Senior Health and Safety Manager in Birmingham

Here at Amazon we are currently looking for an experienced Senior Health & Safety Manager to join the team and play a critical role in managing the health and safety within the Amazon Fulfilment Centre (FC). The successful candidate will identify, coordinate and drive improvements in inbound safety, quality and productivity, working with the Operations Management teams to continuously improve the functionality and level of service that the Fulfilment Centre provides to our customers.

Managing aspects of output in your area includes people management, metrics, productivity targets, and process improvements.

• Managing the health and safety function at the FC, including supervision of staff to ensure delivery of objectives.
• Proactively engaging in collaborative health and safety projects across all operations sites.
• Providing advice and guidance on health & safety matters to all stakeholders within designated area of responsibility.
• Reviewing and auditing arrangements for health & safety management and continuously improving these arrangements where appropriate.
• Providing strategies to plan and organise work systems to reduce health & safety risks and recommending suitable adaptations to plant, machinery and processes.
• Ensuring robust reporting regimes are in place for H&S statistics.
• Providing management information and statistics related to your area of responsibility.
• Supporting business change through effective change management processes within the fast paced FC environment.
• Driving behavioural culture change programme across a large, complex, multi shift operation.
• Implementation and review of company global safety policies ensuring that local legislative requirements are also met.

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. You’ll 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 well-being and productivity. You’ll step in and take ownership of health and safety to foster a culture that revolves around operating safely.

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, ensuring compliance with Amazon’s policies and legal regulations, and maintaining safe workplaces. There is a range of opportunities within the team, from Health and Safety Technicians to Programme Managers. No matter what your role is, you’ll play a part in developing, implementing and upholding our high safety and well-being standards. You could work on a variety of projects alongside colleagues from across the business, ranging from equipment inspections to process assessments and equipment design.

• A Bachelor degree or equivalent level of qualification in line with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) RSPP certified.
• Relevant experience managing a team.
• Relevant experience complying with local Health and Safety legislation.
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English and Italian.
• Experience in operating at all levels of the organization.
• Experience in driving significant change through an operation.

• 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.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.