Workplace Health and Safety Specialist, AMXL DS UK in Wakefield

Job description

Year-on-year, as we continue to grow, we need to work as smart as we can, to keep all our team members fulfilled, motivated and empowered. With your Bias for Action, we’ll need you to step in and take real ownership of Health and Safety in one of our Delivery Stations across AMXL.

Our Delivery Stations are at the heart of Amazon’s rapidly growing business: they’re where we manage our fast-moving inventory. Our associate teams stow deliveries, pick products, package them up and ship them out: each of these groups have played their part in taking us where we are today.

It’s in this logistics environment that we will need an experienced Health and Safety Manager to play a critical role. You will be managing overall Health and Safety standards in our Delivery Stations, while also working towards the continuous improvement of functionality and efficiency.


Responsibilities
You will be managing key aspects of output: people management, metrics, productivity targets, and process improvements. The extent of your duties will include: - Managing Health and Safety and employee satisfaction at your Delivery Stations, including supervising employee wellbeing and productivity
- Proactively collaborating on Health and Safety projects, across all bas\ed Operations sites,
- Providing authoritative guidance on Health & Safety matters to all stakeholders, especially on those relating to your designated area of responsibility,
- Review and audit arrangements for Health & Safety management, while continuously improving these arrangements where appropriate
- Plan and strategize work systems around reducing Health and Safety risks, e.g. Recommending suitable adaptations to machinery and processes
- Ensure robust reporting regimes are in place for Health and Safety statistics
- Provide management with information and statistics related to your area of responsibility
- Support business change, via effective change management processes in the context of your Delivery Station's fast-paced environment
- Drive behavioural culture change programmes, across a large, complex, multi-shift operation
- Implement and review Amazon’s global safety policies, ensuring that local legislative requirements are also met.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Knowledge of OSHA regulations, specifically 29 CFR 1910
- Experience in workplace health & safety (WHS) related field
- High school or equivalent
- Experience using Microsoft Word in a professional capacity
- Experience maintaining confidentiality in matters involving security or personnel issues in the workplace

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in emergency response
- Experience in worker's compensation case management

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Wakefield

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Published at

30-10-2024

Profession type

Management

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English