Electrical Safety Engineer ID-15228

May 16, 2025

Description

The Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) organization is seeking a Electrical Safety Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for partnering with Amazon Worldwide Design Engineering teams to ensure new equipment and modifications to existing equipment installed in operational Amazon buildings comply with all applicable codes, regulations and harmonized standards. You will also partner with various engineering, design and operations teams including, Operations Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, Business Operations Leaders, Field WHS teams, and other key stakeholders. In addition, you will be required to lead risk assessments, assist in the development and review of equipment designs and provide guidance on requirements on controls and devices. This role will functionally partner with all engineering teams to drive a systematic approach to address risk identification, mitigation, and management of safety solutions.

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A day in the life

This role requires an effective communicator and someone to send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing and possess excellent program management skills. You need to be knowledgeable in control systems, environmental and ergonomic design principles. You must also have applied understanding of regional and international regulations, codes and standards.

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
Maternity and Parental Leave Options
Paid Time Off (PTO)
401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

Basic Qualifications

Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, Instrumentation, Production, Manufacturing, Safety Engineering) through accredited schools
3+ years of experience in safety engineering programs in manufacturing or production environment
Experience working within a global company, with global or multi-country responsibilities
Knowledge and understanding of certification bodies for approvals that comply with local, national and international regulations
Knowledge of the core business systems and/or broad understanding of company systems/ technologies (relevant to safety engineering)
Working knowledge and experience with National Recognized Test Laboratory (NRTL) and Notified Bodies.
Knowledge of international and EU/NA Standards such as EU Machinery Directive, ISO, ANSI, OSHA, NFPA, IEEE.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree preferred - Mechanical, Structural, Electrical or Industrial Engineer
Distribution Center or Manufacturing experience with mix of exempt and non-exempt employees preferred
CSME or other functional safety certification
Demonstrated ability to be flexible, adapting the approach to meet the needs of customers, business and program stakeholders, and engineering teams involved
Ability to self-manage priorities and deliverables. Flexible in responding to changing demands, goals, timelines, and priorities
Ability to collaborate and lead in a flexible, detail-oriented, fast-paced team environment in a changing and growing organization
Ability to interact in a positive and professional manner, excellent critical thinker with problem-solving skills, think big and insist on highest standard while having the ability to work cooperatively in a team setting
Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to adapt well to fast-paced environments with changing circumstances, direction, and strategy
Experience engaging regulatory agencies
Proficiency with Autocad
Strong ability to represent, verbally and in writing, technical information, risk levels, complex decisions, and potential solutions in clear simple language to business and other stakeholders to enable decision making

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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