Workplace, Health and Safety (WHS) Manager, Workplace Health and Safety

At Amazon we need talented and experienced individuals to help us operate safely and efficiently. As a Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager your role is key to driving improvements on-site and at a regional level. Youll help your colleagues maintain high standards all while driving a culture of safety and inclusivity on your site.

Key job responsibilities
- Manage your team on-site whilst regularly collaborating with other teams across the company
- Use internal reporting tools to analyse data reports and root causes that provide leadership with the information they need to make safety related decisions
- Provide guidance and arrangements for health and safety projects and policies
- Drive programmes designed to improve the safety culture in Amazon

A day in the life
This is an extremely varied role based at one of our sites allowing you to directly contribute to many aspects of our safety culture. You will manage health and safety standards while improving functionality and efficiency. Youll also manage your team and help them implement changes in response to employee feedback or seize opportunities to continuously make process improvements.

Your role is instrumental in keeping employees safe managing their satisfaction and supervising their wellbeing and productivity. Youll step in and take ownership of health and safety to foster a culture that revolves around operating safely.

About the team
Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) plays a crucial role in keeping our people mentally and physically well at work. Our team works with managers associates and local governments across our sites making sure were complying with Amazons policies and legal regulations and that our workplaces are safe.
There is a range of opportunities within the team from Health and Safety Technicians to Programme Managers. No matter what your role is youll play a part in developing implementing and upholding our high safety and wellbeing standards. You could work on a variety of projects alongside colleagues from across the business ranging from equipment and process inspections to assessing processes building and equipment design.

- A Bachelors degree
- Sicherheitsfachkraft certification according to ArbeitnehmerInnenschutzgesetz
- Advanced proficiency in German and English
- Relevant experience managing a team
- Relevant experience complying with Austrian Health and Safety legislation

- Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above wed love to hear from you.
- Experience with Lean 5S and Kaizen methodologies
- Qualifications or experience in the field of sustainability
- Relevant experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders including your peers and leadership
- Chartered membership of a Human Resources industry body (e.g. IOSH) to support people management

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