Design, Commissioning & Startup Safety Engineer, SR WHS Design, Construction & Startup

Design, Commissioning & Startup Safety Engineer, SR WHS Design, Construction & Startup

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As a Senior Design & Startup Safety Program Manager within the Workplace, Health & Safety organization, you'll drive safety excellence across new facility launches. You will partner with Site Operations, Engineering, Real Estate, and Procurement teams to ensure every site implements Amazon WHS policies and meets regulatory requirements from day one. You will support the safety aspect of design of new building templates, launches across all businesses by coordinating end-to-end lifecycle management of safety in design—from concept review through commissioning.

You will execute standard work across AutoCAD layout evaluations, network-level equipment and process assessments, coordinate Factory Acceptance Testing, and ensure execution of WHS commissioning checklists. You will analyze safety performance data across buildings to identify design improvements and support strategic recommendations to leadership. Drive Prevention through Design:
Apply organizational safety engineering risk assessment methodology including risk tolerances. You will conduct comprehensive risk assessments and make recommendations to your manager and validate vendor safety solutions in partnership with engineering teams. You will apply ergonomics principles to equipment and process design. Your objective: eliminate risks before operations begin. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders:
You will build trust with Engineering, New Site Project teams, Real Estate, Procurement, and Operations by communicating safety requirements clearly and effectively. Your ability to support change management processes will help embed safety standards into every new system and process across the organization. This role requires travel up to 75% to conduct site visits, perform risk assessments, and coordinate commissioning activities across multiple facility launches.

So I hope you're ready to see the world while making meaningful lasting impact at scale.

• Execute WHS Launch Start-Up plans driving compliance with Amazon policies and local/federal regulations
• Coordinate WHS commissioning activities including site reviews, network-level equipment and process assessments, and Factory Acceptance Testing
• Track and complete action items from site visits with clear accountability and timelines
• Serve as WHS technical resource for launching sites

• Conduct AutoCAD layout evaluations and equipment design reviews to identify and eliminate safety risks
• Apply organizational risk assessment methodology including risk tolerances
• Validate vendor technical safety solutions in partnership with engineering teams
• Analyze safety performance trends across buildings to identify design improvements and support recommendations to leadership

• Build trust and support change management with Engineering, Operations, Real Estate, and Procurement stakeholders
• Communicate technical safety requirements clearly and effectively to managers and senior leaders
• Partner with cross-functional teams to embed safety standards into new systems and processes

• Manage and monitor the WHS start-up plan for new facilities.
• Deep Dive trends and design improvements to develop proposed action plans to Sr. Leadership
• Maintain organizational safety engineering risk assessment methodology including risk tolerances and make recommendations to senior management.
• Support new launches by performing suitable risk assessments when appropriate.
• Identify gaps/opportunities in or between regions, processes, and organizations (e.g., workflows, risk assessments, controls, etc.) to enable high standards and consistency in application.
• Support the development of solutions that meet Amazon high standards for safety, risk reduction, customer satisfaction, efficiency, scalable, simplicity, and operational excellence.
• Possess technical knowledge and the ability to engage with cross functional teams, transforming this knowledge into sound, compliant processes.
• Validate vendor proposed technical safety…