The WHS Manager will be responsible for partnering with site operations team at AMZL stations 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 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 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 WHS Manager will be required to identify best practices and incorporate these best practices into our standards to continuously improve company safety policies. The 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 WHS Manager will be responsible to lead a WHS & Safety team members: Safety Specialist, Safety Coordinators, Onsite first aid Associates. This individual must create and execute leadership development plans for their Safety Associates on their team. 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 The Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager is responsible for partnering with senior Cluster Operations Managers for WHS and environmental compliance in their clusters. This role facilitates safe operations for 8 stations with a capacity of 65K to 1lac unit shipments in BAU and up to 1.8lac units during peak. The role has to work closely with multiple Cluster Operations Managers, 8 Station Managers, and Support Partners from SLP, PXT, and RME. This is a people manager role responsible for three blue-badge officers, five yellow-badge supervisors, and 10 contingents yard marshal employees. This manager will need to maintain building and process path level Risk assessments in order to recommend control measures to pre-empt injury to associates. This position maintains audit records and Austin entries for the cluster, according to global safety standards and local regulations. This position requires the confidence, Subject Matter expertise and communication skills along with and cross-business coordination abilities to be able identify, scope and roll out safety improvement projects in their cluster. The WHS Manager will need to analyse data of injuries, Near Misses and Dragonfly inputs to identify trends to help the Region in decision-making to drive improvements. Effective communication, both verbal and written, is crucial for this role. This manager is responsible to educate and drive awareness on WHSMS procedures and drive standardization through identification and correction of Non-compliance to standards. The cluster manager will drive the Site Self-Audits on these WHSMS procedures at a high bar to ensure zero non-compliance in legal audits. The manager will need to build effective partnerships across functions such as HR, Facilities, Operations, and WHS Peers to be able to support their team to raise the bar on safety reporting and CAPA closures. During peak periods, they anticipate and mitigate potential safety hazards and scale up safety awareness of new hires in the cluster. Making informed decisions in ambiguous situations and knowing when to escalate issues is crucial to operate in the fast-paced Last Mile business. WHS manager will lead a team of WHS employees will communicate team expectations and goals, providing regular and actionable feedback. Reducing team attrition rates and developing employees for promotion are key objectives. They will conduct consistent one-on-one meetings and support career growth plans for their team. Assigning stretch assignments based on skill sets and developmental needs is part of their role. This manager will recognize and reward individual and collective successes frequently and balance daily routines with coaching, development, and continuous improvement initiatives for their team. ### Basic qualifications - 3+ years of increasing responsibilities in WHS or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations experience - Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 2+ years of demonstrating safety standards experience - Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications and the use of pivot tables and the development of charts and graphics ### Preferred qualifications - Science Graduation / Diploma / Degree in Engineering + ADIS / PDIS - NEBOSH IGC (Nice to have) Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. 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