Senior WHS Design & Start-Up Leader

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Manager, WHS Design, Construction and Start Up to lead safety design and commissioning for new facilities. You will guide design teams, run risk assessments, and ensure regulatory compliance across regions. Travel to sites for validation and continuous improvement is expected.

You will supervise safety engineers, partner with engineering, procurement, and Real Estate, and drive end-to-end safety in design for both new builds and legacy sites.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program or project management experience.
• 10+ years of cross functional project delivery experience.
• 10+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience.
• 10+ years of team management experience.
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Engineering or Environmental.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor the WHS start-up plan for all new facilities.
• Deep Dive trends and design improvements to develop proposed action plans to Sr. Leadership.
• Advise senior leaders on emerging trends and potential impact on roadmaps and strategy.
• Maintain organizational safety engineering risk assessment methodology including risk tolerances.
• Support new launches by performing suitable risk assessments when appropriate.
• Identify gaps/opportunities in regions, processes, and organizations to enable high standards and consistency.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Team leadership

Data-driven decision making

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree in Safety, Engineering or Environmental

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Manager, WHS Design, Construction and Start Up to lead safety design and commissioning for new facilities. You will guide design teams, run risk assessments, and ensure regulatory compliance across regions. Travel to sites for validation and continuous improvement is expected.

You will supervise safety engineers, partner with engineering, procurement, and Real Estate, and drive end-to-end safety in design for both new builds and legacy sites.