WHS On The Road (OTR) Safety Specialist, Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)

DESCRIPTION

We’re looking for a talented On the Road (OTR) Safety to join our team. You’ll be passionate about partnering with the business to ensure safety OTR risks are managed. This is a brand-new role and we will expect you to support our Amazon Work Health Safety (WHS) culture with the site leaders, DSP, HUB AMFLEX, EDSP and Channel team, and be instrumental in embedding Amazon Road Safety policies and processes and ensure compliance to all applicable local legislative obligations. By leveraging lean principles and kaizen, you will lead continuous improvement to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for our Associates. A successful OTR Safety Specialist will demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with Last Mile Operations Team and inspire change by providing comprehensive risk assessments and safety data analysis.

Key job responsibilities

Support the growth and consolidate of On Road Safety area in AMZL across the Last Mile network.

Be responsible for analyzing safety metrics and reviewing incident trends to rationalize the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the WHS risk is highest.

Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon WHS Policies and Global Standards. Develop local site WHS procedures and processes to meet Amazon Global Standards.

Work with the ROW implementation Manager and Global Road Safety teams to automate reports to support Operation Teams.

Partner with ACES and Learning teams to develop and provides appropriate road training courses and observation, as required, to ensure drivers’ adherence to policy and training procedures.

Partner with Austin (internal safety incident reporting and action tracking system) developers to ensure WHS systems are designed with On Road relevant inputs and metric outputs are borne in mind when forms are developed.

Engage and work with third party service providers (DSPs, HUB, AMFlex and HUB) and carriers of transportation services and personnel transportation suppliers to strengthen compliance with on-road safety requirements.

Carry out sensitivity analysis and create decision models for optimal utilization of existing data, to identify risk, manifest opportunities, and prevent the occurrence of similar incidents.

Develop, initiate and support On The Road WHS strategic programs for continuous improvement.

Support the WHS BRA POC for On The Road Safety matters and work across the Last Mile programas (DSPs, HUB, AMFlex and HUB) in a cross-functional environment, and maintain a strong communication process to ensure a smooth and efficient flow of accurate information.

Periodically review the OTR incidents reported on quality reporting, corrective actions and closure.

Provide gap assessment to site team

Support OTR safety tech implementation and other OTR initiatives as per roadmap

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications and the use of pivot tables and the development of charts and graphics

Experience in WHS or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations;

Advanced English.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in Distribution Center or Manufacturing EHS with mix of exempt and non-exempt employees at a site of at least 250 people

Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment

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