Sr Electrical Safety Engineer, Process Safety Engineering

Amazon • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The Sr. Electrical Safety Engineer leads comprehensive electrical safety
programs, ensuring compliance with standards (OSHA, NFPA 70E, NEC), developing
policies, training, conducting audits, investigating incidents, and providing
expert guidance on hazardous energy control (LOTO, electrical work and
installation) to prevent electrical injuries, manage risk, and foster a strong
safety culture across projects and facilities.
This role provides strategic leadership and technical expertise to establish,
implement, and maintain best-in-class electrical safety programs, ensuring
compliance with all applicable regulations and internal standards, while
promoting a proactive safety culture for all electrical work activities. This
role provides expert field safety guidance and consultation, develops and
implements safety protocols and standards, conducts in-depth analysis of
electrical safety challenges, delivers innovative solutions to complex safety
issues, and partners with teams across design, construction, launch, and
Amazon's contracted maintenance teams (RME) to ensure electrical safety
excellence. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on
electrical safety standards while working with various electrical
infrastructures. This role provides specialist expertise to scale H&S compliance
strategies that support current and future business objectives while ensuring
employee safety.
The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated electrical safety expert with
solid knowledge in electrical safety and electrical infrastructure, and a proven
track record of designing, deploying, and managing electrical safety programs.
They will have a history of building partnerships with diverse teams across
multiple jurisdictions. The candidate must have the ability to define clear
requirements in ambiguous situations, proactively educate team members, support
teams, and communicate effectively and consistently throughout various levels of
the business. The role will evolve with the growth of the program and require a
high degree of flexibility, including the ability to deep dive into
time-critical programs and projects, and deliver continuous improvement actions.

Requirements

• BS degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in managing and troublshooting network
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-tech company, or experience completing complex tasks quickly with little to no guidance and react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround
• Experience influencing multiple stakeholders and leading cross functional teams across geographies and business units
• Extensive experience (e.g., 10+ years) in electrical safety, with proven leadership and management experience.
• Deep knowledge of electrical safety standards (NFPA 70E, OSHA).
• Able to travel 30–50%.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA
• Experience with OSHA and other health and WHS regulatory requirements
• Experience in written and oral communication, including the ability to communicate with all levels in the organization (technical, business, executive)
• Experience writing and publishing technical documents or equivalent
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical safety preferred.
• Have or be working towards ASP, CSP, CIH, NEBOSH, or CHMM certification.

Responsibilities

• Ensure technician safety concerns are promptly addressed or escalated to applicable stakeholders/support teams at the site, regional, or network level.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of electrical safety regulatory requirements and be able to build compliance systems and programs around these requirements.
• Develop and improve maintenance programs and policies for electrical systems, including audits of existing programs in compliance with local codes and global standards.
• Partner with equipment OEMs, Ops Engineering, RME, EHS Engineering, etc. on equipment-related incidents where design or retrofits may be necessary across multiple business units.
• Engage with Amazon's 3rd party service providers to ensure compliance with regulatory and Amazon EHS policy, assist with incident investigations, and assist in clarifying Amazon policy.
• Partner with Risk Management and other key stakeholders on changes to electrical system maintenance programs, aligning with regulatory requirements as applicable, including system inspections and testing.
• Inspect installations and observe operations to ensure compliance with design and equipment specifications and safety standards.
• Support operations, construction, and other relevant departments with product development and testing.
• Monitor trends in electrical system maintenance and escalate as necessary to drive improvements to maintenance activities, or immediate corrective actions to electrical systems.
• Assist with developing and improving installation, commissioning, and inspection processes, including audit practices related to electrical systems.
• Stay attuned to changing regulations and internal EHS performance to update policies when required.
• Develop a deep working relationship with all regional and local engineering, maintenance, EHS, and support teams.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level