and maintenance engineering
• Procurement coordination
• New build safety
• Project support
• Data-driven safety improvement
• Lean principles
• Six Sigma
• NEBOSH
• CMSE
• Functional safety
• Stakeholder management
• Technical communication
• Cross-functional collaboration

Why Join Us

This opportunity gives a WHS safety engineering professional the chance to influence safety standards across large logistics and fulfillment operations connected to one of the world's most advanced ecommerce networks. It offers exposure to complex automation, robotics, material handling equipment, new site launches, legacy site improvements, and multi-country project environments.

About the Company

Amazon is a global technology, ecommerce, logistics, and customer-focused company known for building large-scale operations that support fast and reliable online shopping experiences. In Dubai, Amazon and its related operations support regional fulfillment, delivery, workplace safety, engineering, and customer service activities.