Sr. Construction Project Safety Manager, NA WHS Construction Safety

The NA Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) team is looking for a talented Senior Construction Project Safety Manager to support Amazon"s construction safety program. This role will further develop, maintain and oversee the construction safety contractor management program in partnership with WHS Design and Construction teams. This role will be part of the global WHS Construction Safety team with a direct relationship with the Facilities, Engineering, and Construction WHS team. The successful candidate will work closely with Design and Construction, Operations Engineering, Start Up, procurement, legal, WHS, RME teams and other stakeholders. The senior program manager role will be a key stakeholder in the further development and implementation of Amazon's Contractor Safety Management Program including, among other responsibilities, management and tracking of the Contractor Pre-qualification Process, monitoring and documenting WHS metrics across all NA construction projects, management of the 3rd-party safety observation program to ensure adherence with key safety contract language and establishing expectations and tools for Project Managers to validate WHS compliance with established contract agreements.

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.
• Prepare and maintain weekly, monthly, and quarterly WHS performance reports and records.
• 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.

Key job responsibilities

Work with internal and external stakeholders to identify safety issues, create corrective actions, and develop key performance indicators. Candidates must have regulatory and procedural safety knowledge and experience.

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.