Workplace, Health & Safety Specialist

Job Description

We are Amazon; we pioneer.Since opening in 1995, we’ve been pushing the boundaries of possible further and further.And year-on-year, as we continue to grow, we need to work as smart as we can, to keep all our team members safe, fulfilled, motivated and empowered. To help us achieve this, we’re seeking an enthusiastic Safety Specialist.The successful candidate will be an experienced, innovative and hands-on individual who is passionate about Health and Safety in a professional context. In time, we’ll expect you to become as customer-centric as we are and apply this to your work each day.You will be managing key aspects of output supporting the WHSM (Workplace Health and Safety Management) with people management, metrics, productivity targets, and process improvements.Key job responsibilitiesThe 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 UK-based 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 Stations’s fast-paced environment and 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.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Tilbury, GBRBASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Educated to degree level, and/or qualified to NVQ5/NEBOSH Diploma level/or you have significant Health and Safety experience, ideally gained in a logistics environment- You possess an in-depth understanding of EU & UK Health and Safety legislation- Demonstrable record of driving significant change through an operation.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - You possess experience of Lean, 5S and Kaizen methodologies- Qualifications or experience of environmentally-conscious initiatives.- Comfortable communicating at all levels of seniority within a large organisationAmazon 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://en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact theApplicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT - 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial + (tel:+). If calling from Ireland, please dial + (tel:+).