Construction Regional Safety Engineer, AWS Data Center Health and Safety
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we're looking for talented people who want to help.
You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
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?" 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 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 H&S Program Specialists within the assigned region (Americas, Europe Middle East Africa, or Asia Pacific/Japan China).
Key Job Responsibilities
You will influence program development, framework and strategy but will be responsible for deploying programs that cover H&S elements of leadership, planning, support, operational controls, continuous improvement, performance management, ensure the businesses are operating to jurisdictional requirements, and AWS Safety Management Program (SMP) requirements.
* Review due diligence risk assessments with real estate, preconstruction, 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 & monitor General Contractors and AWS deployment vendors compliance to onboarding requirements in Avetta.
* Perform campus H&S kickoff sessions, and perform reviews of 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 (weekly business reviews, monthly project reviews).
* Identify improvement opportunities at project(s), and partner with Data Center Health and Safety (DCHS) Operational Team on regional issues that impact construction/operations handover phases.
* Audit projects to the mental model 'do you have a process, and are you following it?' Then analyze data (leading and lagging indicators) for trends, risks/opportunities and report out 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 and regional specific contractor and internal team H&S kickoff sessions and annual performance review sessions.
A Day in the Life
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, which includes being an escalation path for issue resolution and managing site-based H&S team members and/or consultants. You will apply your knowledge of the jurisdictional requirements, regional best practices, cultural norms, and location specific characteristics to influence and improve DCPD activities in H&S by jumping in and showing the business "this is what the data is telling us, and this is how it is done" and develop DCPD competencies to enable them ownership of your solutions.
You must be an effective communicator, sending clear, concise and consistent messages verbally, in written form, and/or public speaking forums. You will play a key role in deploying mechanisms that manage H&S while developing competencies and ownership of H&S in the business. You must have diplomacy, patience and tact to earn trust in relationships to effectively advise, instruct and challenge DCPD teams on H&S.
Minimum Requirements
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent
* Experience in compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent
* ISO:45001 Safety & Health Management System
* Professional auditing qualification, or similar risk or compliance credentials as well as experience with research and investigation skills or equivalent
* Builder, not a maintainer, in Safety Program Management with experience in field safety program deployment in data center environments with an advanced degree and certification through a recognized agency/association in occupational health and safety or equivalent (e.g., BCSP, ASSP, BCRSP, ITC-ILO, IOSH, ISPON, NEBOSH, SISO, MEM).
* Demonstrated ability to build compliance programs and embed a culture of compliance in a large, rapidly growing, global enterprise and extensive knowledge of global construction safety regulatory frameworks and incident management and risk mitigation programs.
* Strong management experience, with a record of proven leadership, and success working in matrixed organizations.
* High ethical standards with proven ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information, excellent judgment, discretion, diplomacy, problem-solving skills, innovation, and attention to detail.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience interfacing with and influencing site leaders and senior business leaders, and ability to identify, develop, and implement department goals and strategies.
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