Senior WHS Manager, AU

Description:

The AU Senior WHS Manager will be primarily responsible for managing all environment, health, and safety related matters to our FCs (Fulfillment Centers) and logistics operations team in Australia. He/She will implement 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 EHS risks in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our Associates and Contractors. He/She 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 AU Senior WHS Manager 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 regional teams in incorporating our safety standards at their sites. He/She will be required to identify best practices and incorporate these best practices into our standards to continuously improve company safety policies. This Senior WHS Manager will be required to possess excellent safety program and relevant safety, environmental and ergonomic knowledge and demonstrates this expertise when working with Operations.

The AU Senior WHS Manager will also support the EHS activities and programs in relating to the new expansions and new launches in the region to ensure new launches/projects are executed safely and are in compliance with Amazon new launch standards. This individual will work closely with BD, launch, engineering and operation etc. team and provide EHS assessments and solutions at different phases of the projects.

The Senior EHS Manager will be responsible to lead a team of EHS professionals. This individual must create and execute leadership development plans for his/her team members. He/She must communicate the team expectations and give frequent and appropriate feedback to his/her team members and ensure they are executing to the core competencies of an Amazon EHS professional. This individual must also demonstrate the ability to judge and assess EHS talent and select appropriate bench strength to current and future business needs.

Senior WHS Manager Major Responsibilities:
- Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional regulations and the ability to work with these and company policies.
- Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon EHS Policies.
- Measure the region and sites’ performance against published requirements in EHS policies. For all deficiencies, identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies.
- Ensure EHS record-keeping and data integrity and provides Operations with accurate reporting and metrics to support business EHS initiatives.
- Deliver on-time and quality projects to Operations. Deliver quality projects on time to Operations.
- Analyze EHS metrics and review incident weekly and monthly incident trends to discover trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the EHS risk is highest.
- Analyze EHS review and audit results and develop and implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury at other facilities.
- Audit record keeping practices and Gensuite entries to ensure compliance to global EHS standards and local regulations.
- Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent.
- Manage and mentor the EHS team in the assigned facilities.
- Spend time at the FCs and DS (including Exchange Stations) and seek input from EHS teams, Associates and leaders on EHS program improvement opportunities. Ensure open communication on status of progress and resolution against these suggestions.
- Lead injury reduction efforts by performing targeted Kaizens in partnership with the Operations teams based on the risks identified in each task/at each job position.
- Ensure site leadership and Associates are trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities under each policy. Audit the quality, delivery (including qualifications of the trainer), and effectiveness of all required EHS training.
- Review for effectiveness the deployed EHS tools and revise to ensure continual improvement.
- Partner with corporate and other regional field EHS personnel to leverage global EHS best practices into Australia's network standards.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Sydney, NSW, AUS

Requirements:

- BS/BA in safety, environmental, health, ergonomics or a related field required
- 10+ years of increasing responsibilities in safety and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, logistics, production, or service operations.
- Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment.
- Experience leading change in multiple site environment.
- Experience managing multiple direct reports.
- Ability to travel up to 50%

- Distribution Center or Manufacturing EHS experience with
- Injury management and return to work
- Master’s degree preferred
- EHS specialist preferred but not essential experience with EHS regulators and ability to manage multiple sites/regions/remotely, ability to develop and implement EHS goals, strategies, improvement plans, strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability.




Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes.