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About AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps millions of customers every day achieve their business goals in an ever-changing digital economy. As the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, we recognize the global need for IT infrastructure services to deliver fast, scalable results. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Join the world class safety culture at Amazon Web Services (AWS) and be part of supporting the largest cloud computing infrastructure team as a Regional Safety Engineer. As the Regional Safety Engineer you will own the Health and Safety function of your respective area. You will be responsible for improving the health and safety of our data centers, advancing safety culture, and protecting our employees. Each day you will work with our data center engineers, the people who make the cloud go. They are working with electrical switching equipment, large scale air handling mechanical systems, and critical IT gear. You will work closely with experts in security, construction, operations, logistics, compliance, corporate counsel, and human resources to further the global health safety program. You will partner with employees as well as contractors to achieve health and safety goals and improve our already strong safety culture. As AWS increases data capacity you will partner with construction managers to ensure risks are identified and mitigated prior to live operations. You will work in a fast-paced environment where our operations are rapidly changing, advocating safe changes in the face of new infrastructure, new tools, and new products/processes.
Responsibilities:
- Implement health and safety standards, policies and practices including but not limited to; safety management systems, training, risk assessments, assist with industrial hygiene assessments, and applicable safety regulations.
- Conduct health and safety audits of data centers and active construction sites to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements as well as life safety requirements
- Ensure compliance and implementation of global health and safety programs that exceed regulatory requirements.
- Develop health and safety plans for on-site emergencies, business continuity, and other unique events.
- Maintain adequate safety record keeping and data integrity.
- Perform data trend analysis to present to cluster leadership to support business and safety initiatives.
- Consult and partner with the AWS compliance team for interpretations and guidance.
- Identify risks and partner with Operations to remediate via the hierarchy of controls.
- Daily interactions with our customers delivering health and safety guidance.
Inclusive Team Culture
We’re committed to celebrating our differences here at AWS. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower all Amazonians to be proud of who we are. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, serve as a foundation for continuous learning about our diverse perspectives.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We have a career path for you no matter what stage you’re in when you start here. As we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer, we know we must continuously raise our performance bar. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience handling confidential information
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- ASP or CSP preferred
- Data Center safety experience
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.
LOCATION
USA, GA, Atlanta - 55,600.00 - 97,400.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
About AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps millions of customers every day achieve their business goals in an ever-changing digital economy. As the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, we recognize the global need for IT infrastructure services to deliver fast, scalable results. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Join the world class safety culture at Amazon Web Services (AWS) and be part of supporting the largest cloud computing infrastructure team as a Regional Safety Engineer. As the Regional Safety Engineer you will own the Health and Safety function of your respective area. You will be responsible for improving the health and safety of our data centers, advancing safety culture, and protecting our employees. Each day you will work with our data center engineers, the people who make the cloud go. They are working with electrical switching equipment, large scale air handling mechanical systems, and critical IT gear. You will work closely with experts in security, construction, operations, logistics, compliance, corporate counsel, and human resources to further the global health safety program. You will partner with employees as well as contractors to achieve health and safety goals and improve our already strong safety culture. As AWS increases data capacity you will partner with construction managers to ensure risks are identified and mitigated prior to live operations. You will work in a fast-paced environment where our operations are rapidly changing, advocating safe changes in the face of new infrastructure, new tools, and new products/processes.
Responsibilities:
- Implement health and safety standards, policies and practices including but not limited to; safety management systems, training, risk assessments, assist with industrial hygiene assessments, and applicable safety regulations.
- Conduct health and safety audits of data centers and active construction sites to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements as well as life safety requirements
- Ensure compliance and implementation of global health and safety programs that exceed regulatory requirements.
- Develop health and safety plans for on-site emergencies, business continuity, and other unique events.
- Maintain adequate safety record keeping and data integrity.
- Perform data trend analysis to present to cluster leadership to support business and safety initiatives.
- Consult and partner with the AWS compliance team for interpretations and guidance.
