Senior Site Health & Safety Leader

Amazon Inc.; Hollister (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Site Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to partner with the Hollister, CA site operations team to execute WHS policies and ensure compliance with local and regional regulations. You will lead continuous improvement to reduce risk and maintain a safe workplace for associates.

You will mentor Safety Managers and Associates, oversee safety training and record-keeping, and deliver on-time safety projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years increasing responsibilities in safety and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations
• 7+ years increasing responsibilities in people and performance management
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment
• 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 Safety Policies.
• Measure site performance against published requirements in safety policies. For all deficiencies, identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies.
• Ensure safety record keeping and data integrity and provides Operations with accurate reporting and metrics to support business safety initiatives.
• Deliver on-time and quality projects to Operations.
• Deep Dive 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.
• Deep Dive trends and propose action plans to Sr. Leadership on site.
• Audit record keeping practices and Global Safety Database 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.
• Manage and mentor the Safety Managers and Safety Associates in your assigned site.
• Engage the Injury Prevention Specialists (IPS) and Site Leadership to drive long-term strategic actions to achieve incident reduction.
• Perform targeted Kaizen events 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 safety training.
• Review for effectiveness the deployed safety tools and revise to ensure continual improvement.
• Partner with corporate and other regional field safety personnel to leverage global safety and environmental best practices into NA network standards.

Skills

Safety leadership

Lean principles

Regulatory compliance

Data analytics

People management

Ergonomics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Site Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to partner with the Hollister, CA site operations team to execute WHS policies and ensure compliance with local and regional regulations. You will lead continuous improvement to reduce risk and maintain a safe workplace for associates.

You will mentor Safety Managers and Associates, oversee safety training and record-keeping, and deliver on-time safety projects.