Afaq Lists Delivery-Station Safety Officer Role in Saudi Arabia
Afaq - Warehouse Branch is advertising a WHS Officer, Workplace Health and Safety, position on Bayt.com. The delivery-station role involves enforcing Amazon safety standards, assessing workplace risks and training operations teams, with no experience required under the listing's preferred-candidate criteria.
Mariam Al Mansoori
Candidate criteria and application details
The preferred-candidate section lists a bachelor's degree or higher diploma. At the time the page was captured, the vacancy was labeled as posted one hour earlier, with 119 days remaining before applications closed.
The page includes a questionnaire prompt and a link to apply on the company site. Bayt.com also cautions that the posting was translated by AI and may contain minor differences or errors.
Risk assessment, audits and staff training
The officer would work with delivery-station operations staff to put company safety policies into practice and meet applicable local and regional regulations. The posting calls for lean principles and kaizens to guide improvements that reduce unsafe workplace conditions and ergonomic risks.
Risk assessments and analysis of safety data are central to the role. The officer would track the site's performance against safety requirements, develop plans to address shortfalls and examine weekly and monthly incident trends to direct resources toward the highest risks. Responsibilities also include overseeing incident investigations and ensuring that corrective and preventive actions, or CAPA, are completed promptly.
Regular inspections would cover unsafe equipment and processes, followed by measures to prevent injuries. The officer would also check whether safety records satisfy global WHS standards and local rules, while delivering safety projects to the operations team on schedule.
The listing emphasizes earning the operations team's trust and communicating clearly and consistently, both in writing and in person. The officer would train operations leaders on Amazon WHS policies, help teams apply site safety standards and identify best practices to incorporate into those standards.
Staff responsibilities extend to leading and mentoring Safety Associates, including during peak periods. The officer would ensure that leaders and associates understand their safety duties and evaluate the quality, delivery and effectiveness of training. The role also covers coordinating personal protective equipment (PPE) inventory with procurement, checking PPE compliance and maintaining a safety training calendar that includes firefighting and first aid.
Saudi safety requirements and Amazon's global reporting
The local compliance duties sit alongside employer obligations outlined in Chapter Eight of Saudi Arabia's Labor Law. According to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, employers must provide a clean workplace, lighting, drinking water and water for washing. They must also supply PPE and train workers to use it, take fire-prevention precautions, keep safety exits usable at all times and pay treatment costs for occupational diseases and work injuries.
The ministry also issued procedural occupational safety and health guidelines in 2021 addressing the effects of workplace exposure to direct sun and heat stress.
Amazon's own safety reporting provides global rather than Saudi-specific figures. For 2024, the company reported a 34% improvement in its Recordable Incident Rate over five years and a 65% improvement in its Lost Time Incident Rate over the same period.
The company said it carried out 7.8 million safety inspections worldwide in 2024, a 24% increase from 6.3 million in 2023. It also said it employs more than 10,000 safety professionals across its operations network.
Amazon's delivery network in the Kingdom
The vacancy's references to Amazon policies come amid the company's broader Saudi operations. In November 2025, Amazon Saudi Arabia opened delivery stations in Tabuk, Hail and Najran, extending last-mile delivery coverage to more than 90% of the Kingdom's population, according to Dimension Market Research.
As of September 2026, Amazon said its investment in Saudi Arabia since entering the market exceeded SAR 10 billion, covering fulfillment centers, delivery stations, offices and technology. IndexBox, citing Saudi Gazette, reported the company's figures.
Amazon also said its presence supports more than 40,000 jobs in the Kingdom. That total includes just over 1,000 direct employees, more than 20,000 contractors and seasonal colleagues, and estimates of indirect and induced employment.
