Certified as a Top Employer for UAE, Qatar, KSA, and Oman; KONE is dedicated to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent people practices.
We are committed to fostering a great work culture and inspiring the highest standards of quality and efficiency from the team putting our people first and creating a workplace that nurtures collaboration, diversity, growth, and well-being.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Safety, Quality & Environment Manager based in Dubai - UAE, who will manage and continuously improve the Safety, Quality, and Environment performance of his/her area of responsibility in line with targets.
He/she works with the management to develop and maintain safety awareness and manage competencies, resources, processes, procedures, and guidelines affecting safety. S/he enables KONE to build Quality into our processes and develop a proactive Quality culture and mindset through increased competencies, collaboration, communication, and best business practice sharing. Responsible for identifying local applicable environmental regulations, business development opportunities, and risks while interacting with business lines and functions, ensuring environmental compliance and conformance to business strategies and ISO 14001 Management System.
Responsibilities and key activities:
Safety policy and objectives Implement, maintain, and improve the KONE safety management system (operating model) including worker, user, and third-party safety
Set objectives, roles, and responsibilities for safety.
Provide professional support, drive management commitment, and active worker participation
Establish, manage, and develop a unit safety committee and other safety forums
Participate in and contribute to global safety team meetings
Compile, maintain, and improve safety documentation and monitor usage
Initiate and implement programs and activities to improve safety
Support the development, review, and exercise of crisis and emergency response plans
Safety risk management
Ensure the use of and continually improve safety risk management processes, tools, and practices.
Support or lead safety-related change management projects and initiatives.
Safety assurance
Produce safety data, ensure accuracy, and develop indicators.
Monitor legal and business environment development in safety, identify and initiate actions
Perform and manage safety audits to verify compliance, identify uncontrolled risks and deviations
Assist line management in safety audits/visits and continually improve the auditing process
Set safety targets, goals, and plans with unit leadership and global function
Develop annual safety budget in line with global budgeting guidelines
Manage incident investigations and continually improve the process
Quality management
Promotes, Unit/function management, recognition, and conformance to customer and KONE requirements.
Collaborates with KONE Way process owners / operating model owners and change managers to ensure the continual improvement and implementation of KONE Way in his/her area.
Assures that functional and operational leaders and teams globally and locally analyze, develop, and execute continuous quality improvements based on performance data and proactively gather and analyze other relevant data to identify continuous improvement opportunities
Drives the annual quality budget planning and other quality-related target setting in his/her organization in line with global targets.
Continual improvement
Drives progress and monitors the effectiveness of continuous improvement projects, and corrective and preventative actions which are being logged within the organization and provide direction and support where needed.
Drives continuous reduction of Cost of Poor Quality
Contributes to the development of the Management System (QEHS), monitors its performance, and combines its management with other management systems, such as environment and safety.
Responsible for planning, execution, and follow-up of audits as a tool for assuring process compliance and identifying areas for process performance and improvement.
Leads and supports any required corrective actions required due to non-conformance.
Ensures that, in his/her area of responsibility, the management practices are in place as defined in the Continual improvement policy e.g., operations reviews, QIT meetings, development portfolio reviews, etc.
Environmental management
He/She is responsible for implementing local and global environmental strategies and setting long-term unit-level environmental KPIs in line with business strategies and unit management.
Lead and coordinate the unit’s improvement activities and development programs related to environmental, climate, or sustainability matters
Create environmental action plans in the unit with objectives and KPIs, evidence of the performance, and continuous improvement relevant to environmental requirements
Collaborate with sourcing, business lines, facility management, and other relevant functions to meet the unit’s long- and short-term environmental goals
Ensure environmental legal compliance in the unit together with local sourcing relevant to KONE solutions and operations.
Professional requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
Strong communication skills in English; proficiency in additional languages is a plus.
Excellent leadership and interpersonal abilities.
Certifications: ISO 9001, 45001, & 14001 Lead Auditor.
NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.
IOSH Managing Safely or IOSH Leading Safely certification.
Chez KONE, nous nous attachons à créer une culture de travail innovante et collaborative, dans laquelle nous valorisons la contribution de chaque individu. L’engagement de chacun de nos salariés est au cœur de notre démarche collaborative et nous encourageons la participation de chacun ainsi que le partage d’informations et d’idées. Nous nous engageons au quotidien dans une démarche durable et responsable, s’appuyant sur des pratiques commerciales éthiques. Nous développons une culture basée sur la confiance, le respect et le travail en équipe ainsi que sur la reconnaissance de la performance individuelle. Rejoindre KONE, c’est rejoindre une entreprise ou il fait bon vivre, respectueuse de la qualité de vie de chacun de ses collaborateurs. Nous sommes fiers de proposer des parcours de carrières riches en expériences et opportunités qui vous aideront à atteindre vos objectifs professionnels et personnels.
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