Senior Workplace Health & Safety Manager / Head of Occupational Safety

We at Amazon believe that every day is still the first day. One day to do the first step. A day to face new challenges. And today it's this day for you. It is your day to become part of something big. A day to put your ideas into action. And your day to come to a company that reinvents itself every day. This is the energy and passion behind Amazon. To strengthen our team, we are now looking for a:n Workplace Health & Safety Manager:in an indefinite setting for our newly planned logistics center. Our shipping centers are the center of the fast-growing Amazon logistics network: Here we manage the fast goods handling. Our staff teams store deliveries, commission, pack and ship products and have brought us to the point where we are today. As a Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) manager, you are responsible for the Department of Industrial Safety at our logistics location and run a 6-person team. They work closely with the local management on the continuous operation of the local occupational safety standard and coordinate the implementation of company-internal and legal requirements for occupational safety. They report to the WHS Regional Management in Germany. Senior Workplace Health & Safety Manager Job ID: 2812486 | Amazon FC Graben GmbH

Your area of responsibility includes: Ensure compliance with German industrial safety laws and directives as well as company guidelines. Ensuring compliance with security programs such as Lockout Tagout, crash protection, fire protection, emergency procedures, evacuation. Development and implementation of work protection training programmes. Development and maintenance of programs for ergonomics, manual handling of loads as well as optimal workplace design. Complete the necessary formalities for compliance with German laws and its reporting. Evaluation of accidents and statistics and development of prevention programmes to avoid accidents. Promoting the commitment to work protection measures by management and employees, creating a work protection culture. Risk assessment of new processes and machines. Checking changes in standardised procedures and creating safety recommendations. Continuing the existing risk assessment. Establishment and maintenance of close cooperation with the local fire brigade and safety authorities as well as the professional association. Cooperation with the local works council according to §9 ASiG. Management of a sustainable incident investigation and reporting. Process auditing. Regional WHS Manager representation in absence Acquisition of national (DE/EU) projects to improve occupational safety

Complete studies, preferably in a technical or safety field or equivalent practical experience. Specialist in occupational safety according to § 6 ASiG or DGUV V2. Multiannual occupational experience in the field of occupational safety. Experience in building and managing a team. Strong communication, leadership and team skills. Good analysis and judgment. Embossed customer orientation. Good knowledge of German and English. Self-responsibility and self-responsibility. Preferred qualifications: Experiences in the application of Lean, 5S or Kaizen methods. Qualifications or experiences with environmental protection measures are also advantageous. JOBV1_EN