EHS Specialist I

Parker Hannifin; Dammam; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Quality, Lean & HSE Specialist to lead and coordinate Quality, Lean/Continuous Improvement, and Health, Safety & Environment activities at our Saudi manufacturing site in Dammam. You will promote a strong safety culture, drive regulatory compliance, and provide expert support on quality and EHS topics across the site.

The role requires strong communication, incident investigation, and risk assessment skills, with experience in audits, permit-to-work, and training

Qualifications

• Education meeting minimum requirements in health, safety, engineering or manufacturing.
• Experience with local legislation, audits and permit-to-work systems.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
• Experience in incident investigation and corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Promote a strong safety culture through visible floor presence, coaching, employee engagement and proactive hazard recognition.
• Lead on quality standards, ensuring manufacturing meets local standards and requirements.
• Drive Health, Safety and Environment performance and EHS training programmes for employees and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Provide technical and quality management expertise.
• Investigate incidents and near misses, determine root cause and implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Develop, implement and maintain EHS policies, programs, and procedures to assure personnel safety.
• Perform safety audits, inspections and investigations in compliance with regulations and standards.
• Maintain permits, records and reports for audit readiness.
• Support warranty monitoring by providing technical support and cost estimates for warranty actions.
• Monitor team performance for cost estimation at resolution stage.
• Implement EHS, Quality and Lean standards.
• Reduce injuries and unsafe conditions through prevention-focused programs.
• Complete timely incident investigations and drive corrective actions closure.
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation for internal/external/regulatory audits.

Skills

Communication skills

Team player

EHS knowledge

Hazard identification & risk

Incident investigation & root cause

Training delivery

Audit & compliance

Organisational & analytical

Problem-solving

Education

Health & Safety related degree

Engineering/Manufacturing background

Job description

Position Summary

The Quality, Lean & HSE Specialist is responsible for implementing, leading and coordinating Quality, Lean/Continuous improvement, and Health, Safety & Environment activities across the Saudi manufacturing site.

The Quality, Lean & HSE Specialist is responsible for implementing, leading and coordinating Quality, Lean/Continuous improvement, and Health, Safety & Environment activities across the Saudi manufacturing site.

Responsibilities

• Promote a strong safety culture through visible floor presence, coaching, employee engagement and proactive hazard recognition.
• Lead on quality standards, ensuring manufacturing meets appropriate local standards and requirements.
• Drive Health and Safety and Environment performance and EHS Training programmes for employees, ensuring compliance to regulatory standards.
• Provide Technical and Quality Management expertise
• Investigate incidents and near misses, determine root cause and implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Work to develop, implement and maintain EHS policies, programs, and procedures to assure personnel safety
• Perform safety audits, inspections and investigations of work environments, processes, and operations in compliance with government regulations and industry standards and corporate and divisional procedures.
• Maintain required permits, records and reports to ensure audit and regulatory readiness
• Support warranty monitoring and control by providing technical support to warranty manager as well as cost estimates for completion of any warranty actions.
• Monitor team performance for estimating cost of issues at resolution stage.
• Implement EHS, Quality and LEAN standards
• Reduce workplace injuries, near misses and unsafe conditions through prevention- focused programs
• Complete timely incident investigations and drive closure of corrective and preventative actions.
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators.
• Maintain accurate and audit ready documentation and reports inn readiness for internal, external or regulatory audits or inspections.

Qualifications

• Appropriate education meeting minimum requirements
• Qualifications in Health & Safety, Engineering, Manufacturing or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting or leading:
  • Local legislative standards for manufacturing,
  • internal and external audits,
  • contractor management,
  • permit-to-work systems,
  • behavioural safety initiatives,
  • emergency preparedness and response.
• Excellent communication skills (ability to relate to staff of all levels / disciplines).
• Team player with ability to positively influence others.
• Strong working knowledge of local health, safety, and environmental legislation
• Proven ability to identify hazards, assess risk, and implement effective control measures.
• Experience in incident investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective action management.
• Ability to develop and review risk assessments, safe systems of work, and operational procedures.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to deliver training, toolbox talks, and practical safety guidance to operational teams.
• audit, inspection, and compliance monitoring capability.
• Good organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience of EHS systems