HSE Manager at Presco Plc

Presco is a fully-integrated agro-industrial establishment with oil palm plantations, palm oil mill, palm kernel crushing plant and vegetable oil refining and fractionation plant. It also has an olein and stearin packaging plant and a biogas plant to treat its palm oil mill effluent. It is the first of its kind in West Africa

Presco specialises in the cultivation of oil palm and in the extraction, refining and fractionation of crude palm oil into finished products. Presco supplies specialty fats and oils of outstanding quality to customer specifications and assures a reliability of supply of its products year round. This is made possible by the integrated nature of the company’s production process. Presco is the Nigerian market leader for specialty fats and oils. 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: HSE Manager

Location: Nigeria
Department / Section: Health Safety and Environment

Job Purpose

• Lead and implement the Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) system, programs and procedures that comply with standards, policies, code of practices and local Legislation.
• Reduce occupational health risk on the field and improve safety.
• Reduce environmental impacts, reduce footprint and improve conservation areas conditions.

Key Responsibilities
General:

• Lead actions linked with safety and environmental policies of group and country.
• Follow requirements of Performance Standard (e.g. IFC, RSPO, etc.) and put action to reduce any gaps. - Follow up non-compliances in terms of HSE and corrective actions.
• Review Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRAC) in consultation with workers. 

Standardisation/Certification:

• Put in place and maintain certifications (ISO, RSPO, or other OH&S certificates etc.).
• Conduct internal audits and regular worksite inspections and report to management. - Follow up non-compliances in terms of HSE and correctives actions. .
• Put in place corrective and preventive actions.

Action Plan:

• Follow up on actions linked with Health Safety and Environmental Action Plan (e.g. H&S plan).
• Planning and following up on other relevant action plans (HCV and HCS action plans).
• Follow up on actions of external recommendations (Proforest, Customers, Funders, etc.).

Documentation:

• Drafting and annual reviewing of SOPs (e.g. HSE et emergency response procedure).
• Ensure proper implementation of HSE procedures and documents.
• Review assessments (e.g. occupational risk assessment, EIA, HCV-HCS, EPA, water and waste) and action plan.

Administration / Legality:

• Ensure conformity with legal requirements for all activities linked with environmental and social exigence and regulatory monitoring (Environmental Management Plan).
• Contribution to mission of safety and environmental inspections (administration etc.).
• Ensure good communication with local authorities in terms of environment and safety.

Monitoring:

• Monitoring of assessment related with HSE (HCV, HCS, ESIA, surveys, CA/BDP management, etc.).
• Compile and analyse reports and statistics on occupational, incidents, near-miss.
• Monitoring of effluents, with action plan to properly manage them.

Management:

• Coordination of HSE activities at all sites and estates under his authority.
• Attend interviews for the recruitment of HSE team members.

Training / Sensitization:

• Develop and implement training and sensitization matrix related to HSE (and certification requirements).
• Prepare budget for the training plan.
• Monitor training efficiency and effectiveness.
• Development of training material.

Budget:

• Prepare and submit budget for HSE department.
• Investment proposal for the 5 years business plan (if any).
• Monitoring HSE investment plan and new projects (if any).
• Identification and ordering of PPE and safety equipment.
• Follow and approve expenditure of HSE department, report special expense to hierarchy.

In a specific way (Tasks - not exhaustive):

• Writing of HSE reports.
• Organise and participate in HSE training, sensitization, toolbox meeting, etc.
• Organise and facilitate periodic HSE committee meetings (CSST when required).
• Guide the committee to ensure that the H&S of the workers is protected (women health in particular).
• Collaborate with the gender / women welfare committee to address specific H&S risks for women worker.

Safety:

• Management of fire risk
• Ensure that sufficient and appropriate PPEs are provided to all workers based on H&S assessment and enforce compliance with PPE rules and regulations.
• Follow up chemicals list and outdated products.
• Follow up on work accident, incidents, near-miss accidents.
• Conduct Investigations on the causes of accidents.

Health:

• Maintain healthy environment at work, factory and housings.
• Follow up medical activities and dispensary.
• Organize medical check-up (when mandatory).
• Pest control.

Environment:

• Following the works related with ESIA and improvement of work environment.
• Follow important ecological areas into the plantation (swamp, buffer zones, conservation areas, BDP, etc.).
• Management of industrial and house waste (recycling).
• Obtain and maintain environmental permits.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Any other responsibility that may be assigned from time to time by C.O. O

Job Specification

• Master's Degree in HSE, Occupational Health & Safety or relevant field

Additional Qualification:

• At least 5 years working experience in related field
• Additional professional qualification in HSE and Fire Safety Management System
• Working Knowledge in HSE systems and Audit techniques
• Training in HIRAC

Basic Skill:

• Ability to develop strategic plans and establish specific targets using logic and reasoning to resolve problems.
• Excellent report writing skills
• Ability to think strategically and to change the status quo
• Ability to make effective presentations.
• Ability to coach and mentor others and be enthusiastic about seeing others grow.
• Ability to monitor performance effectively.

Application Closing Date
31st October, 2023.