Senior WHS Manager GCC

Afaq - Warehouse Branch (Amazon); Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company is seeking an experienced Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to enhance safety standards in Riyadh. The ideal candidate will have over five years of EHS experience and a strong background in implementing lean principles. Responsibilities include partnering with operations teams to ensure compliance with WHS policies, conducting risk assessments, and leading continuous improvement initiatives. Excellent communication and leadership skills are essential to train and guide WHS teams. This position offers the opportunity to impact the health and safety landscape positively.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of increasing responsibilities in EHS or WHS programs.
• Experience implementing lean principles in operational environments.
• Experience with OSHA and other WHS regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Partner with site operations teams to execute WHS policies.
• Lead initiatives using lean principles to reduce risks.
• Provide risk assessments and WHS data analysis.

Skills

Lean principles

Excellent communication

Risk assessment

Team leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in safety, environmental, ergonomics or a related field

Job description

Description

One focus area of the Amazon Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) mission is to provide tools, resources, and environments that support safe, efficient, healthy behaviors and encourage employees to proactively manage their health and wellbeing. To support this focus area, Amazon is seeking an experienced and innovative Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to join our team.

The Site WHS Manager will be responsible for partnering with site operations teams to execute company WHS policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local and regional regulations. By leveraging lean principles and Kaizan’s, you 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. A successful WHS manager will demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the Operations Teams and direct reports and inspire change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and WHS data analysis.

The WHS Manager must be an effective communicator and send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing. You will instruct and train Operations Leaders and WHS team members in Amazon WHS policies and assist the operations site teams in incorporating our WHS standards at their site. You will work to identify best practices and incorporate these standard methodologies into our standards to continuously improve the WHS landscape. They will possess excellent WHS program knowledge as well as Workplace and ergonomic knowledge and be able demonstrate this expertise when working with Operations.

WHS Manager should deal with WHS site POC’s and other operations stakeholders that need to understand the site situation and provide hands on training in the field. You will create and execute leadership development plans for your WHS Associates on the team. They will communicate WHS team expectations and give frequent and appropriate feedback to their WHS teams and ensure they are executing the core competencies of an Amazon WHS professional.

Responsibilities

• Partner with site operations teams to execute WHS policies and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using lean principles to reduce risk (ergonomic and other).
• Provide comprehensive risk assessments and WHS data analysis to inform decisions.
• Communicate clearly and consistently with Operations Leaders and WHS team members.
• Instruct and train site leaders on Amazon WHS policies and standards.
• Identify and adopt best practices to improve the WHS landscape at sites.
• Coordinate with WHS site points of contact and other stakeholders; provide hands-on field training.
• Develop leadership plans for WHS Associates and establish clear team expectations and feedback loops.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of increasing responsibilities in EHS or WHS and/or workplace programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations.
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment.
• Experience leading multiple direct reports and/or multiple sites.
• Bachelor’s degree in safety, environmental, ergonomics or a related field required.
• Experience with OSHA and other health and WHS regulatory requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Distribution Center or Manufacturing WHS experience with mix of exempt and non-exempt employees at a site of at least 250 people preferred.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience in a fast paced, changing/growing organization.
• Certified EHS/HSE/WHS Professional preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort collaborating with site leaders.
• Ability to develop and implement department goals and strategies.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability.
• Ability to adapt well to fast-paced environments with changing circumstances, direction, and strategy.

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