- Identify risks and partner with Operations to remediate via the hierarchy of controls.
- Daily interactions with our customers delivering health and safety guidance.
Inclusive Team Culture
We’re committed to celebrating our differences here at AWS. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower all Amazonians to be proud of who we are. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, serve as a foundation for continuous learning about our diverse perspectives.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We have a career path for you no matter what stage you’re in when you start here. As we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer, we know we must continuously raise our performance bar. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience handling confidential information
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- ASP or CSP preferred
- Data Center safety experience
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.
LOCATION
USA, GA, Atlanta - 55,600.00 - 97,400.00 USD annually
How to Get Visa Sponsorship as a Safety Manager
Target industries with mandatory safety compliance
Construction, manufacturing, oil and gas, and chemical processing are federally required to maintain dedicated safety staff. These industries have consistent demand and are more accustomed to sponsoring specialized roles like Safety Manager for OPT candidates.
Highlight OSHA certifications prominently
OSHA 30-hour certification, CSP designation, or NEBOSH credentials immediately signal technical readiness to hiring managers. Certifications reduce employer hesitation around sponsorship by demonstrating you meet the compliance standards the role legally requires them to uphold.
Frame your degree field as a direct match
Occupational health, environmental science, industrial engineering, and safety management degrees align directly with this role. Make the degree-to-job connection explicit in your resume summary so employers immediately see OPT eligibility isn't a stretch for your case.
Research employers' existing OPT and H-1B history
Employers who have previously filed Labor Condition Applications for safety roles are far more likely to sponsor again. Focus your applications on companies with a documented track record rather than cold-pitching employers who have never navigated the process.
Lead with your OPT status early in outreach
Don't bury your work authorization status. Mentioning OPT upfront in cover letters and recruiter messages filters for employers already open to it and saves time on both sides. Frame it factually, not apologetically, and include your authorization end date.
Consider contract and staffing roles as a bridge
Many environmental health and safety staffing firms place Safety Managers on contract at client sites. These arrangements let you build U.S. workplace experience and documented safety outcomes, which strengthens your H-1B or cap-exempt petition when OPT ends.
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Can Safety Manager roles qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree field. If your degree is in occupational safety, environmental science, industrial engineering, or a related STEM-classified field, your Safety Manager role may qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. The job duties must also align with your degree. Review the official STEM Designated Degree Program List and confirm with your DSO before assuming the extension applies.
Do Safety Manager positions commonly come with H-1B sponsorship?
Yes, particularly at large manufacturers, construction firms, and chemical companies. Safety Manager is classified as a specialty occupation because it typically requires a degree in a specific field like occupational health or engineering. Employers in heavily regulated industries are used to sponsoring this role because qualified candidates are genuinely hard to find without it. Migrate Mate filters for sponsoring employers so you can focus applications accordingly.
What does a typical OPT application look like for a Safety Manager role?
Employers expect a resume emphasizing OSHA compliance experience, incident rate reduction outcomes, and any certifications like CSP or OSHA 30. Your cover letter should address your work authorization clearly and connect your degree directly to the safety function. If you're on standard OPT, include your EAD expiration date so the hiring team can assess H-1B sponsorship timing from the start.
Is a Safety Manager role considered a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Generally yes. USCIS has approved H-1B petitions for Safety Manager roles where the position requires a degree in occupational health, safety science, or a related technical field. The key is that the employer's job description must specify a degree requirement in a particular discipline, not just any bachelor's degree. Roles that accept any degree as sufficient may face more scrutiny in the specialty occupation determination.
How much time do I realistically have on OPT to land a sponsored Safety Manager job?
Standard OPT gives you 12 months of work authorization after graduation. If you qualify for STEM OPT, that extends to 36 months total. Most Safety Manager hiring cycles run four to eight weeks from application to offer, which is manageable, but H-1B sponsorship petitions must be filed before your OPT expires. Starting your search early and targeting employers with sponsorship history is critical to staying on schedule.
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