Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager at Olam Agri

Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.

Olam Agri is at the heart of global food and agri-trade flows with more than 40 million MT in volume traded annually. Focused on transforming food, feed and fiber for a more sustainable future, it aims at creating value for customers, enabling farming communities to prosper sustainably, and strive for a food-secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager

Location: Ilorin, Kwara

Description

• The EHS head will be responsible for the implementation of Olams EHS policies across the 25 tier 1 manufacturing plans in Africa.
• The incumbent must have a detailed understanding of all the applicable laws and regulatory guidelines form the EHS perspective for all the plat locations.
• The role requires cross-functional co-ordination as many of the locations do not have dedicated EHS resources.
• For Olam environment is a priority and you will be the driver of our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint.
• As the EHS Head, you will drive the legal compliance and the safety conscience of the organization along with the following key dimensions

Key Deliverables
Strategic Effectiveness

• Draft and publish a safety manual detailing the basics of Olam's EHS policy and procedures.
• This should incorporate applicable regulatory guidelines. 
• Design a robust audit system comprising of policy/management/system/infrastructure/process/practice regarding EHS.
• Give inputs to project teams during greenfield/brownfield projects to build in EHS compliance during design stage itself
• Audit project sites for compliance of EHS guidelines and work with project teams to enable compliance
• Coordinate with relevant agencies to ensure compliance to all governing laws

Operational Effectiveness

• Bring out new/unknown risks in new and existing facilities for management to act
• Ensure all Olam facilities are compliant to local/international regulatory norms
• Document areas of improvement, push the envelope when it comes to environmental safety and safe workplace practices
• Identify opportunities to eliminate not just reduce workplace hazards

Organizational Effectiveness

• Undertake and document audits based on the published audit criterion. Work independently for the audits or constitute cross-functional audit teams to conduct effective audits.
• Follow up on action plans on identified gaps as brought out during audits
• Coach and train plant EHS personnel to develop them as EHS leaders in their plants
• Undertake training of plant personnel to ensure safety requirements and the right knowledge is transferred to the lowest level in the plant operations

Requirements

• Engineering Degree in Mechanical / Electrical / Chemical
• Total of 10-15 years of industry experience
• Initial experience in maintenance/projects in a large manufacturing set-up will be preferred.
• At least five years of experience in leading the EHS function of a large corporation in national/regional role
• Ability to network, excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) and people skills.
• Ability to persevere and stay focused in the face of priority conflict with a peer group
• Leverage key stakeholders to move the EHS agenda forward.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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