At Amazon, we need talented and experienced individuals to help us operate safely and efficiently. As a 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
• Manage your team on-site, whilst regularly collaborating with other teams and stakeholders across the company
• Use internal reporting tools to analyse data reports and root causes that provide leadership with the information they need to make safety related decisions
• Provide advice, guidance and arrangements for health and safety projects and policies
• Drive programmes designed to improve the safety culture in Amazon
• Define a site safety strategy and lead on its implementation
• Review and audit arrangements for health & safety management and continuously improve these arrangements where appropriate
• Drive behavioural culture change programmes across a large, complex, multi shift operation
• Implementation and review of Amazon Global/EU/UK safety policies and ensure that Local HSE requirements are met.

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
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

• Bachelor's degree in safety, environmental, or equivalent
• Experience managing people and leading a team
• NEBOSH Diploma, or equivalent level of qualification in-line with the European Qualifications Framework (EFQ)
• Proficient knowledge of UK Health and Safety legislation and its application

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Health and Safety or a related field
• Experience performing and/or participating in technical assessments in direct support of a major compliance effort (e.g. ISO 45001, ISO 14001,
• Experience with Lean, 5S and Kaizen methodologies
• Qualifications or experience in the field of sustainability
• Membership of an industry body (e.g., IOSH, IIRSM, CIEH)

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