WHS Safety Coordinator – Audit Program – UAE National, WHS – Vendor Accommodation Audit Program – Amazon

This role is part of Amazon’s Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) function, focused specifically on a Vendor Accommodation Audit Program — the system Amazon uses to confirm that third-party partners housing their workers are doing so safely, hygienically, and with basic dignity protected. It’s a UAE National role, reflecting Amazon’s commitment to developing Emirati talent inside its operations and compliance functions.

Practically, the job involves running site-level assessments of vendor accommodation against Amazon’s compliance standards: checking facilities in person, interviewing residents where appropriate, documenting gaps against the standard, and following up until corrective action is actually completed rather than just promised. It also means maintaining clean audit records and flagging recurring issues to the wider WHS and vendor management teams so they can be addressed at the source rather than site by site.

It suits someone detail-oriented and comfortable holding a firm line even when a finding is inconvenient for a vendor relationship. A background in health and safety, facilities compliance, quality auditing, or hospitality/accommodation standards gives a strong head start, though the role is also well suited to a motivated UAE National early in their compliance or operations career who wants structured, hands-on training in audit methodology.

The position is based in Dubai and sits within Amazon’s broader WHS organisation supporting its UAE operations, giving exposure to how a major logistics employer manages third-party accountability at scale.

A vendor accommodation audit program exists because Amazon's responsibility to the people who support its operations doesn't stop at the warehouse door — it extends to where those workers live when the accommodation is arranged through a partner. This role is the mechanism that turns that commitment into something verified rather than assumed: every site visit either confirms a vendor is meeting the standard or surfaces a gap that needs fixing before it becomes a serious welfare, legal, or reputational issue. That matters commercially too, since vendor non-compliance in this area carries real regulatory and reputational risk for a company operating at Amazon's scale and visibility in the UAE. By tracking corrective actions to actual completion rather than a one-time flag, the coordinator also helps Amazon build a genuinely reliable picture of vendor performance over time, informing which partners are trusted with more business and which need closer oversight. It's a quiet but structurally important part of how a large operation keeps its supply chain accountable.

For a UAE National starting out in compliance or operations, this role offers a genuinely structured introduction to audit methodology inside one of the most process-driven companies in the world — learning how to assess a facility against a defined standard, document findings that hold up to scrutiny, and track corrective action through to real completion are skills that transfer directly into health and safety, quality assurance, facilities management, or broader compliance careers. The vendor-facing side of the job also builds genuine confidence in holding a difficult line professionally, which is a skill many people only pick up much later in their careers. Because the program touches multiple vendor sites rather than a single location, the role gives early exposure to a range of operational environments and the kinds of gaps that recur across an industry, which is valuable pattern-recognition for anyone aiming at a longer career in audit or risk. Amazon's scale and the seriousness with which it treats WHS compliance also means this experience carries real weight on a CV, signalling to future employers that the person has worked to a rigorous, well-documented standard rather than an informal one. It's a strong foundation role for a compliance, audit, or operations career with staying power.

• UAE National, as required for this role
• Interest or prior experience in health and safety, facilities, quality, or compliance auditing
• Comfortable conducting on-site assessments and documenting findings accurately and objectively
• Confident communicating findings clearly, including when they are not well received by a vendor
• Organised approach to tracking corrective actions through to completion, not just flagging them
• Fluent Arabic and English, spoken and written
• Willingness to travel between vendor accommodation sites as the audit schedule requires