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. This position will serve as the Site WHS Manager and 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. This leader is unique in that they will own and support site specific programs and initiatives while simultaneously driving change and reduction or special programs across Australian fulfillment centers.
Key job responsibilities
The Site WHS Manager will be responsible to lead and develop a team of WHS professionals. This individual must create and execute leadership development plans for their teams. They must communicate team expectations and provide frequent feedback, and ensure the team is executing to the core competencies of an Amazon WHS professional.
The role will be responsible for partnering with Operations to develop and set the strategic actions of the site, aligned to network targets. This leader will lead through influence, driving compliance, identifying gaps in process and working quickly to drive improvement across the site.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance
Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional/domestic regulations and company policy
- Leads initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful environment
- Establishes high quality relationships with both site and regional leadership
- Measure site’s performance against published requirements. For all deficiencies, identify a plan to implement and fix all identified deficiencies. Drive accountability for the plan
- Analyze WHS metrics and review incident trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the WHS risk is highest.
- Perform 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 FCs
- Audit recordkeeping practices entries to ensure compliance to WHS standards and local regulations
- Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent
- 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.
- Must be able to work flexible shifts
- 5+ years of increasing responsibilities in EHS or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience leading multiple direct reports or multiple sites
- Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment
- Experience in a distribution center or manufacturing EHS with mix of exempt and non-exempt employees at a site of at least 250 people
Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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