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Senior Program Manager, WHS RME

Amazon

Amazon

Operations
Bellevue, WA, USA
Posted on Jul 14, 2025

DESCRIPTION

The WHS RME, Sr. Program Manager will provide direct support and partnership to one or more of the North America Reliability & Maintenance Engineering regions, which may include North America Customer Fulfillment (NACF), Amazon Logistics (AMZL), Sort Center, Air, and Global Specialty Fulfillment & Retail (GSF). In addition to supporting an RME region from an execution standpoint, this role will also be responsible for engaging, collaborating and partnering with technical subject matter experts (SMEs) within Operations, Ops Construction, Ops Engineering, Worldwide Engineering, Research & Development, Suppliers, Amazon Robotics, Procurement, and key stakeholder teams to continually improve network standards, designs, systems and procedures. The role supports field and program execution while also acting as a technical program manager overseeing safety engineering processes, WHS best practices and capital projects. The role will support operationalizing the Prevention through Design (Ptd) process by identifying key inputs and outputs for the WHS RME team while standardizing new solutions and strategies across new site launches. Lastly, this role must have demonstrated skills in collaborating with stakeholders as a cross-functional lead owning Safety, data analytics, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), MHE conveyor systems, Reliability & Maintenance Engineering, Capital Project Development, Program & Project Management, Solutions Engineering and document technical writing.

Key job responsibilities
• Process Improvement: Systemically analyze and enhance RME WHS processes by identifying and leading gap analyses to improve team efficiencies and project delivery, reduce waste and improve Safety by delivering cost effective solutions in a fast-paced environment
• Collaboration: Partner with equipment OEMs, Ops Engineering, WWE, RME, Global Safety Engineering, and key stakeholder teams on equipment related incidents where design or retrofits may be necessary across multiple business units. Develop strong rapport and working relationship with RME and EHS leadership teams
• Program Management: Proactively communicate project status, risk analysis and risk mitigation plans. Concisely report out project risks to leadership and key stakeholders while fielding questions from management
• Risk Assessment: Lead assessments, i.e. FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) or FTA (Fault Tree Analysis,) to proactively identify and prioritize potential hazards and failures
• Documentation: Create and maintain safety documentation, including safety requirement specifications, safety case reports, proposals, SOPs and technical design documents
• Compliance: Ensure adherence to relevant safety standards and regulations
• Leadership: Lead effective meetings by setting the objectives, including the appropriate stakeholders and driving detailed business and technical discussions/alignment. Document meeting discussions, decisions and future steps, ensuring alignment on expectations with internal partner teams and external vendors


A day in the life
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:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 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!