• Bachelor's degree, or 2 years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience
• 3 years of increasing responsibilities in WHS and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interfacing with site leaders
• Ability to develop and implement department goals and strategies
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability

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. The WHS Manager is responsible for partnering with the site level Operations team to oversee and execute company WHS policies and procedures, and to 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. They must also demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the Operations Team and influence change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and WHS data analysis.
The Site WHS Manager will be responsible to lead and develop a team of WHS professionals.
This individual must create and execute leadership development plans for their teams. They must communicate team expectations and provide frequent feedback, and ensure the team is executing to the core competencies of an Amazon WHS professional.
Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional and federal regulations and company policy.
• Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon WHS Policies.
• Measure site performance against published requirements in WHS policies. For all deficiencies, devise and implement a corrective action plan; and drive accountability to that plan.
• Analyze WHS metrics and review incident trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the WHS risk is highest.
• Perform site WHS audits to identify all non-compliant equipment and/or processes at the site. Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury at other sites. Review all changes to ensure new equipment and processes are compliant.
• Oversee recordkeeping practices and case management entries to ensure compliance with global WHS standards and regulations.
• Oversee workplace Area Organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent
• 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 WHS training.
• Must be able to work flexible shifts which could include day, nights, and weekends.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bessemer, AL, USA

• Distribution Center or Manufacturing EHS experience with mix of exempt and non-exempt employees at a site of at least 250 people
• Master’s degree
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment.
• Experience in a fast paced, dynamic organization.
• Certified Safety Professional
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interfacing with site leader
• Ability to develop and implement department goals and strategies.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability.

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