Environment, Health & Safety Manager at Olam Nigeria Limited

The Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) coordinator shall primarily ensure the hatcheries, breeder farms, production farms, warehouses, Admin block and other operational areas are safe in line with the Company EHS policy and ‘Zero Harm Goal’ by providing visible safety leadership, supervision and using relevant safety management system skills/tools.

Key Deliverables

• Site supervision to ensure compliance with safety standards across site, departments, and work activities. He will drive culture change amongst workers and ensure promotion of safe behaviors.
• Conduct risk assessments and/or job safety analyses of routine and non-routine operations and advise line managers and/or area owners on safety controls to mitigate risks.
• Identify unsafe acts and unsafe conditions during work activities and address them promptly to prevent workplace incidents
• Investigate safety incidents (near misses and accidents) and track closure of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Lead, supervise and attend toolbox talks before start of each shift, contribute, and provide support as applicable.
• Conduct site safety inductions and other relevant safety trainings for staff, contractors, and visitors.
• Drive safety programs and workers engagement throughout the site.
• Conduct workplace and equipment safety inspections, including equipment mobilized to site by contractors
• Issue and monitor compliance with permit-to-work and ensure closure of permit-to-work when work is completed.
• Prepare weekly and monthly safety reports as required.
• Ensure PPEs compliance by staff, contract staff and third-party contract staff.
• Ensure wastes are properly segregated, evacuated and disposed to prevent any potential regulatory or compliance issues.

Organizational Effectiveness

• Conduct specialized safety training for staff and Line Managers as the need arises.
• Liaise with Human Resources Department to develop training plan for staff, contract staff and third-party contract staff to improve safety awareness and culture onsite.
• Monitor safety KPIs trend and communicate trend during reviews.
• Ensure statutory inspections for lift equipment, fire safety equipment, and pressured vessels are conducted as at when due, and track issue(s) identified with Engineering team for prompt closure.
• Inspect workplace and work activities, and drive compliance with safety standards.
• Schedule and conduct internal EHS audits of the workplace and procedures as well as support external audits.
• Documentation on SAP and tracking of site compliance with safety tools on SAP.
• Monitor compliance with Olam six safety imperatives and lifesaving rules.
• Plan and execute emergency drills to test the site’s emergency preparedness and response.
• Schedule and hold monthly safety committee meetings, prepare and circulate minutes of the meetings and ensure timely implementation of actions raised.

Requirements

• Degree/HND in environment, health and safety or any engineering and science disciplines.
• Minimum of 5 years cognate work experience in health and safety management in reputable organization.
• Possession of relevant professional safety qualifications such as NEBOSH International General Certificate in occupational health and safety is a must.
• Membership of relevant health and safety professional organizations is added advantage.