Multi-site EHS Lead, EU Amazon Air Safety (WHS)

Amazon Air EU continues to grow, while prioritizing the safety of our Air Gateways associates. To achieve this, we are seeking a motivated Safety Specialist with expertise in Aviation Safety. The successful candidate will possess Safety and Aviation management skills including technical accuracy, analytical thinking, communication skills, and a hands-on approach to delivering Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) standards/procedures/best practices across the EU AIR Network.

This role involves initiating and supporting the implementation of the regulatory and Safety standards within EU AIR, ensuring alignment with Operations internal and external partners. You will identify improvement opportunities and influence cross-functional stakeholders. You will thrive in a flexible environment and not be hindered by ambiguity. Strong judgment, analytic talent, and ownership are essential. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand high-priority execution targets and drive measurable impacts across Global Program frameworks. You will work across business units and geographies to support the development of long-term strategies and operational direction for WHS programs. You will be a motivated Safety Specialist with a proven record of developing team members’ competencies.

Key job responsibilities

Own end-to-end aviation safety oversight for the assigned perimeter, including quarterly gateway assessments, scheduled and ad-hoc site visits, structured audits with 3P carriers, and compliance monitoring against Amazon AIR WHS standards, local/national legislation, and EU aviation regulations, proactively identifying gaps and implementing remediation plans

Manage safety investigations and incident prevention programs, conducting root cause analysis for incidents and precursor events, leveraging trend data and industry best practices to drive corrective actions to verified closure and mitigate risks before they materialise

Support EU Gateway WHS Safety Oversight Programs and new gateway launches, including safety readiness assessments, protocol development, and ongoing monitoring frameworks

Proactively identify safety risks and drive process improvements across the 3P network to enhance operational efficiency, reduce incident rates, and strengthen safety culture

Generate in-depth safety analyses and maintain accurate documentation, using internal reporting tools, precursor event data, and operational metrics to produce actionable recommendations and ensure data integrity for regulatory reporting and trend identification

Partner across internal teams, 3P suppliers, carriers, and ground handling agents to implement scalable safety solutions and cross-functional process improvements, support cross-regional WHS collaboration on standardised frameworks, contribute to safety-related projects and business reviews, and drive adoption of safety technologies, automation, and digitalisation initiatives to enhance oversight capabilities

About the team

The EU AIR Safety Team ensures the highest aviation safety standards across Amazon Air's European third-party (3P) air gateways and collaborates with India WHS teams to support the India AIR network. We manage safety compliance across Europe and the UK through proactive risk management, regulatory compliance, data-driven decision making, and continuous innovation.

Basic qualifications

- Experience working within a global company, with multi-country responsibilities

- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization

- Can work proactively and independently, meet deadlines, and deliver on projects and tasks

- Demonstrated experience conducting safety audits, site inspections, or compliance assessments against regulatory or internal standards

- Ability to travel approximately 30% of the time within the assigned EU gateway perimeter to support scheduled and ad-hoc site visits

- Experience managing or contributing to incident investigations, root cause analysis (RCA), and corrective action tracking

- Experience in aviation field

- Bachelor degree (or equivalent level of qualification in-line with the European Qualifications Framework) in health and safety or related subject

- Experience in English language communication skills (B2), both written and verbal.

Preferred qualifications

- Analyzing metrics to drive business improvements

- Experience in Spanish language communication skills (B2), both written and verbal.

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