Sr. Industrial Hygienist, Worldwide Industrial Hygiene

We are expanding our Industrial Hygiene team and need a talented professional to join our global field team to support our North America region. Are you a passionate leader who is practical, business focused and have strong skills in building trust? In this role, you will assess industrial hygiene risk, evaluate the control effectiveness, and educate stakeholders on industrial hygiene programs, risks and impacts. As the industrial hygiene subject matter expert to the field, you will support field-based projects, including designing exposure monitoring strategies. During and after impactful incidents, you will provide technical support for response, post incident investigation, and risk management. You will work collaboratively across matrixed organizations with Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) Field Operations, WHS Program Managers, Operations, and Legal. Adaptability, persistence, and ability to influence are essential to success in this role. This role requires travel up to 25% of time.

• Key job responsibilities
• •Serve as cross-functional resource for industrial hygiene and provide expert level exposure assessment support to field operations
• •Research background and historical multi-source information specific to topical areas using both internal data sources as well as with being actively aware of external trends
• •Apply industrial hygiene principles into complex problems using modeling, data and other methods to eliminate or reduce risk of injury/illness
• •Research and be familiar with applicable regulations.
• •Support industrial hygiene requests from operations, including responding to incidents
• •Provide support in incident investigations and action plan management related to industrial hygiene exposures
• •Provide support to develop recommended exposure control strategies
• •Lead or be involved in field-based projects addressing industrial hygiene risks
• •Communicate effectively with operations, WHS leadership, legal, procurement, and finance
• •Provide industrial hygiene support for new facilities and projects as part of design review
• •Maintain subject matter expertise across the full range of industrial hygiene hazards

• A day in the life
• •Lead IH Programs: Support and advance industrial hygiene programs for business unit partners across multiple geographies and risk areas, providing expert guidance to field operations
• •Manage Complex Risk Programs: Own the full lifecycle of cross-functional risk programs, from strategy development through implementation and continuous improvement
• •Drive Risk Reduction: Define risk program objectives, support implementation of controls, and drive measurable improvements in your risk area (e.g., increased compliance, wider control adoption, automation)
• •Collaborate Across Functions: Partner with Workplace Health and Safety Field Operations, Environment, Operations, Disaster Recovery, Legal, and other stakeholders in a matrixed organization
• •Influence & Execute: Work with internal and external legal teams, policy owners, and regulators to interpret laws, regulations, and business policies; oversee rollout of controls and audits
• •Represent the Organization: Present risk management programs to internal partners, senior leaders, external audit firms, regulators, and potentially at industry association meetings
• •Contribute to Strategic Planning: Support the strategic business planning process and own organizational goals related to your risk program
• •Measure Impact: Define and track metrics that quantify program effectiveness and risk reduction

• About the team
• Worldwide Industrial Hygiene (WWIH) supports all Worldwide Amazon Stores (WWAS) business units (BUs) and regions focusing on physical, chemical, and biological health hazards that cause acute and long-term illnesses. Health hazards that impact associates: mold, noise, heat, cold, communicable disease, ionizing radiation (x-rays), non-ionizing radiation (UV, EMF, lasers), chemicals (ASINs, janitorial, manufacturing), pharmaceuticals, indoor/outdoor air quality, illumination, blood borne pathogen, and legionella. The team is comprised professionals that own specific hazard types (e.g. heat, noise) and control systems (e.g. ventilation). As well as professionals that build mechanisms to ensure conformance to industrial hygiene programs (e.g. training, data management systems). The Field team provides tactical support to WHS Field and Operations. Individuals work alone and collaboratively across all verticals depending on the business need. WWIH partners with the business to define risk tolerance, controls, and guide the business on compromises between competing priorities.

Basic qualifications

• - Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level
• - Experience in written and verbal communication with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
• - Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Occupational Safety or related field
• - Minimum of 8 years work experience in an environmental, health, and safety related field, with at least 4 years in industrial hygiene
• - Working knowledge and experience with chemical safety, hazard communication, noise, thermal stress, and air quality
• - Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)

Preferred qualifications

• - Experience leveraging technology and implementing lean principles / Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements or equivalent
• - Experience relevant experience working in an industrial, manufacturing, or warehouse environment
• - Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in technical support
• - Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• - Master’s degree from an accredited US university, or international university of equivalent standard in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Occupational Safety, or related field

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

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