Construction Safety Manager, DCPD Health and Safety

Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and continue to innovate, helping customers from startups to Global 500 companies power their businesses.

This new role, Regional Safety Engineer – DCPD, is for an experienced Health and Safety (H&S) Specialist, H&S Engineer, or H&S Manager who will support AWS Data Center Planning and Delivery (DCPD) programs. Internally you will partner with DCPD teams such as Real Estate, Due Diligence, Permitting, Energy, Water, Pre‑Construction, Construction, Commissioning, Security and Procurement to achieve health and safety goals and improve our safety culture.

Externally you will engage with General Contractors and AWS Suppliers to confirm business expectations for H&S and look for ways to continually improve H&S of our contracted services. The position reports to an H&S Program Specialist within the assigned region (Americas, EMEA, or APAC/Japan China).

• Review due diligence risk assessments with real estate, pre‑construction, and construction operations on H&S aspects of the AWS H&S management program to ensure adequate implementation.
• Coordinate with DCPD managers to prioritize H&S in planning and execution in all phases of DCPD projects.
• Ensure and monitor General Contractors and AWS deployment vendors compliance to onboarding requirements in Avetta.
• Perform campus H&S kickoff sessions and review General Contractor and AWS deployment vendor’s Construction Safety Management Plans.
• Document data and anecdotes in standard reporting tools (Weekly Business Reviews, Monthly Project Reviews) for DCPD and H&S leadership teams.
• Manage 3rd‑party/internal H&S resources on DCPD projects during weekly business reviews and monthly project reviews.
• Identify improvement opportunities at project(s) and partner with the Data Center Health and Safety (DCHS) Operational Team on regional issues that impact construction/operations handover phases.
• Audit projects against the mental model ‘do you have a process, and are you following it?’ and analyze data (leading and lagging indicators) for trends, risks/opportunities and report 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.
• Host project‑specific and regional contractor and internal team H&S kickoff sessions and annual performance review sessions.

This is a field‑based role, required to report to work at field construction projects around Fredericksburg, Virginia five days per week. Occasional travel to other domestic locations may be required. 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, serving as an escalation path for issue resolution and managing site‑based H&S team members and/or consultants. You will apply your knowledge of jurisdictional requirements, regional best practices, cultural norms, and location‑specific characteristics to improve DCPD activities in H&S. You must be an effective communicator, sending clear, concise and consistent messages verbally, in written form, and/or in public speaking forums.

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that keep the cloud running. Our team includes software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. We collaborate across AWS to deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing unlimited capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.

AWS values diverse experiences. If you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage…