Safety Design and Engineering Manager , AMSCI

Amazon Jobs; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A global tech company is seeking WHS Safety Design and Engineering Managers in Madrid to ensure safety in their operations. The role involves conducting safety assessments, managing safety standards, and collaborating with different teams. Ideal candidates will have deep knowledge of machinery safety and strong communication skills. This role requires frequent travel and a valid driving license in the EU.

Formación

• Experience in machinery safety inspections.
• Knowledge of robotics and Material Handling Equipment.
• Understanding of EU Machine Directive 2006/42/EC.
• Demonstrated record of managing multi-site safety.
• Experience with communication across organizational levels.

Responsabilidades

• Conduct site WHS assessments and ensure compliance.
• Perform risk assessments for new launch sites.
• Support project development and ensure safety standards.
• Manage requests for safety support and prioritize processes.
• Validate real-estate safety and design standards.

Conocimientos

Machinery safety inspections

Robotics and Material Handling Equipment knowledge

Oral and written communication skills

Risk assessments

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

NEBOSH Diploma level or equivalent

Formal training certification in Machinery Safety

Herramientas

Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

At Amazon, we’re working to be the most customer‑centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you’d like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.

One focus area of the Amazon Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) mission is to provide tools, resources, and environments that support safe, efficient, and healthy behaviours and encourage employees to proactively manage their health and well‑being. To support this focus area, Amazon is seeking WHS Safety Design and Engineering Managers to play a critical role to ensure high standards of safety are built into systems and processes across new and legacy Fulfilment Centres, Sort Centres and Delivery Stations across Europe. The successful candidates will conduct safety assessments to identify if improvements are required to increase the level of safety. They must demonstrate the ability to comprehend and apply technical documents, requirements and solutions, using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.

This team member should be an effective communicator who sends clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing. They will be required to possess strong safety and relevant environmental and ergonomic knowledge and to demonstrate this expertise when working with increasing responsibilities in safety and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, engineering/facilities or service operations along with Engineering, Design, Construction, Startup and Operations teams. Building trust and confidence with these stakeholders is key for success in the role. It is desirable that they will also have technical knowledge of EU machinery safety standards and regulations to meet all European country’s requirements. Location: Mix of site and office work. The role will require frequent travel up to approx. 60%–70% of the time. For this reason, a driving licence with experience in UK and Continental Europe is highly desirable.

Key job responsibilities

• Support a wide range of projects, including liaison with critical support functions such as Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, Procurement, and New Build/Real Estate teams to effectively deliver the required right‑first‑time machinery and systems safety standards.
• Perform suitable and sufficient risk assessments for legacy and new launch sites.
• Act as the strong WHS technical voice during project development to ensure compliance with Amazon standards and regulatory requirements; lead safety technical reviews and risk assessments for all new equipment systems.
• Manage the intake of requests for support and prioritise the process to suit operational requirements, engaging and managing the involvement of the inspection team with the projects.
• Provide functional links with other critical teams – Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, Procurement, New Build Safety and Real Estate teams.
• Conduct site WHS assessments to ensure all applicable requirements are considered into installation; create punch list items and effectively review corrective measures with relevant teams.
• Keep tracking data up to date for the inspection program.
• Validate geographically specific real‑estate or global building design standards are incorporated into construction/remodeling of a site.
• Support development of solutions that meet Amazon high standards for safety, risk reduction, customer satisfaction, efficiency, scalability, simplicity, and operational excellence.
• Support the delivery of central Health and Safety proactive objectives.
• Escalate significant concerns and lessons learned identified during inspections and subsequent site visits.
• Provide input to change projects, build‑outs and development projects and act as a technical advisor for the EU WHS team.
• Plan and arrange own travel applying frugality and efficiency of time on sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role of machinery inspection.
• Robotics and Material Handling Equipment (MHE) knowledge.
• In‑depth understanding of the EU Machine Directive 2006/42/EC and its relevant harmonised standards.
• Comprehension and practical application of risk assessments.
• Demonstrable record of managing machinery safety inspections across large multi‑site businesses.
• Credibility and ability to engage and influence other functional leaders and their teams to build buy‑in to EU Health and Safety strategies and change processes.
• Experience operating at all levels of the organisation from warehouse floor to senior management.
• Solid oral and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer‑based tools to support system engineering and proposal development activities.
• Experience working for a Notified or Approved body for Machinery Safety.
• Qualified to NEBOSH Diploma level or equivalent, preferably gained in a low‑margin, high‑volume environment with warehousing and logistics experience.
• Formal training certification in Machinery Safety (e.g., CMSE).
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment.
• TUV Certified Functional Safety Engineer.
• Experience interacting with cross‑functional teams and managing projects with minimal supervision.

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