Purpose

The EHS Manager manages and directs the company’s SHE functions in the plant by acting as the management representative on all Safety, Health, and Environmental issues, organising and leading various initiatives to ensure a safe working environment.

Activities and responsibilities

1. Develops, implements, and maintains a SHE Management System (Mission, Vision, Policies, Procedures, Management review, Risk Assessments, KPI’s, Internal auditing, Training…) and site-specific policies that are required by corporate and law.

2. To review, inspect and evaluate the environment, equipment and processes in working areas. To ensure compliance with safety regulations, industry standards and ergonomic requirements.

3. To protect the employees, contractors, visitors, customers and the environment by minimizing and eliminating risks. Assure that all needed PPE is in place and replaced when damaged.

4. Ensure all emergency response/contingency plans are in place and updated.

5. To plan, develop and implement safety training program for new and existing employees focusing prevention on both injuries and health problems.

6. To investigate accidents to identify their causes and find ways to prevent them in the future.

7. Monitor, revise and analyse Safety, Health, and Environmental key performance indicators. Addressing any issuing gaps.

8. Implement ongoing updates in corporate and legal safety regulations through Red Online services.

9. To support other European plants in the SH&E function, mainly in auditing.

10. Site Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) champion, coordinating with all managers and stake holders, the TPM foundations (5S and High Performance Organization) and the supporting pillars of Autonomous Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Progressive Quality, Training and People Development, SHE, early Management and Lean flow. All leading to Manufacturing excellence, providing safe working operations with full respect to the environment.

Job requirements

The position of EHS Manager requires that the incumbent has a good educational background, preferably a diploma or a degree in environmental health and safety. This should ideally be coupled with overall practical experience in SHE activities.

The incumbent in this position would ideally have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with top management, peer groups and subordinates. He/she would have good time management skills, the ability to prioritise projects and process multiple tasks as required and would possess strong analytical troubleshooting and problem resolution skills.

Computer literacy and the ability to motivate, lead and supervise others effectively are also pre-requisites for this position.

OTHER DUTIES

The above job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee holding this position. The incumbent may be required to carry out other related duties which may be necessary from time to time for the effective operation of the company.