HSE Manager at Dangote

Job Summary

• The HSSE Manager will lead the factory’s HSSE management strategy.
• The role holder will establish practical controls for the Plant’s HSSE operations, protect employees, contractors, visitors, assets and the surrounding environment, and support safe, reliable and compliant production processes.
• The position holder will provide safety and health at work strategic and operational leadership through the Plant’s activities and contractors’ inclusive.
• The HSSE Manager will promote a proactive HSSE culture while ensuring risks are identified, controlled, monitored and continually reduced.

Duties & Responsibilities
HSSE Leadership and Management Systems:

• Develop, implement and periodically review the factory SOPs.
• Maintain an integrated HSSE management system aligned with applicable legal requirements and recognized occupational health, safety and environmental management principles and Group Standards and Guidelines.
• Advise factory leadership on significant risks, compliance obligations, emerging issues, required resources and improvement priorities.
• Lead HSSE meetings, management reviews, safety/steering committees and workforce consultation processes.
• Liaise with Plant Leadership and Managers to set clear HSSE responsibilities for supervisors, employees and contractors; monitor accountability and followthrough.
• Promote visible leadership through shop-floor engagement, safety conversations, inspections and recognition programmes.

Hazard Identification and Operational Risk Control:

• Lead baseline, task-based and change-related risk assessments, including job safety analysis and process hazard reviews.
• Ensure e ective guarding, interlocks and safe operating procedures for all production machines and equipment.
• Control critical activities through permit-to-work systems for hot work, isolation of hazardous energies, work at height, and lifting equipment safety.
• Establish lockout/tagout standards and verify the isolation of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and thermal energy before maintenance.
• Manage risks from molten polymer, hot surfaces, rotating equipment, sharp blades and needles, inks, solvents, adhesives, chemicals, forklifts, lifting operations, noise, dust, fumes, static electricity and combustible materials.
• Lead management-of-change reviews for new equipment, raw materials, chemicals, processes, layouts and production rates before implementation.
• Ensure suitable personal protective equipment is selected, available, maintained and correctly used, without treating PPE as a substitute for higher-level controls.

Legal and Regulatory Compliance:

• Maintain a current register of applicable occupational safety, environmental, fire, security, labour and public-health obligations.
• Coordinate permits, licences, statutory inspections, certifications and regulatory submissions within required timelines.
• Interface professionally with regulators, emergency services, auditors and other authorized stakeholders.
• Track compliance actions to closure and retain auditable records.

Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene:

• Establish exposure-assessment programmes for noise, heat stress, dust, fumes, vapours, ergonomics, lighting and other relevant workplace agents.
• Coordinate risk-based health surveillance, fitness-to-work assessments, first-aid coverage and occupational health referrals while protecting medical confidentiality.
• Implement controls for manual handling, repetitive work, machine ergonomics, workplace sanitation, potable water, welfare facilities and communicabledisease risks.
• Investigate suspected occupational illnesses and identify preventive actions.

Environmental Management:

• Identify significant environmental aspects and establish controls for air emissions, wastewater, stormwater, noise, energy, water consumption, waste and spill prevention.
• Ensure proper segregation, labelling, storage, transfer and disposal of polymer scraps, woven o -cuts, paper waste, ink and solvent residues, oily waste, used containers and other regulated waste.
• Promote material recovery, recycling, resource e iciency and pollution prevention while maintaining accurate environmental records.
• Monitor environmental performance and investigate exceedances, complaints, spills and unauthorized releases.

Fire Safety and Emergency Preparedness:

• Maintain a site emergency response and drills plan covering fire, chemical spills, medical emergency, security threat, and other credible scenarios.
• Ensure fire-detection, alarm, suppression, hydrants, extinguishers, emergencylighting and evacuation systems are inspected, tested and accessible.
• Organize training for emergency teams, evacuation wardens, first aiders, drills and post-drill reviews across all shifts and write/cascade their reports promptly.
• Maintain clear evacuation routes, assembly points, emergency contacts, mutualaid arrangements and response equipment with neighbour Group Business Unit.

Incident Management and Learning:

• Ensure prompt reporting, classification, preservation of evidence and investigation of injuries, illnesses, near misses, fires, spills, and property damage due to in-Plant or road transport accident.
• Lead root-cause investigations using a consistent methodology; develop corrective and preventive actions that address system weaknesses.
• Communicate lessons learned, verify action e ectiveness and identify trends across shifts, departments and recurring event types.
• Complete internal and statutory notifications within required timelines.

Training, Communication and Culture:

• Develop a competency-based and gap analysed HSSE training matrix for employees, supervisors and contractors.
• Ensure e ective induction, refresher training, toolbox talks, machine-specific instruction and verification of understanding.
• Coach line leaders to integrate HSSE requirements into planning, shift handovers, production meetings and performance reviews.
• Encourage hazard reporting and stop-work intervention without retaliation; recognize constructive participation and improvement ideas.

Contractor and Visitor Management:

• Assist during prequalification of contractors against defined Group HSSE Guidelines and criteria and ensure contracts include appropriate HSSE requirements.
• Verify inductions, competencies, licences, risk assessments, work permits, supervision and close-out of contractor work.
• Set proportionate controls for visitors, drivers, temporary workers and delivery personnel.
• Review contractor performance and intervene when unsafe or non-compliant conditions are identified.

Assurance, Reporting and Continual Improvement:

• Plan and conduct site inspections, management walkthroughs, behavioural observations, compliance evaluations, audits (internal, external and Group led) and management-system reviews.
• Maintain reliable HSSE data and issue concise daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the Head HSSE and Sustainability.
• Analyse leading and lagging indicators, identify adverse trends and recommend prioritized improvement initiatives.
• Track actions from incidents, audits, inspections, risk assessments and management reviews to verified closure.
• Benchmark performance, share good practices and support certification or customer-assurance audits where required.

Decision-Making Authority:

• Stop or suspend work where there is an imminent risk to people, the environment, assets or legal compliance.
• Require corrective action, isolation of unsafe equipment, evacuation of an a ected area and escalation of observed anomalies to Plant leadership/ responsible person(s).
• Reject inadequate risk assessments, permits, contractor arrangements or proposed changes until suitable controls are established.
• Recommend disciplinary or contractual action for serious or repeated breaches, subject to company safe work procedures.

Qualifification & Work Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene or a related discipline.
• Recognized professional HSSE certification, baseline required NEBOSH IGC.
• Substantial progressive HSSE experience in manufacturing, including experience leading a team in a factory or Plant HSSE function.
• Demonstrated knowledge of machinery safety, hazardous energy control, fire prevention, chemical safety, industrial hygiene, environmental controls and incident investigation.
• Working knowledge of applicable HSSE legislation, regulatory processes and management-system auditing, e.g. ISO 45001.
• Experience supervising teams, influencing senior leaders and working effectively with shop-floor personnel and contractors.
• Competence in report writing, data analysis, presentations and standard office applications.

Skills & Competences:

• Excellent ability and capacity to mentor team members with empathy and team spirit.
• Good leadership skills, good risk judgement, good communication skills (written and oral), ability to influence with integrity, ability to plan and execute set targets.
• Training in fire safety, emergency response command, first aid, ergonomics or industrial hygiene.
• Membership of a relevant professional body, e.g. ISPON, TechIOSH.
• Minimum of five years on team leadership role in a manufacturing industry.