Regional Health and Safety Manager

Job title:

Regional Health and Safety Manager

Company

Amazon

Job description

DESCRIPTIONThe Regional Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager will be responsible for partnering with a site based and regional stakeholders teams in our Amazon Transportation Services (ATS) Sortation Centres to execute company WHS policies and ensure compliance to all applicable health and safety regulations.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 teams and help your colleagues maintain high standards, all while driving a culture of safety and inclusivity on your site, and influence operational leaders and support their teams to ‘operationalise’ safety to reduce safety risk in our processes, supporting the provision of a safe and healthy working environment for our Associates.Key job responsibilities
– Define a safety strategy and lead on its implementation
– Managing the health and safety team at the sortation centres, 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
– This is not an exhaustive listAbout the team
Amazon couldn’t deliver at pace without the Amazon Transportation Service (ATS) team. As part of ATS, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse team that plays a central role in our success. Using air, sea and road transport, as well as sortation centres equipped with the latest technology, you’ll help Amazon’s transport run at maximum efficiency. Our team captures data and uses it to drive decisions. They are key to making Amazon more innovative and efficient.
We put safety first as our people are our priority. And we use the expertise of our people to get packages to their destination – quickly, conveniently and sustainably.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS– A Bachelor degree or equivalent level of qualification in line with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
– Senior level experience in health and safety (e.g. Head of, Senior Manager)
– Member of IOSH/CIEH/IIRSM preferred (or equivalent), working towards will be considered
– Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability.
– Ability to travel up to 40%
– Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– Health and Safety/Environmental Health, Master’s degree or equivalent level of qualification in line with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
– ISO Lead Auditor
– Experience in a fast-paced, changing/growing organisation
– Handle changing priorities, able to work with ambiguity and use of good judgment in high paced environment.
– Proven track record of people leadership and development
– Interest in long-term career development
– Experience with Lean, 5S and Kaizen methodologies
– Relevant experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership
– Strong stakeholder management capabilitiesAmazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations.

Expected salary

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 08:54:00 GMT

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