Senior Workplace Health and Safety Specialist

1 month ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Amazon Full time

At Amazon, we're committed to creating a safe and healthy work environment for our employees. We're seeking a Senior Workplace Health and Safety Specialist to join our team and play a critical role in supporting our WHS function.

This role is based at our BWU2 Robotics site in Western Sydney and will have a strong focus on injury prevention and injury management strategies, the coordination of Return to Work requirements, and the implementation of global health and wellness programs.

The successful candidate will be an experienced, innovative, hands-on, and customer-obsessed individual, passionate about WHS, injury prevention, effective management of, and engaged return to work processes. They will be able to identify, coordinate, and drive improvements in WHS while engaging Operational and other Support Function stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop strategy and provide technical subject matter expertise in the development of psychosocial risk and work design strategy across Amazon AU.
  • Assist the WHS Manager to ensure delivery of Health, Safety, and Wellness performance in line with personal, team, and functional goals and objectives, programs, and projects.
  • Be a key driver in the development and implementation of programs specific to occupational health, wellness, injury prevention, injury management, and return to work.
  • Support the implementation of WHS and Wellness programs within site operations.
  • Support the site with key risk assessment activities, including proactively analyzing tasks for potential ergonomic issues, performing biomechanical & ergonomic assessments, and executing other Amazon injury prevention activities.
  • Participate in incident investigation process, especially those related to MSDs injuries.
  • Support the business to ensure compliance to state and Australian WHS legislation.
  • Ensure that WHS systems are kept accurate at all times with completed incident reports and all required supporting documentation, with metrics compiled on key data points to help the WHS Manager prepare/issue regular and ad hoc reports and metric documents.
  • Assist the WHS Manager with the construction of incident prevention programs, contributing to operational requests to improve on-site Safety and positively impact accident trends, as well as facilitating incident investigation processes.
  • Participate in WHS Safety Audits and Inspection programs as required.
  • Coordinate, train, and coach team members as required.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Health and/or Safety, or occupational therapy, exercise physiology, physiotherapy, ergonomics, health science, or a related field.
  • Minimum 3 years' experience, ideally in an occupational setting.
  • Knowledge of Workplace/Occupational Health and Safety legislation.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Membership with relevant professional association, i.e. Australian Psychological Society.
  • Return to Work Coordinator or equivalent qualification(s).
  • Strong communication, teamwork, analysis, judgment, and customer focus skills.
  • Ability to analyze accident data, new processes, and equipment for potential concerns and conduct job hazard and job analyses.
  • Experience in return to work management.
  • Experience with occupational health and wellness programs.

Acknowledgement of Country:

In the spirit of reconciliation, Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea, and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE Statement:

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes.

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