Construction Safety Manager, DCPD Health and Safety

About the role

This new role “Regional Safety Engineer – DCPD” is for an experienced Health and Safety (H&S) Specialist, H&S Engineer, or H&S Manager who will support AWS Data Center Planning and Delivery (DCPD) programs.

Responsibilities

• Influence program development, framework and strategy but will be responsible for deploying programs that cover H&S elements of leadership, planning, support, operational controls, continuous improvement, performance management, ensure the businesses are operating to jurisdictional requirements, and AWS Safety Management Program (SMP) requirements.
• Review due diligence risk assessments with real estate, preconstruction, construction operations on H&S aspects of the AWS H&S management program to ensure adequate implementation.
• Covers coordination with DCPD managers to prioritize H&S in planning and execution in all phases of DCPD projects.
• Coordinates with General Contractors and AWS deployment vendors compliance to onboarding requirements in Avetta.
• Manages 3rd party/internal H&S resources on DCPD projects (weekly business reviews, monthly project reviews).
• Identifies improvement opportunities at project(s), and partners with Data Center Health and Safety (DCHS) Operational Team on regional issues that impact construction/operations handover phases.
• Audits projects to the mental model ‘do you have a process, and are you following it?’ Then analyzes data (leading and lagging indicators) for trends, risks/opportunities and reports out at project/regional levels and within governance programs.
• Performs campus H&S kickoff sessions, and performs reviews of General Contractor and AWS deployment vendor’s Construction Safety Management Plans Documents data and anecdotes in standard reporting tools (Weekly Business Reviews, Monthly Project Reviews) for DCPD and H&S leadership teams.
• Manages regular site visits with H&S 3rd party resources, construction managers and Data Center Health and Safety Operational teams.
• Hosts project and regional specific contractor and internal team H&S kickoff sessions and annual performance review sessions.

Requirements

You will be integrated with a global network of H&S professionals including program specialists, regional safety managers, and regional safety engineers in operational teams. You will use data and anecdotes to tactically drive internal customers to manage H&S risks, which includes being an escalation path for issue resolution and managing site-based H&S team members and/or consultants. You will apply your knowledge of the jurisdictional requirements, regional best practices, cultural norms, and location specific characteristics to improve DCPD activities in H&S by jumping in and showing the business “this is what the data is telling us, and this is how it is done” and develop DCPD competencies to enable them ownership of your solutions. You must be an effective communicator, sending clear, concise and consistent messages verbally, in written form, and/or public speaking forums. You will play a key role in deploying mechanisms that manage H&S, while developing competencies and ownership of H&S in the business. You must have diplomacy, patience and tact to earn trust in relationships to effectively advise, instruct and challenge DCPD teams on H&S.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
• 6+ years of health and safety experience in construction or industrial environments, including demonstrated knowledge of safety management systems, regulatory compliance, and contractor safety management

Skills

Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

USA, VA, Herndon - 121,200.00 - 163,900.00 USD annually

Schedule

This is a field based role, required to report to work at field construction and retrofit projects in the greater Washington DC area five days per week. Occasional travel to other domestic locations may be required.