Senior WHS Change Manager, EU WHS Change Management

Amazon; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior WHS Change Manager to enhance workplace safety across its operational network. This strategic role involves collaborating with various teams to implement safety projects, manage change processes, and uphold compliance with safety standards. The successful candidate will lead initiatives aimed at reducing incidents and improving safety culture, ensuring a safer work environment during peak operational periods. If you are passionate about health and safety and have a strong background in project management, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic organization.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Experience in program and project management with a focus on safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety initiatives and collaborate with WHS partners.
• Drive change management and maintain safety standards.

Skills

Excel (intermediate)

Program management

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Incident investigation

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor degree or equivalent

NEBOSH certification

Tools

Data analysis tools

Job description

Senior WHS Change Manager, EU WHS Change Management

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth, and we're seeking an experienced Health & Safety Professional to join our EU Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) Team as a Senior WHS Change Manager. In this strategic role, you'll collaborate with WHS partners to review, validate, and implement projects across our operational network, ensuring all changes align with Amazon's safety standards and receive proper stakeholder approval before deployment. You'll drive change management partnerships with organizations such as Amazon Customer Excellence System (ACES) and other operations departments, manage change processes for new technology and projects, and provide expertise in incident investigations, all while working closely with regional WHS teams to maintain safety compliance.

During Peak Season (October to December), you'll be located at an operational site (Customer Fulfillment, Sort Center, Delivery Station), performing either a Safety Specialist or WHS Manager role. Peak Season site locations may be in any country where Amazon operations are present in Europe (UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, etc.). This is your opportunity to help us build the safest workplace while making history with a company that's transforming the way people shop online.

Key job responsibilities

1. Lead strategic safety initiatives and interventions by collaborating with ACES Teams, Operations Engineering, and WHS partners to scope, design, and execute high-impact projects focused on safety enhancement and reducing recordable and serious incidents in the network.
2. Drive excellence in project execution through robust change management methodologies, ensuring seamless implementation while maintaining operational efficiency and safety standards across assigned facilities.
3. Develop and maintain structured communication frameworks to provide regular progress updates to Regional WHS Managers, Project Managers, and key stakeholders.
4. Standardize the Change Management Processes across all the Business Units.
5. Strengthen safety culture by delivering coaching on incident investigations, risk assessments to WHS teams, while implementing robust verification mechanisms to ensure consistent adoption of Network Actions and Program Updates across the EU network.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.).
• Experience in program or project management.
• Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• Experience working cross-functionally with tech and non-tech teams.
• A Bachelor degree or equivalent level of qualification in line with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).
• NEBOSH or any other equivalent certification.
• Health and Safety Management experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in complex problem solving and working in a tight schedule environment.
• Experience defining and executing program requirements.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine improvements.
• Detailed understanding of global EHS regulatory requirements.

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