WHS Officer

The Site Safety Officer will be responsible for partnering with a site operations team in a Fulfillment Center 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 Safety officer 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 Safety officer 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 Safety officer will be required to identify best practices and incorporate these best practices into our standards to continuously improve company safety policies. The Site Safety officer will be required to possess excellent safety program and relevant safety, environmental and ergonomic knowledge and demonstrates this expertise when working with Operations.

### Basic qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Health and Safety or a related field
• Experience with increasing responsibilities in safety and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or Science; or equivalent qualification with a Diploma in Fire & Safety or Nebosh IGC certification

### Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Health and Safety or a related field
• Experience implementing and enforcing safety standards within warehouse and maintenance environments
• Experience in transportation operations and industry knowledge
• Experience in written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
• Experience in problem solving and data analytics

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