Regional WHS Leader: Safety, Lean & Leadership

Amazon; Wilmer (TX); On-site; USD 141,000 - 246,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Regional Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to join our team in Texas. You will partner with regional operations to implement WHS policies, ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations, and lead improvements to reduce risk.

You will build and mentor a team of safety professionals, train leaders, analyze safety metrics, and communicate clearly to drive safe, healthful operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 7+ years of safety/environmental program experience.
• 7+ years of people and performance management experience.
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

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 trends to justify resource allocation.
• 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 on program improvement opportunities.
• Lead soft tissue injury reduction efforts by targeted Kaizens with Operations teams.
• Ensure site leadership and Associates are trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities under each policy.
• Review for effectiveness the deployed WHS tools and revise to ensure continual improvement.
• Partner with corporate and regional field WHS personnel to leverage global WHS and environmental best practices.

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Regional Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to join our team in Texas. You will partner with regional operations to implement WHS policies, ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations, and lead improvements to reduce risk.

You will build and mentor a team of safety professionals, train leaders, analyze safety metrics, and communicate clearly to drive safe, healthful operations.