EHS Specialist Jordan

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The Corporate Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) team is predominantly responsible for offices managed by the Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) function but, also takes responsibility for non-operations sites and subsidiaries as required.
We are hiring this EHS Specialist role to join the internal EHS service team in Jordan. The successful candidate will be an experienced, innovative, hands-on and customer obsessed individual, passionate about EHS, and able to identify, coordinate and drive improvements in EHS whilst engaging stakeholders. The successful candidate will report directly to the EHS Manager for Middle East (ME). The EHS Specialist will be based in Amman, be a member of the corporate EHS service in Jordan and take responsibility for the corporate sites in country. The EHS Specialist does not currently have any line management responsibilities.
The EHS Specialist must be an effective communicator and send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing. You will instruct and train site business leaders on Amazon EHS policies and assist the teams in incorporating our EHS standards at their site.
The core of your responsibilities will be to assure that Amazonians are trained and knowledgeable on their EHS responsibilities, engage with stakeholders, contribute to on site employee consultations and ensure compliance to all applicable local regulations and corporate requirements. You will assist the site teams in incorporating our EHS standards. As the EHS Specialist, you will be part of EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) EHS Team and you will be able to engage in regional projects and initiatives.
Key job responsibilities
• Provide EHS guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon EHS Policies and legal requirements.
• Ensuring the delivery of EHS performance in line with personal, team and functional goals and objectives, support the EHS Manager ME to deliver EHS strategic improvements.
• Analyze EHS metrics weekly and monthly to discover trends and rationalize the allocation of resources to areas where the EHS risk is highest and implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury.
• Investigate EHS related incidents, and support vendors in their risk assessment activities; complete internal and external incident reports.
• Arranging, facilitating and contributing to worker consultation and participation; e.g. EHS committee meetings.
• Any other reasonable request.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Amman, JOR
• Must be authorized to work in Jordan
• Must hold EHS professional qualifications necessary to work in an internal safety function in Jordan according to EHS Committee Regulation for Ministerial Order No.33 for Year 2023.
• 5+ years of growing responsibilities in safety and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations.
• Degree level qualification in a related environment, health and safety topic.
• Has a demonstrable in-depth understanding of essential/relevant EHS legislation.
•Spoken and written fluency in Arabic is an advantage
•Availability to travel within Jordan and to support other locations in EMEA as required.
• A degree in Fire Engineering or an Occupational Health and Safety/Environment subject
• Experience in a fast paced, changing/growing organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort collaborating with site leaders.
• Ability to develop and implement department goals and strategies.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, the use of pivot tables and the development of charts and graphics.
• Ability to manage multiple sites/remotely.