Safety Specialist

Roles and responsibilities

You will be coordinating key aspects of output: people management, metrics, productivity targets, and process improvements. The extent of your responsibilities will include:

• Handling Health and Safety and employee satisfaction at your Fulfilment Centres, including supervising employee wellbeing and productivity.
• Effectively collaborating on Health and Safety projects, across various Operations 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 implement 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 Fulfilment Centre’s flexible environment
• Direct behavioral culture change programs, across a large, complex, multi-shift operation.
• Implement and review Amazon’s global safety policies, ensuring that local legislative requirements are also met
  

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of workplace health & safety (WHS) related field experience
• High school or equivalent diploma
• Experience using Microsoft Word in a professional capacity
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in emergency response
• Experience in worker's compensation case management

Desired candidate profile

1. Knowledge of Safety Regulations

• Understanding of local, state, and federal safety regulations, including OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) standards and other relevant guidelines.
• Familiarity with industry-specific safety requirements (e.g., construction, manufacturing, healthcare).

2. Risk Assessment and Hazard Identification

• Ability to identify potential workplace hazards and assess risks related to equipment, procedures, chemicals, and the environment.
• Conducting thorough safety inspections and audits to identify and eliminate risks.

3. Analytical Skills

• Evaluating safety data, incident reports, and accident investigations to identify patterns and trends.
• Analyzing accident reports to determine causes and recommend corrective actions.

4. Incident Investigation and Reporting

• Investigating workplace accidents and near-misses to determine the root cause.
• Preparing detailed reports on accidents and injuries, ensuring documentation is accurate for compliance purposes.

5. Communication Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to clearly convey safety protocols, policies, and procedures to employees and management.
• Ability to create safety manuals, training materials, and safety reports that are clear and understandable.

6. Training and Education

• Designing and delivering safety training programs to employees, ensuring that they understand the necessary safety practices and procedures.
• Keeping up with new safety trends and continuously educating employees on safety matters.

7. Problem-Solving Skills

• Identifying issues related to workplace safety and implementing corrective actions or new safety protocols to resolve them.
• Addressing safety violations or concerns promptly and effectively.

8. Attention to Detail

• Monitoring safety conditions, ensuring that safety equipment is properly maintained, and verifying that employees adhere to safety protocols.
• Reviewing incident reports and safety records to ensure accuracy and compliance.