Regional Construction Safety Lead, EMEA (Hiring Immediately)

At Amazon, were working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. Toget there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. If youdlike to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is yourchance to make history. One focus area of the Amazon construction health & safety (H&S;) mission is toprovide the resource, tools and an environment that supports and advocatessafe, efficient and healthy behaviors and encourage the proactive managementof health, safety and well-being. This individual will play a critical role toensure high standards of safety are applied across all construction projectsin the European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions to help establishexpectations to manage H&S; compliance within existing polices, procedures andcontractual agreements. We are seeking to strengthen our team of Construction Health & Safety Managersto support the execution of our growing Construction Safety Management (SMS)program. This role will include safety training coordination and themanagement of external H&S; consultant appointments. The successful candidate will support the delivery of central H&S; pro-activeobjectives and be responsible for advocating the implementation of the SMS. The role will require knowledge of European and Middle Eastern constructionsafety standards to meet country specific H&S; compliance. Emphasis will be onhaving the requisite safety qualifications, experienced in construction safetymanagement and first principles, basic construction knowledge and the abilityto engage with cross functional teams and external consultancies, transformingthis knowledge into compliant processes for the GES network within EMEA. The individual will provide a functional working link to critical customerssuch as: Technical Vendor Management and Procurement, Design & Construction,Operations Engineering and Start-upLaunch. The successful candidate will report directly to the GES EU H&S; Field TeamLead. This role could be based in other locations within EMEA. Would you like anopportunity to travel and work in multiple countries and cultures? This rolewill be based in EU and is expected to spend up to 20% of their time travelingdomestically. Key job responsibilities The extent of your duties will include: • Support GES Project Operational Leads with the follow-up of seriousincidents and near misses. • Planned and reactive safety assurance site visits to advise, guide andsupport project operational leads & external vendors on matters related toconstruction safety. • Prepare, host andor support weekly, monthly and quarterly business reviewsrelated to construction safety. • Engage with GES Project Operational Leads and internal stakeholders toprovide H&S; field support, as required. • Participate in project team meetings and provide regular on-site projectpresence on demand. • Ensure a data-oriented assistance approach throughout the overall projectlifecycle to provide operational project leads with support on improving thesafety culture within their respective projects. ### BASIC QUALIFICATIONS• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification related to Construction Healthand Safety; • Qualified to NEBOSH Diploma level or equivalent; • Experience in managing construction safety across large multi-sitebusinesses; • Credibility and be able to effectively engage and influence other functionalleaders and their teams, to build buy-in to EU Health and Safety strategiesand change processes; • Experienced in operating throughout all stages of the constructionlifecycle; • Proficient in the implementation of Safety Management Systems and safetyreporting; • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and other computer-based tools tosupport system engineering and briefingproposal development activities. • Project management qualification skills. • English verbal and written communication skills. ### PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS• Experienced in behavioral safety approaches; • Experienced in interacting with cross functional teams and managing projectswith minimal supervision; • Country specific H&S; legal awareness, such as French, Spanish and Italian; • Germany, French, Polish, Arabic, Turkish, Afrikaans and Zulu are consideredpreferred qualifications Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. 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