Amazon Careers – Site WHS Manager

Job Description:

One focus area of the Amazon Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) mission is to provide tools, resources, and environments that support safe, efficient, healthy behaviors and encourage employees to proactively manage their health and wellbeing. To support this focus area, Amazon is seeking an experienced and innovative Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to join our team. In this position, will serve as the site’s designated first aid provider in the warehouse, coordinating and implementing the Amazon Global Program. The Site WHS Manager will be responsible for partnering with an Operations Team at the site level to execute company WHS policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local, regional and federal regulations. This individual will lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our associates. The Site WHS Manager must demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the Operations Team and influence change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and WHS data analysis.

Job Responsibilities:

• Analyze WHS metrics and review incident trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the WHS risk is highest.
• Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional/domestic regulations and company policy
• Measure site’s performance against published requirements in EHS policies. For all deficiencies, identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies. Drive accountability for the plan
• Establishes high quality relationships with both site and regional leadership
• Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent
• Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon WHS Policies.
• Ensure site leadership and Associates are trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities under each policy. Audit the quality, delivery (including qualifications of the trainer), and effectiveness of all required WHS training.
• Leads initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our associates
• Perform frequent site WHS audits to identify all non-compliance equipment and/or processes at the site. Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury at other FC’s
• Must be able to work flexible shifts which could include day, nights, and weekends.
• Audit recordkeeping practices and WHS Information System entries to ensure compliance to global WHS standards and local regulations

Job Requirements:

• Ability to develop and implement department goals and strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interfacing with site leaders.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interfacing with site leaders.
• Ability to develop and implement department goals and strategies.
• Distribution Center or Manufacturing EHS experience with mix of exempt and non-exempt employees at a site of at least 250 people
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability.

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Safety, Environmental, Ergonomics or related field.
• Master’s degree
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment.
• Experience in a fast paced, dynamic organization.
• 5+ years of increasing responsibilities in EHS and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations
• Certified Safety Professional

Job Details:

Company: Amazon

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Brampton, ON, CA

Application Deadline: N/A

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