# On-the-Road (OTR) Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) Coordinator

**Company**: Amazon
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Logistics
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884

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## Description

The On-the-Road (OTR) Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) Coordinator plays a crucial role in supporting Amazon's AMZL and QC Operations in Egypt.

As the OTR WHS Coordinator, you will work closely with business leaders to identify, assess, and mitigate WHS risks while implementing Amazon's global safety standards and local legislative requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide dedicated safety support to AMZL-Trans sites and OTR teams across Egypt, ensuring alignment with Amazon policies and compliance with local/regional requirements.

- Conduct routine vehicle and road safety audits, identifying non-compliances and driving corrective actions to eliminate risks.

- Monitor and audit WHS record-keeping and Global Safety Database (Austin) entries, ensuring accuracy and adherence to global standards.

- Oversee and audit safety training programs, ensuring quality, trainer competency, and consistent execution across all sites.

- Act as the primary WHS point of contact for WW Safety, Global Road Safety, and internal stakeholders, supporting cross-functional safety initiatives.

- Lead collaborative health and safety projects focused on reducing risk, strengthening compliance, and improving OTR safety outcomes.

- Conduct comprehensive WHS risk assessments for all OTR activities and processes.

- Provide expert-level guidance on WHS matters within assigned sites and functional areas.

- Develop and implement local WHS procedures that meet or exceed Amazon Global Standards.

- Analyze safety metrics, trends, and incident data to inform decision-making and optimize resource deployment.

- Serve as the OTR Subject Matter Expert, guiding site teams on road safety procedures and best practices.

- Coordinate with internal and external partners on OTR incident reporting, tracking, and follow-up.

- Review OTR incidents, identify root causes, evaluate corrective actions, and provide gap assessments for continuous improvement.

- Lead the deployment of OTR safety technologies and initiatives in line with the regional safety roadmap.

Basic Qualifications:

- 2+ years of workplace health & safety (WHS) related field experience

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science

- Professional certificate in Health and Safety

- Professional fluency in written and spoken English

- Valid driver's license

- Ability to travel inside Egypt up to 25% of work time

- Knowledge in road safety standards is a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

- Prior road safety experience or in similar domain

- Strong communication, teamwork, analysis, judgment, and customer focus skills

- Ability to adapt well to fast-paced environments with changing circumstances, direction, and strategy

- Ability to analyze accident data, new processes, and machinery for potential safety concerns and conduct job hazard and job safety analyses

- Experienced in emergency response and currently holds First aid and CPR certificates

- Passion for safety

## Skills

### Required
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Risk Assessment
- Safety Training
- Road Safety
- Emergency Response

### Nice to have
- Prior road safety experience
- Strong communication skills
- Teamwork
- Analysis
- Judgment
- Customer focus

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