Design & Startup Program Manager, WHS, WHS DCS

Amazon Inc.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 104,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a New Construction & Launch Workplace Health and Safety Program Manager to partner with Launch and Engineering teams to manage safety deliverables for new sites. You will execute startup plans, coordinate cross-functional safety activities, and ensure compliance with local and regional regulations.

The role focuses on risk assessments, safety design standards, and working with senior leadership to implement scalable safety programs across launches and facilities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of program or project management experience.
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• 7+ years working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams.
• Experience in risk assessments and safety-related program implementations.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor the WHS start-up plan for new facilities.
• Deep dive trends and design improvements to Sr. Leadership with action plans.
• Maintain risk assessment methodology and propose risk tolerances.
• Identify gaps across regions and processes to enable high standards.
• Validate safety solutions with internal teams for compliant safety standards.
• Provide monthly project updates with status and risk metrics.

Skills

Program management

Data-driven

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership to senior leadership

Risk assessment

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in safety/engineering/environmental

Master's degree or MBA (preferred)

Job description

Description

The New Construction & Launch Workplace Health and Safety Program Manager (WHS PM) will be responsible for partnering with the Launch and Engineering teams to manage the safety deliverables required when opening new sites. They will execute the new site safety start-up plan to help ensure the site successfully implements our company safety procedures and all applicable local and regional regulations. The New Construction & Launch WHS PM will coordinate safety start-up functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor the WHS start-up plan for new facilities.
• Deep Dive trends and design improvements to develop proposed action plans to Sr. Leadership
• Maintain organizational safety engineering risk assessment methodology including risk tolerances and make recommendations to senior management.
• Support new launches by performing suitable risk assessments when appropriate.
• Identify gaps/opportunities in or between regions, processes, and organizations (e.g., workflows, risk assessments, controls, etc.) to enable high standards and consistency in application.
• Support the development of solutions that meet Amazon high standards for safety, risk reduction, customer satisfaction, efficiency, scalable, simplicity, and operational excellence.
• Possess technical knowledge and the ability to engage with cross functional teams, transforming this knowledge into sound, compliant processes.
• Validate vendor proposed technical safety solutions and work in partnership with internal engineering and reliability maintenance teams to ensure right first time, legally compliant safety standards for equipment.
• Support business change by effectively influencing change management processes within operations.
• Support complex risk programs where the organization or business problem and risks strategy are not defined, or where endemic problems surface.
• Provide functional working links with other critical functional teams including; Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, Procurement, New Build Safety and Real Estate teams.
• Generate regular technical updates for stakeholders.
• Provide monthly reports on upcoming projects and current in -process schemes with clear analytical measures of status and risk.
• Serve as a WHS mentor and subject matter expert for all launching sites for both WHS site leadership and Operations.
• Review processes, including liaison with other critical support functions such as Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, Procurement, and New Build/Real Estate teams to effectively deliver machinery and system safety standards.
• Perform risk assessments on all equipment to include Factory Acceptance Testing of new technologies.
• Provide guidance and design standards to ensure compliance to all applicable local/state/federal regulatory standards and Amazon Safety Policies and Procedures.
• Possess strong understanding of Ergonomics and the ability to use these principles in the review and design of equipment/processes.
• Review and interpret data and use this information to develop improvement plans within new processes.
• Conduct safety reviews of all new processes and equipment. Develop safety punch list items with all applicable business partners identifying, in detail, all safety issues and recommendations on how such opportunities can be addressed both short and long-term.
• Perform Design Reviews with Worldwide Engineering and Ops Engineering in AutoCAD to design in Safety features to the building/processes.

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) Plan

About The Team

Role consists of reading blueprints to interpret building template design to ensure it meets regulatory requirements, all safety requirements, aligns with current Amazon Policies and Procedures, and Federal/State/Local jurisdiction requirements. Provide guidance to design teams and launch stakeholders on compliance requirements, supported by risk assessments, regulatory compliance and Amazon Policies and Procedures. Senior Manager will also be responsible for traveling sites to perform risk assessments, Factory Acceptance Testing, Site Acceptance Testing, as well as validation of WHS DCS program managers commissioning of equipment/building/modules/safety supplies. The role requires communication across multiple stakeholders, analyzing incident trends as it relates to design, and designing out risk to operations. Post launch lessons learned, design changes and improvements, and module updates/changes will be documented and actioned. Collaboration with stakeholders to align changes/improvements of design including risk assessments and risk reduction.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of program or project management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• 7+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
• 7+ years of cross functional project delivery experience
• 7+ years of program or project management experience
• Bachelor's degree in safety, engineering or environmental
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
• Knowledge of general AI tools
• Experience designing, implementing, and scaling upskilling, apprenticeship, or workforce development programs across large-scale operations or corporate environments, including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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Company - Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10585258