Safety and Environment Controller at International Breweries

The Key Purpose of this role is to provide support to operational and line management to ensure the functioning of a comprehensive and professional Occupational Health and Safety System. Ensuring compliance to Safety & Environment systems, standards and work practices to achieve targets set for the VPO Safety and Environment Pillars (means) in order to achieve Safety & Environment KPI’s/PI's (results).

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance to the applicable Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental legislation.
• To monitor and advise on the implementation of the VPO Safety and Environment Pillars in the plant and associated wet depot / warehouse
• Ensure work place hazards are identified and communicated to all staff
• Track leading Safety and Environment KPI’s and support interventions to improve
• Promote awareness of occupational safety and environmental awareness through the VPO Safety and Environment programme
• Conduct investigations into incidents together with line managers identifying root cause and proposing both corrective and preventative actions
• Ensure induction of both employees and contractors take place in accordance with standards
• Ensure the safe execution of capex projects and support safe work practices where required
• Drive closure of investigations, safety and environment gaps and legal compliance in the plant
• Drive closure of investigations, safety and environment gaps and legal compliance in the plant
• Ensure the site is adequately secured and the contracted security provider complies with standards
• Identify safety, environment and legal training needs, conduct training, arrange and co-ordinate where required
• Develop and maintain documentation such as SOP’s, as well as maintenance of manuals, policies and procedures as related to safety and environment

Key Attributes and Competencies

• Superior planning ability
• Ability to work under pressure
• Good verbal and communication skills
• Good self-management principles
• Ability to adapt to and implement change effectively
• Excellent coaching capability
• Good interpersonal skills / builds good relationships

Minimum Requirements:

• A Degree level qualification or equivalent,
• 5 years+ relevant experience of best practice Sales, Marketing, Trade Marketing, Project Management in a FMCG environment​
• Evidence of outstanding coaching and consulting skills​
• IT / information management knowledge and experience​
• Budget management​
• Ideally international experience within Africa