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At KONE, Safety is an integral part of the way we work. It is a cornerstone of our culture and part of the foundation for how we do business. To continue building KONE Safety Culture and proactively promoting safety practices we have an exciting opportunity for a Safety Specialist to be based in Riyadh.
Reporting to the Safety Manager, the successful candidate will proactively be working to ensure continuous improvement of safety performance and awareness in the business unit.
What will you do?
Safety Policy And Objectives:
- Support the implementation, maintenance and improvement of KONE safety management system (operating model) including worker, user and third-party safety.
- Cultivate an understanding and actively caring culture for safety. Act as a role model.
- Compile, maintain and improve safety documentation together with the unit safety team.
- Actively participate in and contribute to unit safety committee and other safety forums.
- Provide professional advice and support to the unit on matters affecting safety.
- Plan, participate in and implement projects and activities to improve safety.
- Work closely with customers and partners, including KONE subcontractors.
- Support the development, review and exercise of crisis and emergency response plans.
Safety Risk Management:
- Monitor and develop safety risk management processes, tools and practices.
- Support safety related change management projects and initiatives.
Safety Assurance:
- Collect, measure and ensure accuracy of leading and lagging safety data. Report performance.
- Monitor legal and business environment development in safety, identify and propose actions.
- Perform safety audits regularly to verify compliance, identify uncontrolled risks and deviations.
- Assist line management in safety audits/visits and support the audit process improvement.
- Analyze and investigate incidents. Support the investigation process improvement.
- Manage corrective and preventive actions for continual improvement.
Safety Promotion:
- Develop own competences as a safety specialist in co-operation with the manager.
- Support the training and development of others’ safety competences in the unit.
- Proactively communicate safety information including investigation outcomes and best practices.
Are you the one?
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
- Minimum 5 years experience in safety in elevators, construction, or related industries.
- Passionate about safety with excellent communication, training and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- NEBOSH, IOSH certificates mandatory.
- Passionate about safety with excellent communication, training, and organizational skills.
- Excellent English & Arabic language skills.
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
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