JR 418667 - Field Guide (North West)

The Health Safety Environment and Quality (HSE&Q) Manager plays a crucial role in safeguarding the organization's operations, employees, contractors, visitors, and reputation.

This position is responsible for developing, implementing, overseeing, and maintaining the HSE&Q strategies, ensuring effective compliance with regulatory, industry, and company requirements, standards, and norms.

The position is responsible for ensuring HSE&Q is at the heart of all onsite operations to maintain strong business performance whilst ensuring all HSEQ-related customer standards, requirements, and expectations are evaluated and addressed.

The position is required to interact with global & local peers and stakeholders on all HSE&Q activities.

Accountabilities

Lead the development, implementation, and management of the HSE Management Systems projects and improvement initiatives to manage the site Process and Occupational safety activities.

Lead the development, implementation, and management of the Quality Management Systems projects, improvement initiatives, and inspection plans to manage the site quality control and quality assurance activities, including management of the quality assurance laboratory and personnel.

Ensure compliance with regulatory, industry, and company HSE&Q legal requirements, policy, and standards.

Provide advice and support to employees to enable the effective management of HSE&Q activities on site.

Management of all risk identification activities.

Be accountable for and drive the HSE process risk assessment (PRA) and workplace risk assessments (WRA) as well as the Quality risk assessments.

Ensure that customer quality complaints, internal non-compliances, and root cause investigations are carried out timeously and measures implemented to avoid reoccurrence.

Manage the site's Integrated Management System (covering ISO standards & 45001) and Responsible Care activities as the Management Representative.

Manage the site's Major Hazardous Installation registration and activities as the appointed Responsible Person; in terms of section 43(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1993 Act no. 85 of 1993.

Ensure proper HSE&Q training interventions (mandatory & occupation-related) are available and executed.

Champion the HSE&Q culture on site by prioritizing strong leadership commitment to modelling safe behaviours, a clearly communicated safety vision, and continuously improving safety procedures.

Ensure that a sustainable Risk & Compliance culture is in place through establishing and regularly updating compliance frameworks to align with new laws and industry practices, drive quality training plans for all site employees, and foster ongoing mitigation planning to counter identified risks.

As a member of the site leadership team, either as an OHSA 16.2 or 8.2 appointee, proactively contribute to the development and implementation of site strategy.

Appointed to the site Health and Safety committee and Emergency & Crisis Management Team.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Critical Knowledge

A minimum of 8-10 years experience in a chemical manufacturing environment.

Experience in a production and processing environment where HSE&Q is critical and non-negotiable.

Proactive HSE&Q standard setting within a manufacturing environment.

Experience in developing, implementing, and managing HSE&Q systems and programs.

ISO Accredited Auditor for standards 9001 would be beneficial.

Extensive knowledge and awareness of the OHSA, its regulations, and applicable legislation including NEMA.

Extensive knowledge of process safety principles, philosophies, improvement strategies, and assessment methodologies and tools.

HSE and Quality management and management systems in a chemical manufacturing environment.

Knowledge of quality relating to Crop protection products, relevant law, regulations, and practices.

Knowledge of Cross Contamination Prevention Management.

Risk management processes including Hazops, PRAs, and WRAs.

Be able to navigate the complexities of operating in a global organization and matrix reporting environment.

Is well versed with computer systems MS Office Suite, Enablon, gSAP / S4Hana & LIMS environment.

Laboratory management

Experience in RCA, FMEA, Hazop, workplace and process risk assessment methodologies and processes.

Experienced with Continuous Improvement tools e.g., Fishbone, 5 whys, DMAIC, etc.

Line Management of multifunctional teams.

Critical skills

Execution & results orientated.

Change orientation.

Problem solving.

Leverage diversity & inclusion.

Building tactical and strategic relationships.

People and performance management including team building and leadership development.

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