Senior Workplace Health and Safety Manager

Amazon UK Services Ltd.; Darlington; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Workplace Health and Safety Manager in Darlington. This role involves overseeing occupational safety operations, managing a team, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. You’ll have opportunities to contribute to safety culture improvements and engage with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a team in a health and safety context.
• Compliance with local health and safety legislation.
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Manage on-site teams to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Develop safety training programs and assess new processes.
• Foster a strong safety culture among management and employees.

Skills

Health and Safety Compliance

Team Management

Risk Assessment

Data Analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

NVQ6/NEBOSH Diploma

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Senior Workplace Health and Safety Manager, Darlington

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Client:

Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Location:

Darlington, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

25.06.2025

Expiry Date:

09.08.2025

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Job Description:

At Amazon, we believe that every day is day 1. A day to take the first step. A day to face new challenges. It's your day to be part of something big. A day to put your ideas into action.
The role is based in a fulfillment center where we handle a rapid turnover of goods, picking, packing and shipping products.
As a Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) Manager, you are responsible for the occupational safety department at our Fulfillment center and lead a team. You work closely with local management to continuously improve local occupational health and safety standards and coordinate the implementation of internal company and legal requirements for occupational health and safety.

Key job responsibilities
- Manage on-site teams and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure compliance with health and safety laws, guidelines, and company policies
- Use internal reporting tools to analyze data and provide leadership with information to make safety-related decisions
- Develop, implement, and maintain safety training programs, ergonomics initiatives, and prevention programs to improve the safety culture
- Perform risk assessments for new processes and machines, review changes to standardized processes, and update existing risk assessments
- Promote commitment to occupational health and safety measures among management and employees to foster a strong safety culture

A day in the life
This is an extremely varied role based at one of our sites, allowing you to directly contribute to many aspects of our safety culture. You will manage health and safety standards while improving functionality and efficiency. You’ll also manage your team and help them implement changes in response to employee feedback or seize opportunities to continuously make process improvements. Your role is instrumental in keeping employees safe, managing their satisfaction, and supervising their wellbeing and productivity. You’ll step in and take ownership of health and safety to foster a culture that revolves around operating safely.

About the team
Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) plays a crucial role in keeping our people mentally and physically well at work. Our team works with managers, associates and local governments across our sites, making sure we’re complying with Amazon’s policies and legal regulations, and that our workplaces are safe. There is a range of opportunities within the team, from Health and Safety Technicians to Programme Managers. No matter what your role is, you’ll play a part in developing, implementing and upholding our high safety and wellbeing standards. You could work on a variety of projects alongside colleagues from across the business, ranging from equipment and process inspections to assessing processes, building and equipment design.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Completed Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent level of qualification in line with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and additional qualifications to an NVQ6/NEBOSH Diploma level
- Relevant experience managing a team
- Relevant experience complying with local Health and Safety legislation
- Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English
- Strong customer orientation

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above, we'd love to hear from you.

- Experience with Lean, 5S and Kaizen methodologies
- Qualifications or experience in the field of sustainability
- Relevant experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership
- Chartered membership of a Human Resources industry body (e.g., IOSH) to support people management