WHS Officer, Workplace Health and Safety
Amazon · Posted Sep 22
E-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, and digital streaming services
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About the role
The Site Safety Officer partners with a site operations team in a Fulfillment Center to execute company safety policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local and regional regulations. Leveraging lean principles and kaizens, the role leads continuous improvement initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in processes and ensure a safe working environment for Associates. The position involves risk assessment, safety data analysis, auditing, and mentoring Safety Associates within the assigned fulfillment center.
What you will do
- Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon Safety Policies.
- Measure sites’ performance against published requirements in safety policies. For all deficiencies, identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies.
- 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 at other FCs.
- Audit record keeping practices and Global Safety Database 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.
- Manage and mentor Safety Associates in your assigned FC.
- Spend time at the fulfillment centers 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.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience in an environmental Health & Safety (EHS) related field
- Experience in distribution or manufacturing field
- 2+ years of increasing responsibilities in EHS or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations experience.
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Health and Safety or a related field
- Master's degree in Health and Safety or a related field
Benefits and support
- Inclusive culture that empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers
- Workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, for candidates with a disability
- 5-day work week, with 2 scheduled days off that vary based on shift patterns and business
About Amazon
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Recognized as one of the world's most valuable brands, it operates the largest internet retail marketplace globally alongside its prominent cloud platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Industry
- E-Commerce
- Company size
- 1576000+ employees
- Founded
- 1994-07-05
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $8M raised
- 2013-03-22Post Ipo Debt$200M
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Founder and Executive Chair
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Matt Garman
CEO, Amazon Web Services
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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