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Job Title: Regional Safety Engineer, AWS Data Center Health and Safety
Summary
The Regional Safety Engineer will support the development of health and safety (H&S) programs for AWS Data Center Planning and Delivery (DCPD) initiatives. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with H&S standards and regulations.
Description
This is a new role that requires an experienced Health and Safety (H&S) Specialist, H&S Engineer, or H&S Manager who will deploy programs that cover H&S elements of leadership, planning, support, operational controls, continuous improvement, performance management, ensuring businesses are operating to jurisdictional requirements, and AWS Safety Management Program (SMP) requirements.
Main Responsibilities:
* 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.
* Coordinates with DCPD managers to prioritize H&S in planning and execution in all phases of DCPD projects.
* Ensures & Monitors General Contractors and AWS deployment vendors compliance to onboarding requirements in Avetta.
* 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 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.
* Conduct 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.
A Day in the Life
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.
About the Role
This role will be part of the AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) team, which owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We're looking for talented people who want to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
AWS values diversity, equity, and inclusion. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelor's or advanced degree in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Occupational Safety, Construction Management, Construction Engineering or related field.
* Experience in International Standards Organization standard application such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, or ISO 45001.
* Minimum 5 years of relevant safety experience managing or building health and safety programs, with a proven record of safety, with minimum 5 years of experience working in the construction industry as a safety professional.
* 3+ years with tools such as: Microsoft Office, Excel, Tableau, Procore, Avetta, etc.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Builder, not a maintainer, in Safety Program Management with experience in field safety program deployment in data center environments.
* Advanced degree and certification through a recognized agency/association in occupational health and safety or equivalent (e.g., BCSP, ASSP, BCRSP, ITC-ILO, IOSH, ISPON, NEBOSH, SISO, MEM).
* Demonstrated ability to build compliance programs and embed a culture of compliance in a large, rapidly growing, global enterprise.
* Extensive knowledge of global construction safety regulatory frameworks and incident management and risk mitigation programs.
* Strong management experience, with a record of proven leadership, and success working in matrixed organizations.
* High ethical standards with proven ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information, excellent judgment, discretion, diplomacy, problem-solving skills, innovation, and attention to detail.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience interfacing with and influencing site leaders and senior business leaders, and ability to identify, develop, and implement department goals and strategies.
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