Job Description
Description The Site WHS Officer will be responsible for partnering with a site operations team in a Fulfillment Center to execute company safety policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local and regional regulations. By leveraging lean principles and kaizens, this individual will lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our Associates. The Site WHS officer must demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the Operations Team and influence change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and safety data analysis. The Site WHS officer must be an effective communicator and send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing. This individual must instruct and train Operations Leaders in company safety policies and assist the operations site teams in incorporating our safety standards at their site. The Site WHS officer will be required to identify best practices and incorporate these best practices into our standards to continuously improve company safety policies. The Site WHS officer will be required to possess excellent safety program and relevant safety, environmental and ergonomic knowledge and demonstrates this expertise when working with Operations. Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in safety, environmental, or equivalent, or 3+ years of industrial maintenance experience Preferred Qualifications - Distribution Center or Manufacturing Safety experience with mix of exempt and non-exempt employees at a site of at least 200 people preferred. . Master's degree preferred . Experience in a fast paced, changing/growing organization . Government Certified Safety Professional preferred . Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interfacing with site leaders. . Ability to develop and implement department goals and strategies. . Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem
