Sr Electrical Safety Engineer, Process Safety Engineering

Company: Amazon
Location: Bellevue
Posted on: April 5, 2026

Job Description:

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. Key job responsibilities 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. - 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%. - 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. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, TN, Nashville - 135,700.00 - 183,600.00 USD annually USA, VA, Arlington - 137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually USA, WA, Bellevue - 137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually

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