PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Reporting directly to the Company Director of HSE with a dotted line to the CDC Site Director, leading a team of Managers and Coordinators, and inspiring a team 1600 staff to ensure compliance with all local HSE laws and regulations for public health, environmental and safety

Achieve targets associated with accident and injury prevention; and deliver risk assessments, communication, awareness and training programs on occupational health, safety and environmental management to the various site teams

MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES

1 Maintain required government and company records and reports, and coordinate compliance driven safety requirements such as annual health checks, First Aid training, MHE Training, etc.
2 Ensure risk assessments are carried out to the right standard and frequency to assess likelihood and severity of risks, and ensure robust plans are developed and implemented to mitigate the risks
3 Develop and deploy accident, near miss and environmental KPI’s, together with performance tracking and review tools to ensure the legal and company requirements are met, and robust plans are developed and deployed to improve performance in all areas
4 Ensure the correct preparation and follow-up of accident and High Potential Near Miss investigations in collaboration with the area involved, and generate and effectively use the insights/root causes from the accidents and near misses
5 Design and implement safety awareness programs with full support from the operations team to improve employee awareness of risks and the methods to mitigate the risks, that improve accident and near miss performance and cultivate a HSE high performing culture
6 Plan and delivers programs to induct and train employees in safe working practices
7 Ensure the continued professional development of your area of responsibility investigation team, to include the identification of suitable individuals in longer-term succession planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety or of degree caliber with the relevant and recognized HSE Qualifications
• Minimum of 10 years Safety Experience, with at least 3 years of site-wide safety responsibility in a Warehouse or Manufacturing environment, employing more than 500 employees
• Excellent leadership skills and a ‘hands on’ inspirational management style, results-driven, communicative, and highly analytical
• An absolute passion for driving improvements in HSE performance with the ability to engage with employees at all levels within the organization
• Proven problem solving and project management skills
• Good Command of English and PC Literate
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills, with ability to clearly articulate ideas and proposals to all levels of the organisation
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities in a high-pressure organization
• Ability to work with all levels of management with demonstrated ability to develop and motivate and influence others – both up and down the organization
• Able to work flexible hours with an open minded and positive attitude
• Able to work under pressure with tight deadlines and be available after normal business hours to get the job done
• Enjoy working as part of a committed, flexible team, and takes great pride in everything you do