Workplace, Health and Safety Manager

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Workplace, Health and Safety Manager, where your expertise will play a crucial role in fostering a culture of safety and inclusivity. In this dynamic position, you will manage a dedicated team, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations while actively driving process improvements. Your insights will shape the safety culture, making a tangible impact on employee wellbeing and productivity. This role offers the opportunity to engage with various stakeholders and implement innovative safety programs that enhance operational efficiency. If you're passionate about creating a safe working environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Health and Safety or related field.
• Experience managing teams and complying with safety legislation.

Responsibilities

• Manage on-site team and collaborate with other teams.
• Drive safety culture improvements and manage health standards.

Skills

Team Management

Health and Safety Compliance

Data Analysis

Verbal and Written English

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

NVQ5/NEBOSH Diploma

Tools

Internal Reporting Tools

Job description

Job ID: 2918783 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

At Amazon, we need talented and experienced individuals to help us operate safely and efficiently. As a Workplace, Health and Safety (WHS) Manager, your role is key to driving improvements on-site and at a regional level. You’ll help your colleagues maintain high standards, all while driving a culture of safety and inclusivity on your site.

Key job responsibilities:

1. Manage your team on-site, whilst regularly collaborating with other teams across the company.
2. Use internal reporting tools to analyse data reports and root causes that provide leadership with the information they need to make safety related decisions.
3. Provide guidance and arrangements for health and safety projects and policies.
4. Drive programmes designed to improve the safety culture in Amazon.

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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent level of qualification in line with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and additional qualifications to an NVQ5/NEBOSH Diploma level.
2. Relevant experience managing a team.
3. Relevant experience complying with local Health and Safety legislation.
4. Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

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

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.