Senior Regional WHS Manager, Workplace Health & Safety

Amazon • Frisco, TX

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About The Position

At Amazon, we prioritize health, safety, and well-being above all else. There is nothing more important. To support this priority, Amazon is seeking an experienced and innovative Senior Regional Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to join our team. In this position, you will be responsible for partnering with a regional operations team to execute company WHS policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local, regional and federal regulations. By leveraging lean principles and kaizens, you will lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for Amazon's Associates. In this role, you must demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the cross functional operations teams, and influence change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and safety data analysis. To do so, you must be an effective communicator and send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing. You will also be required to instruct and train operations leadership and site WHS professionals in company EHS policies while assisting the regional teams in incorporating our safety standards at their sites. Your experience working in safety programs and your relevant safety, environmental and ergonomic knowledge in an operations environment will be crucial. You will be responsible for developing a team of safety managers and safety professionals within your designated region. Your teams' success will depend on your ability to create and execute leadership development plans for your larger team. You must demonstrate your ability to clearly communicate organizational direction through your team and give frequent and appropriate feedback to your WHS teams while ensuring they are executing to the core competencies of an Amazon WHS professional. As a senior leader in the WHS organization, you will also be responsible for judging and assessing safety talent to select appropriate bench strength for current and future business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 7+ years of increasing responsibilities in safety and/or environmental programs.
• 7+ years of increasing responsibilities in people and performance management.
• CPR/First Aid Certification.
• 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.
• Willingness to work a variety of shifts, including nights and weekends.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.
• Certified Safety Professional preferred.
• Experience in a fast-paced, dynamic organization.
• Interest in long-term career development through assignments in multiple business units.
• Prior experience in a management development training program.
• Track record of effectively managing a safety operation comprising both salaried and hourly staff.
• Excellent experience in developing others into higher levels of responsibility.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

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.
• Identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies.
• Ensure WHS recordkeeping and data integrity and provide Operations with accurate reporting and metrics.
• Deliver on-time and quality projects to Operations.
• Analyze WHS metrics and review incident weekly and monthly incident trends.
• Analyze Global Safety Peer Review results and develop and implement solutions.
• Audit recordkeeping practices and Global WHS Database entries.
• Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviors.
• Manage and mentor the FC WHS Manager and WHS Associates.
• Spend time at the fulfillment centers and seek input from WHS teams, Associates and leaders.
• Lead soft tissue injury reduction efforts by performing targeted Kaizens.
• Ensure site leadership and Associates are trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities.
• Audit the quality, delivery, 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree