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Description

At Amazon, we need talented and experienced individuals to help us operate safely and efficiently. As a Senior Workplace Health and Safety Manager, your role is key to driving improvements on-site and at a regional level. The successful candidate will identify, coordinate and drive improvements in safety, quality and productivity, working with stakeholders to continuously improve the functionality and level of service that the Sortation Centre provides to our customers. You’ll lead the onsite safety team and help your colleagues maintain high standards, all while driving a culture of safety and inclusivity on your site.

Key job responsibilities

You will be managing all aspects of output in your area: People management, Metrics, Productivity targets, and Process improvements. Some of your duties will include:

• Define a site safety strategy and lead on its implementation

• Managing the health and safety team at the SC, including supervision of staff to ensure delivery of objectives.

• Proactively engaging in collaborative health and safety projects across all operations sites

• Providing authoritative advice and guidance on health & safety matters to all stakeholders within designated area of responsibility.

• Reviewing and auditing arrangements for health & safety management and continuously improving these arrangements where appropriate.

• Providing strategies to plan and organise work systems to reduce health & safety risks, recommending, and implementing mitigations and processes.

• Ensure robust reporting regimes are in place for Health and Safety metrics.

• Providing management information and statistics related to your area of responsibility.

• Supporting business change through effective change management processes within the fast paced SC environment.

• Driving behavioural culture change programme across a large, complex, multi shift operation.

• Implementation and review of company global / EU safety policies ensuring that local HSE requirements are met.

• Where required, proxy for the UK WHS Regional Leader

A day in the life

This is an extremely varied role based at one of our sites, allowing you to directly contribute to many aspects of our safety culture. You will manage health and safety standards while improving functionality and efficiency. You’ll also manage your team and help them implement changes in response to employee feedback or seize opportunities to continuously make process improvements.

Your role is instrumental in keeping employees safe, managing their satisfaction, and supervising their wellbeing and productivity. You’ll step in and take ownership of health and safety to foster a culture that revolves around operating safely.

About the team

Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) plays a crucial role in keeping our people mentally and physically well at work. Our team works with managers, associates and local governments across our sites, making sure we’re complying with Amazon’s policies and legal regulations, and that our workplaces are safe.

There is a range of opportunities within the team, from Health and Safety Technicians to Programme Managers. No matter what your role is, you’ll play a part in developing, implementing and upholding our high safety and wellbeing standards. You could work on a variety of projects alongside colleagues from across the business, ranging from equipment and process inspections to assessing processes, building and equipment design.

Basic Qualifications

• Education to a degree level and additional qualifications to an NVQ5/NEBOSH Diploma level

• Experience managing and leading a team

• Proficient knowledge of UK Health and Safety legislation and its application

• Understanding of UK Environment, Health and Safety legislation

• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above, we’d love to hear from you.

• Experience with Lean, 5S and Kaizen methodologies

• Qualifications or experience in the field of sustainability

• Relevant experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership

• Chartered membership of a Human Resources industry body (e.g., IOSH) to support people management

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