Safety Manager, I, Safety Manager, I

Amazon; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Chennai is seeking a Site WHS Manager to lead safety programs across a Fulfillment Center, ensuring compliance with local regulations and company policies.

You will drive continuous improvement using lean methods, conduct risk assessments, oversee audits, train leaders, and steer a safety team including Safety Specialists and Coordinators.

The role demands strong communication, data analysis, and the ability to influence operations to protect Associates and sustain high performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent.
• 4+ years experience in Environment, Health & Safety or ME in Industrial Safety Engineering.
• Experience managing multiple direct reports.
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Partner with site operations to execute safety policies and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce ergonomic risk.
• Perform risk assessments and analyze safety data to guide decisions.
• Instruct and train Operations Leaders in safety standards and best practices.
• Manage a Safety team including Specialists, Coordinators, and First Aid Associates.
• Conduct site safety audits and address non-compliances.
• Review safety training quality, delivery, and trainer qualifications.
• Engage with Safety teams and associates to drive program improvements.

Skills

EH&S

Lean principles

Communication

Training

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

ME in Industrial Safety Engineering

Master's degree in Health and Safety

Tools

Gensuite

Job description

Description

The Site WHS Manager will be responsible for partnering with a site operations team in a Fulfillment Center to execute company safety policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local and regional regulations. By leveraging lean principles and kaizens, 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. The Site Safety manager must demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the Operations Team and influence change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and safety data analysis. The Site Safety Manager must be an effective communicator and send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing. This individual must instruct and train Operations Leaders in company safety policies and assist the operations site teams in incorporating our safety standards at their site. The Site Safety manager will be required to identify best practices and incorporate these best practices into our standards to continuously improve company safety policies. The Site Safety manager will be required to possess excellent safety program and relevant safety, environmental and ergonomic knowledge and demonstrates this expertise when working with Operations. The Site Safety Manager will be responsible to lead a WHS & Safety team members: Safety Specialist, Safety Coordinators, Onsite first aid Associates. They must communicate safety team expectations and give frequent and appropriate feedback to their safety teams and ensure they are executing to the core competencies of an Amazon safety professional. The Site WHS Manager will be responsible for partnering with a site operations team in a Fulfillment Center to execute company safety policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local and regional regulations. By leveraging lean principles and kaizens, 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 communicate safety team expectations and give frequent and appropriate feedback to their safety teams and ensure they are executing to the core competencies of an Amazon safety professional.

Key job responsibilities

4+ years previous experience in Environment, Health & Safety

Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional regulations and company policy.

Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon Safety Policies.

Measure sites’ performance against published requirements in safety policies. For all deficiencies, identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies.

Deliver on-time and quality projects to Operations.

Analyze safety metrics and review incident weekly and monthly incident trends to discover trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the safety risk is highest.

Perform frequent site safety audits to identify all non-compliance equipment and/or processes at the site. Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury at other SCs.

Audit recordkeeping practices and Gensuite entries to ensure compliance to global safety standards and local regulations.

Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent.

Spend time at the sort centers and seek input from Safety teams, Associates and leaders on safety program improvement opportunities. Ensure open communication on status of progress and resolution against these suggestions.

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 safety training.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent
• 4+ years previous experience in Environment, Health & Safety or ME in Industrial Safety Engineering
• Experience managing multiple direct reports.
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Health and Safety or a related field

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