Senior Site EHS Manager

Amazon • Tracy, CA

1d • $149,600 - $202,400 • Onsite

About The Position

At Amazon, health, safety, and well-being are paramount. The company is seeking an experienced and innovative Senior Site Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to partner with site-level operations teams. This role involves executing company WHS policies, ensuring compliance with local and regional regulations, and leading continuous improvement initiatives using lean principles and Kaizen events to reduce risks and ensure a safe environment for associates. The manager must build trust with cross-functional operations teams, influence change through risk assessments and safety data analysis, and communicate effectively. Responsibilities also include instructing and training operations leadership and site WHS professionals in company EHS policies and assisting regional teams in incorporating safety standards. The position requires experience in safety programs and knowledge of safety, environmental, and ergonomic principles in an operations setting. Additionally, the Senior Site WHS Manager will be responsible for developing a team of safety managers and professionals at their designated site, creating leadership development plans, communicating organizational direction, and assessing safety talent for current and future business needs.

Requirements

• CPR/First Aid Certification, or willingness to obtain it within 3 weeks of start
• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of increasing responsibilities in safety and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or 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
• Willingness to work a variety of shifts, including nights and weekends, as required to support direct reports and site needs

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 across the nation
• Prior experience in a management development training program
• Track record of effectively managing a safety operation comprising both salaried and hourly staff
• Demonstrate experience in developing others into higher levels of responsibility in an organization
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interfacing with Directors and VPs
• 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 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.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior