WHS Manager

The Site WHS Manager will be responsible for partnering with AMZL site operations team to execute company safety policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local and regional regulations. By leveraging lean principles and kaizens, 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 safety data analysis. The Site WHS Manager must be an effective communicator and send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing. This individual must instruct and train Operations Leaders in company safety policies and assist the operations site teams in incorporating our safety standards at their site. The Site WHS manager will be required to identify best practices and incorporate these best practices into our standards to continuously improve company safety policies. The Site WHS manager will be required to possess excellent safety program and relevant safety, environmental and ergonomic knowledge and demonstrates this expertise when working with Operations. The Site WHS Manager will be responsible to lead a WHS & Safety team members: Safety Specialist, Safety Coordinators, Onsite first aid Associates. They must communicate safety team expectations and give frequent and appropriate feedback to their safety teams and ensure they are executing to the core competencies of an Amazon safety professional.

Key job responsibilities Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional regulations and company policy. Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon Safety Policies. Measure sites’ performance against published requirements in safety policies. Deliver on-time and quality projects to Operations. Analyze safety metrics and review incident weekly and monthly incident trends to discover trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the safety risk is highest. Perform frequent site safety audits to identify all non-compliance equipment and/or processes at the site. Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury. Audit record keeping practices and entries to ensure compliance to global safety standards and local regulations. Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent. Spend time at the last mile stations and seek input from Safety teams, Associates and leaders on safety program improvement opportunities. Ensure open communication on status of progress and resolution against these suggestions. 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 safety training.