Construction Safety Manager; CSM), DCPD Health and Safety

Job :  | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Do you enjoy taking an idea and turning it into something? Do you ever find yourself marveling at buildings, infrastructure, or landmarks and ask "what does it take to build something like that?" The Construction Safety Manager role 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 Teams to achieve health and safety goals and improve our safety culture. Externally, you will engage with General Contractors and AWS Suppliers to confirm/clarify the business expectations for H&S, and look for ways to continually improve H&S of our contracted services.

You will work under the direction of the AMER Regional Health & Safety Manager.

You will influence program development, framework, and strategy while deploying programs in the field. This role encompasses implementing health and safety programs across leadership, planning, support, operational controls, continuous improvement, and performance management. You will ensure construction activities meet jurisdictional requirements and AWS Safety Management Program (SMP) standards through systematic compliance and assurance activities.

• Review due diligence risk assessments with real estate, pre-construction, construction operations on H&S aspects of the AWS H&S management program to ensure adequate implementation.
• Coordinates with DCPD managers to prioritize H&S in planning and execution in all phases of DCPD projects.
• Ensures & Monitors General Contractors and AWS deployment vendors compliance to onboarding requirements in Avetta.
• Performs campus H&S kickoff sessions, and performs reviews of General Contractor and AWS deployment vendor’s Construction Safety Management Plans.
• Documents data and anecdotes in standard reporting tools (Weekly Business Reviews, Monthly Project Reviews) for DCPD and H&S leadership teams.
• Manages 3rd party/internal H&S resources on DCPD projects (weekly business reviews, monthly project reviews).
• Identifies improvement opportunities at project(s), and partners with Data Center Health and Safety (DCHS) Operational Team on regional issues that impact construction/operations handover phases.
• Audits projects to the mental model ‘do you have a process, and are you following it?’ Then analyzes data (leading and lagging indicators) for trends, risks/opportunities and reports out at project/regional levels and within governance programs.
• Conduct regular site visits with H&S Consultants, construction managers and Data Center Health and Safety Operational teams.
• Hosts project and regional specific 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 in Texas, five days per week. Occasional travel to other domestic locations may be required. This is a unique role that for the right candidate has the potential to take ownership over the entire lifecycle of a Data Center. Starting as a Construction Safety Manager with DCPD on Construction Projects supporting Construction Managers and then transferring safety teams after construction to DCHS as a Regional Safety Manager for the very same buildings in support of Operational Leaders throughout the live space.

You will be integrated with a global network of H&S professionals including Program Managers, other Construction Safety Managers, and…