Description
At Amazon, we need talented and experienced individuals to help us operate safely and efficiently. As a Workplace, Health and Safety (WHS) Manager, your role is key to driving improvements on-site and at a regional level. You’ll help your colleagues maintain high standards, all while driving a culture of safety and inclusivity on your site.
Key job responsibilities
As a Workplace Health and Safety Manager for AMZL Italy, overseeing a cluster of 5-7 delivery stations with a team of 5-7 direct reports (WHS Specialist and Technician), your key responsibilities include:
Manage your teams on-site, whilst regularly collaborating with other teams across the company
Use internal reporting tools to analyse data reports and root causes that provide leadership with the information they need to make safety related decisions
Provide guidance and arrangements for health and safety projects and policies
Drive programmes designed to improve the safety culture in Amazon
A day in the life
This is an extremely varied role where you will be leading the execution of WHS strategy across multiple Italian regions by partnering with site leadership and EU stakeholders to drive safety performance improvement and standardisation. You will also be managing and developing a team of WHS Technician and Specialists, ensuring compliance with corporate WHS standards and local Italian legislation (D.Lgs. 81/2008), and Amazon safety protocols through systematic audits, inspections, and corrective action tracking coordinated across your network.
Conducting strategic gemba walks with senior site leadership (DSMs, SOMs) to assess operational safety, identify systemic risks, coach on leadership behaviours, and reinforce safety culture at scale will also be in your scope.
Your role is also instrumental in analysing incident data, trends, and leading indicators across the cluster to identify regional patterns, recommend targeted interventions, and drive measurable risk reduction; participating in European working groups on specific compliance topics, Amazon safety standards development, and cross‑functional initiatives to influence EU‑wide safety strategy; and facilitating knowledge sharing, best practice deployment, and capability building across the regional cluster to standardise safety excellence in a dynamic, collaborative, and fast‑paced operational environment.
About The Team
Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) plays a crucial role in keeping our people mentally and physically well at work. Our team works with managers, associates and local governments across our sites, making sure we’re complying with Amazon’s policies and legal regulations, and that our workplaces are safe.
There is a range of opportunities within the team, from Health and Safety Technicians to Program Managers. No matter what your role is, you’ll play a part in developing, implementing and upholding our high safety and wellbeing standards. You could work on a variety of projects alongside colleagues from across the business, ranging from equipment and process inspections to assessing processes, building and equipment design.
Basic Qualifications
Education to a degree level and ASPP or RSPP certified
Relevant experience managing a team
Relevant experience complying with local Health and Safety legislation
Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English and Italian
Education to a degree level in a health and safety‑related subject or an engineering degree with modules in Health and Safety legislation
Experience complying with local Health and Safety legislation
RSPP Qualification
Experience in managing teams in multinational environments
Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English and the local language
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Lean, 5S and Kaizen methodologies
Relevant experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership
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Company: Amazon Italia Transport Srl
Job ID: A
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