Quality Management & EHS Specialist

About the role

As a Quality Management & EHS Specialist you will support Quality Management and Environment, Health & Safety activities across CAE’s Defence & Security operations in the Middle East, primarily the UAE and Qatar. You will ensure compliance, drive continuous improvement and contribute to operational excellence across multiple sites.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain, implement and improve the Quality Management System in line with ISO 9001 and corporate requirements.
• Support implementation, maintenance and improvement of EHS programs aligned with ISO 45001 and CAE standards.
• Plan, conduct and support internal audits, external certification audits, customer audits and surveillance activities.
• Ensure compliance with quality, health, safety, environmental, regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Identify, investigate and support resolution of quality issues, non‑conformities, incidents and corrective actions.
• Conduct risk assessments and contribute to risk mitigation strategies.
• Support process development, improvement and documentation across the organization.
• Develop and monitor QHSE performance metrics, KPIs and reporting.
• Support emergency preparedness, incident management and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide guidance to operational teams on Quality and EHS requirements and promote a culture of quality, safety and compliance.
• Collaborate with regional and global Quality and EHS stakeholders and support training, awareness and communication activities.
• Perform administrative tasks such as historisation, approval workflows, document updates and record maintenance.
• Travel to operational sites across the UAE and periodically to Qatar (approximately 20%).

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, engineering, quality, safety or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting Quality Management Systems with practical application of ISO 9001.
• Experience participating in or conducting internal audits, quality reviews or certification activities.
• Knowledge of risk management, corrective actions, root cause analysis and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience working with documented management systems, policies, processes and procedures.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and collaboration skills.

Required skills

• ISO 9001
• ISO 45001
• Internal and external audit execution
• Risk assessment
• Root cause analysis
• Continuous improvement methodologies