Site Workplace Health and Safety Manager

Job ID: 10479552 | Amazon Commercial Services Pty Ltd - F47

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 responsibilities

- Lead and develop a team of WHS professionals, create and execute leadership development plans, communicate team expectations, and provide frequent feedback to ensure execution to core competencies of an Amazon WHS professional.
- Partner with Operations to develop and set strategic actions of the site, aligned to network targets.
- Lead through influence, driving compliance, identifying gaps in process, and working quickly to drive improvement across the site.
- Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance, possessing a thorough understanding of local/regional/domestic regulations and company policy.
- Lead initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk to ensure a safe and healthful environment.




- Establish high quality relationships with both site and regional leadership.
- Measure site’s performance against published requirements, identify deficiency plans, and drive accountability for implementation.
- Analyze WHS metrics and review incident trends to justify resource allocation where the WHS risk is highest.
- Perform site WHS audits to identify non-compliance equipment/processes and implement solutions to eliminate exposure to risks.
- Audit recordkeeping practices to ensure compliance with WHS standards and local regulations.
- Audit the workplace organization and associate behaviors to ensure training, auditing, and scoring methods are accurate and consistent.
- Ensure site leadership and associates are trained and knowledgeable of responsibilities under each policy; audit quality, delivery, and effectiveness of all required WHS training.
- Must be able to work versátil shifts.

Basic qualifications

- 5+ years of increasing responsibilities in EHS or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations.
- Bachelor's degree.
- Experience leading multiple direct reports or multiple sites.

Preferred qualifications

- 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer 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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