Responsibilities
- Support a safe working environment: Championing, encouraging and leading by example to deliver a safety-first culture.
- Through effective collaboration: utilise expert skills and knowledge to guide multiple project teams, internal and external suppliers to deliver safe system design solutions, with the ability to deal with ambiguity to make and own risk-based decisions.
- Oversee Project Deliverables: Identifying design safety uncertainty through effective risk analysis and propose mitigations as well as executing site inspections.
- Champion Design Safety: for the lifecycle of the equipment, during the tendering and sales phase through to design, build, installation, commissioning, deployment, operational use, decommissioning and disposal for project team members and end users.
- Support Team Growth and Development: Continuously improve and grow your own and teams technical and professional development, sharing lessons learned across projects and products.
- Ensure Technical Compliance and Readiness: Able to identify non-compliance through audit of the system design from start of pre bid phase, through Engineering and handover phases to provide a Declaration of Conformance to the Saudi Arabian regulations.
- Identify the gap between the Vanderlande product, compliant to CE regulations (European Standards) and the applicable local Saudi Arabian regulations. Work with the project team to deliver a system, compliant to Saudi Arabian regulations.
- Provide Regular Updates to Management: Communicate effectively with project and management teams on status and performance, highlighting potential risks and solutions.
- Be a trusted partner: with Vanderlande’s customers through effective, collaborative working relationships. Have an ability to discuss and advise customers and suppliers on machinery safety and legislative compliance to ensure that customers’ expectations are met or exceeded.
Personal characteristics:
- Confident, outgoing and personable team player.
- Proactive hands-on approach, searches for information instead of waiting.
- Good attention to detail with the ability to follow procedures and maintain accurate records.
- Takes ownership of their responsibilities for projects.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Adept at negotiation, diplomacy and conflict resolution.
Education and Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience.
- BSc/MSc in Engineering field
- Understanding the Saudi Arabian legislation (SASO, ISO, IEC).
- Understanding of the machinery directive (2006/42/EC) and experience in the application of safety standards such as EN 619; ISO 13849-1/2; ISO 13850, ISO 14122-1 till -4; IEC 60204-1)
- Understanding of OSHA, ANSI, UL and NFPA regulation
- Qualified and certified in machine safety CMSE (Certified Machine Safety Expert) or equivalent.
- Understanding of Occupational safety (US, European, local regulations)
- Evidence of working in the area of machine safety.
- Proven track record in material handling systems strongly preferred. Experience of airport baggage handling systems (note training will be given in these disciplines).
- Proven track record with customer interaction by the means of presenting, workshops etc. strongly preferred.
Diversity & Inclusion
Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
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What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market.
Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation.
Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.






