Injury Prevention Specialist

One focus area of the Amazon Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) mission is to provide tools, resources, and environments that support safe, efficient, healthy behaviors and encourage employees to proactively manage their health and wellbeing. To support this focus area, Amazon is seeking an experienced and innovative Injury Prevention Specialist to join our team. In this position, you will be a part of the onsite Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) Team and will lead both injury prevention and proactive activities. This position will work in an Amazon Fulfillment Center and report directly to the Site WHS Manager. The Injury Prevention Specialist (IPS) will be expected to proactively analyze tasks for potential ergonomic risk factors, perform biomechanical assessments and lead injury prevention activities. The IPS will champion proactive safety, job coaching, ergonomic training, and one-on-one engagements with Associates. The goal of the IPS is to improve technique prior to the onset of soreness or injury. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Minimize the risk of ergonomic injury to employees through awareness, education and early intervention - Dive deep and learn each job function within the FC and understand the body ergonomic and physical demands of each task. - Be actively involved with improvements to the standard work process, evaluating potential poor ergonomic conditions through change management processes - Evaluate trends and provide analysis of all soft tissues injuries and develop actions plans to mitigate risk - Frequent engagements with both associates and operational leaders - Support site leadership in implementation and management of Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) and Job Rotation policies - Partner with onsite medical team to implement treatment plans for first aid cases based on injury type - Will be required to maintain all first aid credentialsFor those that do not have an adult First Aid, CPR, AED certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, must obtain within 3 weeks of start date.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Must be a Certified Athletic Trainer, by either the Board of Certification (BOC) or equivalent State Certification - Must have a valid card evidencing successful completion of a First Aid, CPR, and AED course from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross. - Bachelor’s Degree - Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital recordkeeping ...

Site EHS Manager

One focus area of the Amazon Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) mission is to provide tools, resources, and environments that support safe, efficient, healthy behaviors and encourage employees to proactively manage their health and wellbeing. To support this focus area, Amazon is seeking an experienced and innovative Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager to join our team. In this position, you will serve as the site’s designated first aid provider in the warehouse, coordinating and implementing the Amazon Global Program. The Site WHS Manager will be responsible for partnering with an Operations Team at the site level to execute company WHS policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local, regional and federal regulations. This individual will lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our associates. The Site WHS Manager must demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the Operations Team and influence change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and WHS data analysis.The Site WHS Manager will be responsible to lead and develop a team of WHS professionals. This individual must create and execute leadership development plans for their teams. They must communicate team expectations and provide frequent feedback, and ensure the team is executing to the core competencies of an Amazon WHS professional. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon WHS Policies. Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional/domestic regulations and company policy Leads initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our associates Establishes high quality relationships with both site and regional leadership Measure site’s performance against published requirements in EHS policies. For all deficiencies, identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies. Drive accountability for the plan Analyze WHS metrics and review incident trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the WHS risk is highest. Perform frequent site WHS audits to identify all non-compliance equipment and/or processes at the site. Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury at other FC’s Audit recordkeeping practices and WHS Information System entries to ensure compliance to global WHS standards and local regulations Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent Ensure site leadership and Associates are trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities under each policy. Audit the quality, delivery (including qualifications of the trainer), and effectiveness of all required WHS training. Must be able to work flexible shifts which could include day, nights, and weekends.For those that do not have an adult First Aid, CPR, AED certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, must obtain within 3 weeks of start date.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree- 5+ years of increasing responsibilities in EHS and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations- 5+ years of increasing responsibilities in people and performance management- Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment ...