Military - Workplace Health and Safety Specialist , Workplace Health and Safety

This role focuses on those who have military experience interested in working in the private sector. Amazon's military recruiting team is available to discuss the many opportunities within Amazon.
At Amazon, thousands of former military are driving innovation and raising the bar on customer experience. On a daily basis, those with military backgrounds are able to apply their knowledge, skills, and leadership abilities in a wide variety of careers - influencing change across the globe.
Keeping our people safe and well at work is a top priority at Amazon. Our Safety Specialists play an integral part in making this happen. In this role, you'll put the vital steps in place to make sure everyone at your location works in a safe and healthy environment. This is a hands-on opportunity to make a difference to people every day. By proactively keeping them safe, you'll also empower them to feel confident in their roles and motivated to do their best work.
Key job responsibilities
- Monitor site performance against set KPIs and create plans to improve processes
- Set up Workplace Health and Safety programmes and arrange training sessions
- Analyse safety metrics and incident trends to help colleagues plan appropriate resources for areas with the highest risk
- Carry out audits to make sure your site is compliant with relevant Health and Safety laws and implement solutions where you identify risks
A day in the life
You'll be based on location at one of our sites, which could be one of our sortation centres. Being on site means that you can keep a close eye on the processes. As well as helping us stay on top of Health and Safety compliance, you'll spot potential issues and identify opportunities for improvement. That means working closely with people across the business to get to know the risks they experience and gathering data to identify smarter and safer ways that we can work. You'll also set up training and other programmes to help everyone follow new safety processes and reach new standards.
About the team
Amazon couldn't deliver at pace without the Amazon Transportation Service (ATS) team. As part of ATS, you'll be welcomed into a diverse team that plays a central role in our success. Using air, sea and road transport, as well as sortation centres equipped with the latest technology, you'll help Amazon's transport run at maximum efficiency. Our team captures data and uses it to drive decisions. They are key to making Amazon more innovative and efficient.
We put safety first as our people are our priority. And we use the expertise of our people to get packages to their destination - quickly, conveniently and sustainably.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bardon Hill, LEC, GBR
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - - A NEBOSH Diploma/NVQ5 (or studying towards) level or equivalent qualification
- - Understanding of UK Environment, Health and Safety legislation
- - Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - - Experience of Lean, 5S, or Kaizen methodologies
- - Experience of planning or managing environmentally conscious initiatives
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