Workplace Health & Safety Specialist, Workplace Health and Safety
DESCRIPTION
Keeping our people safe and well at work is a top priority at Amazon. Our Safety Specialists play an integral part in making this happen. In this role, you’ll put the vital steps in place to make sure everyone at your location works in a safe and healthy environment. This is a hands-on opportunity to make a difference to people every day. By proactively keeping them safe, you’ll also empower them to feel confident in their roles and motivated to do their best work.
Key job responsibilities
- Monitor site performance against set KPIs and create plans to improve processes
- Set up workplace health and safety programmes and arrange training sessions
- Analyse safety metrics and incident trends to help colleagues plan appropriate resources for areas with the highest risk
- Carry out audits to make sure your site is compliant with relevant health and safety laws and implement solutions where you identify risks
A day in the life
You’ll be based on location at one of our sites, which could be one of our fulfilment centres, sortation centres or delivery stations. Being on site means that you can keep a close eye on the processes. As well as helping us stay on top of health and safety compliance, you’ll spot potential issues and identify opportunities for improvement. That means working closely with people across the business to get to know the risks they experience and gathering data to identify smarter and safer ways that we can work. You’ll also set up training and other programmes to help everyone follow new safety processes and reach new standards.
About the team
We're a team of 7 that take care about those that take care about our customers. WHS Specialist & 5 WHS Technician report to WHS Manager who lead the team on Insisting on the Highest Standards on daily job.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- ASPP or RSPP certified
- Understanding of Italian Environment, Health and Safety legislation
- Advanced proficiency in local language and English
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above, we’d love to hear from you:
- Experience of Lean, 5S, or Kaizen methodologies
- Experience of planning or managing environmentally conscious initiatives
- You hold alternative or equivalent qualifications: candidates with relevant experience, from backgrounds that may differ from Safety disciplines, will also be considered
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