AmazonPosted 3mo ago

WHS Officer, WHS Officer

WHS Officer, WHS Officer at Amazon scores 37 out of 100 on AI centrality, which makes it AI Level 1 of 4 (Little AI) on this board. The level measures how much of the work is AI, not seniority.

IN, HR, Gurgaonfull-time

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The Site Safety Officer will be responsible for partnering with a site operations team in a Fulfillment Center to execute company safety policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local and regional regulations. By leveraging lean principles and kaizens, this individual will lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our Associates. The Site Safety officer must demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the Operations Team and influence change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and safety data analysis.

The Site Safety officer must be an effective communicator and send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing. This individual must instruct and train Operations Leaders in company safety policies and assist the operations site teams in incorporating our safety standards at their site. The Site Safety officer will be required to identify best practices and incorporate these best practices into our standards to continuously improve company safety policies. The Site Safety officer will be required to possess excellent safety program and relevant safety, environmental and ergonomic knowledge and demonstrates this expertise when working with Operations.

Key job responsibilities
Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon Safety Policies.
• Measure sites’ performance against published requirements in safety policies. For all deficiencies, identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies.
• Deliver on-time and quality projects to Operations.
• Analyze 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.
• Perform frequent site safety audits to identify all non-compliance equipment and/or processes at the site. Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury at other FCs.
• Audit recordkeeping practices and Global Safety Database entries to ensure compliance to global safety standards and local regulations.
• Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviours to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent.
• Manage and mentor Safety Associates in your assigned FC.
• Spend time at the fulfilment centers and seek input from Safety teams, Associates and leaders on safety program improvement opportunities. Ensure open communication on status of progress and resolution against these suggestions.
•Audit the quality, delivery (including qualifications of the trainer), and effectiveness of all required safety training.

Basic qualifications

- Experience in an environmental Health & Safety (EHS) related field
- Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment
- 1+ years of increasing responsibilities in EHS or environmental programs or in work health and safety.
- We have a 5-day work week but given the 7 days a week operation, the 2 scheduled days off will vary based on shift patterns and business needs.

Preferred qualifications

- Master's degree in industrial or manufacturing engineering
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, SharePoint, and PowerPoint)
- Experience in handling supply chain/logistics

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