Manager - Health, Safety & Environment at Promasidor Nigeria

Promasidor - We are an African company proud of our heritage and totally committed to the continent. We manufacture, market and sell unique brands which bring practicality and pleasure to millions of consumers across Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Manager - Health, Safety & Environment

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities / Activities

• Develop and implement a safety culture across PNG changing the mind set of the employees leading to a sustainable zero accident.
• Develop and implement PNG organizational safety program across all operating sites
• Review and update institutional HSE policies – aiming for best-in-class standards
• Conduct risk assessment across the PNG business to detect potential hazards and plan precautionary measures.
• Ensure that the workplace is monitored and is fully in compliance with all applicable OSHA standards, rules, and regulations to maintain safety in all PNG operating sites
• Ensure that Safety Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are maintained, and communicated to employees across board
• Must be able highlight areas where training/certification is required to meet the standards imposed by Legislation, Approved Codes of Practice, or HSE. guidance
• Design, implement, and use all standard means – including labels, signs, posters, floor marking, and color coding to warn employees about potential hazards.
• Ensure the results of safety inspections are documented; monitoring the investigation of accidents and injuries; ensuring that corrective actions are taken; and providing recommendations for ways to prevent similar accidents.
• Constitute and lead a HAZOP (hazard operability study) committee that investigate plant deviation from design intent, and raise CAP (corrective action plan) for closure of all associated risk to plant, equipment, personnel, etc
• Design and implement a Health and Safety documentation procedure for new tenders.
• Provides Safety guidance, support and advice, including supervision on preparation of plans and procedures for initial contract start up activities in PNG sites.
• To bring company related health and safety matters to the attention of the management at regular intervals, with clear road map of action.
• Keep up to date with changes in current legislation and to bring to the attention of the Management, any relevant new legislation.
• Ensure that all “assessments” as required by legislation are conducted and reviewed at relevant intervals and to maintain records of the same.
• Recommend control measures and advise on the standard of P.P.E. issued to employees.
• Conduct health and safety inspections and prepare reports of all the company’s operations on agreed timeline
• Must carry out analysis of accident / incident statistics, identifying trends and suggesting improvement plans
• Carry out investigations into all accidents and near-miss incidents and to record the findings in a standard and professional manner.
• Design safety training programs for employee and ensure response to all specific requirements and maintain knowledge of all company safety programs and draft all materials for training programs within required timeframe.
• Manage safety communication strategies and prepare required newsletters and design and implement an efficient site safety training programs and perform investigation to eliminate all issues.
• Lead / actively participate in all site safety committees and analyze all job hazard activities.
• Supervise management of all hazardous waste and maintain records of same and evaluate all air and storm water permits and maintain documents for same.
• Develop and implement efficient global operations emergency response plans and ensure adherence to all federal and state regulations.
• Carries out other functions as may be assigned by his manager.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Health, Safety Management, Environmental Sciences, or other relevant technical degrees, with minimum of Second-Class honors upper division.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Very excellent computer skills with vast knowledge on Microsoft office packages
• Must have a very good management skill
• Sound knowledge global best practices in HSE.

Personal Attributes:

• Must possess excellent communication skill.
• Must be able to function effectively in a team structure.
• Must be able to effectively plan and make a change process.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.