Sr. Construction Project Safety Manager, NA WHS Construction Safety

Key Responsibilities

• Be the tactical Point of Contact responsible for assisting the WHS Construction Contractor Safety program and provide strategic vision.
• Be accountable for consistent and accurate execution of the Amazon Contractor Pre-qualification Process.
• Lead the development and communication of clear contractor safety roles and responsibilities to support the construction sites for Project Managers, Construction Managers, Operations Engineering, Start-up and other stakeholders.
• Support the Real-estate legal team and Category Procurement team in maintaining current safety requirements in relevant contracts.
• Support execution of safety observation program and engage 3rd-party companies to complete construction safety observations and to meet safety documentation requirements.
• Develop and distribute WHS scorecards.
• Support construction managers and project managers in follow-up of serious incidents and near misses.
• Be a key stakeholder in the continued development of the WHS Construction Safety Management (CSM) and Contract Risk Management (CRM) standards.
• Ad-hoc site visits to perform observations, support construction managers and project managers or participate in other site-based activities.
• Create and support execution team training and processes related to contract oversight from a safety perspective.
• Engage with construction, ops engineering, and launch managers to provide field support, as needed.
• Lead strategic changes reflective of regulations and industry trends that may influence construction safety throughout NA.
• Support construction managers and project managers to establish and maintain effective WHS work relationships with developers, general contractors and subcontractors.
• Travel nationally up to 40-60% of the time.

About the Team

The NA WHS Construction Safety team's mission is to create best in class safety programs that will positively influence the contractors and the construction industry. We are intentionally small in size but effectively impact safety culture without authority.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Bachelor’s degree Safety, Environmental, Civil or Infrastructure Engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
• Knowledge of general AI tools
• Experience designing, implementing, and scaling upskilling, apprenticeship, or workforce development programs across large-scale operations or corporate environments, including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions