Regional WHS Leader: Lean Safety & People Development

Amazon Inc.; Pontiac (MI); On-site; USD 141,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Senior Regional Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to partner with regional operations and execute WHS policies, ensuring compliance with local, regional, and federal regulations.

You will lead a team of safety professionals, mentor site WHS staff, and drive Kaizen-based improvements to reduce ergonomic and safety risks across multiple facilities. The role requires strong communication, data analysis, and leadership capabilities, with up to 50% travel and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years of increasing responsibilities in safety and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, service operations, or relevant experience applicable to the role
• 7+ years of increasing responsibilities in people and performance management
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment
• Ability to travel up to 50%
• Office within one of the designated region's sites. Must be willing to relocate if not currently within region
• Willingness to work a variety of shifts, including nights and weekends, as required to support direct reports and site needs.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME of local/regional regulations and company WHS policy.
• Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon WHS Policies.
• Measure the regions and sites’ performance against published requirements in WHS policies.
• Ensure WHS recordkeeping and data integrity and provides Operations with accurate reporting and metrics to support business WHS initiatives.
• Deliver on-time and quality projects to Operations.
• Analyze WHS 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.
• Audit recordkeeping practices and Global WHS Database entries to ensure compliance to global WHS standards and local regulations.
• Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent.
• Manage and mentor the FC WHS Manager and WHS Associates in your assigned FCs.
• Spend time at the fulfillment centers and seek input from WHS teams, Associates and leaders on WHS program improvement opportunities.
• Lead soft tissue injury reduction efforts by performing targeted Kaizens in partnership with the Operations teams based on the risks identified in each task (force, repetition, and awkward postures).
• 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 WHS training.
• Review for effectiveness the deployed WHS tools and revise to ensure continual improvement.
• Partner with corporate and other regional field WHS personnel to leverage global WHS and environmental best practices into NA network standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Lean principles

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Senior Regional Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to partner with regional operations and execute WHS policies, ensuring compliance with local, regional, and federal regulations.

You will lead a team of safety professionals, mentor site WHS staff, and drive Kaizen-based improvements to reduce ergonomic and safety risks across multiple facilities. The role requires strong communication, data analysis, and leadership capabilities, with up to 50% travel and