Safety Engineer, AWS Health & Safety

For more than 14 years Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud computing platform. What is cloud computing Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet. Instead of buying owning and maintaining physical data centers and servers companies can access technology services such as computing power storage and databases on an as-needed basis from AWS. AWS offers over 175 fully featured services for compute storage databases networking analytics machine learning and artificial intelligence Internet of Things mobile security hybrid and augmented reality media and application development deployment and management from 77 Availability Zones across 24 geographic regions. AWS services are trusted by millions of active customers around the world - including the fastest-growing start-ups largest enterprises and leading government agenciesto power their infrastructure make them more agile and lower costs. To learn more about AWS visit .

The AWS Health and Safety (H&S) team is an expanding and dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWSs growth around the world as well as ensuring compliance of AWSs global operations including physical data centers as well as other AWS facilities customer-facing enterprises and products. The H&S team has responsibility for architecting and implementing AWSs global health and safety programs. This includes defining and implementing risk management and compliance systems and driving their continuous improvement; setting and refining global policies and procedures; overseeing the development of standards tools auditing and metrics and employee training; ensuring effective engagement by environmental and health & safety teams on global initiatives including those that are part of Amazons ambitious sustainability goals; providing specialist expertise; and engaging with all AWS business units to provide scalable and effective environmental and health & safety compliance strategies that support current and future business objectives while ensuring employee safety and compliance with environmental and health & safety regulations.

We are searching for a Global Safety Engineer Design for Safety who will support AWS Hardware Engineering and Design Teams by providing technical leadership associated with the developing products and installations designed to be safely maintained and operated by AWS employees. The Global Safety Engineer Design for Safety will also work cross technical functions to manage internal equipment safety projects as well as be closely associated as project partner with design engineering teams providing safe design support throughout various phases of product and process design

Key job responsibilities

Utilize knowledge of Health and Safety technical and functional requirements to ensure Design for Safety and Partner teams build safe products and programs around these requirements

Work with Data Center Health and Safety team and other H&S field teams and stakeholders teams (Hardware Engineering Data Center Engineering Global Trade and Product Compliance (GTPC) Product Compliance Legal (PC Legal) Health and Safety Legal (HS Legal) and Operations) to implement Inherently Safe Design principles within work processes and new equipment / product designs

Provide H&S input during the product scoping phase to ensure H&S workplace safety concerns are identified

Evaluate and review schematics and drawings and provide H&S input during product development / early design and phased reviews with design and construction partners

Complete preliminary design risk assessments from desk-based review during the Engineering Validation / Testing phase of design

Validate equipment functionality and employee / vendor against preliminary risk assessment and update as necessary

Evaluate equipment and activities in the field against the risk assessment SOPs and MOPs

Provide technical support including input into product development at the Design for Safety Innovation lab and Hardware Engineeering and Design Engineering Labs in Seattle

Independently provide technical guidance on equipment / product design machine and electrical safety related issues

Provide advice to support business objectives with due consideration to safe design electrical code compliance occupational health and safety regulations and industry best practices.

Follow up on significant incident investigations and complete internal and external incident investigation reports as needed.

About the team

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global other words were the people who keep the cloud running. 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 were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll 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 youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work / Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.

• 3 years of technical product or program management experience
• 2 years of software development experience
• 3 years of project management disciplines including scope schedule budget quality along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams building processes and coordinating release schedules
• 3 years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• Certified Safety Professional
• Data Center EHS experience

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country / region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $114500 / year in our lowest geographic market up to $197800 / year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and / or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 114500 - 197800