Senior Specialist, Facilities, Road Safety & Logistics Technical Advisor at IHS Towers

ob Purpose

• Advise, Design and Implement safety strategies and controls to reduce health, safety and environment risk in IHS critical business facilities, vehicles, security & logistics operations

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Implement and enforce IHS corporate HSE policies and procedures to ensure operations are conducted in safe and efficient manner in compliance with legislation, company and client requirement.
• Exercise authority to stop any unsafe operations, where immediate corrective actions cannot be implemented.
• Conduct technical safety studies, risk assessments and identify appropriate and cost-effective risk mitigation strategies/solutions for critical business facilities- offices & warehouse, security operations and motor vehicle operations.
• Implementation of company fleet safety programs, policies and procedures to reduce road traffic incidents in IHS value chain.
• Facilitate HSE policy awareness/roadshow sessions for employees across the organization.
• Ensure regular maintenance and functionality of emergency equipment such as the fire alarm and detection system, firefighting system and emergency communication devices in IHS critical business facilities- Offices and Warehouses
• Conduct planned drills testing of emergency preparedness and evacuation plan to ensure business readiness and resilience across offices and warehouses. Identify gaps for improvement.
• Support and advise leadership on strategies for effective management of all items on the company HSE risk register.
• Periodic audit and engagement of critical business partners/vendors to ensure compliance with HSE standards and company HSE requirements within the fleet, facilities, security, warehouses operations.
• Monitor compliance with all applicable HSE laws and international standards.
• Continuously Identify and implement HSE process improvements to reduce business risk or exposures.
• Monitor the implementation and control of planned temporary and permanent changes that impact HSE performance in business facilities (offices and warehouses) and fleet operations.
• Identify HSE Training needs for various stakeholders and equip them with the right knowledge to execute safety strategies within their process
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Associate, HSE.

Functional: 

• Diesel Management
• Logistics Management
• Contract Management

Behavioural:

• Collaboration & Teamwork

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Environmental Sciences and/ or any other relevant discipline.
• 10-15years’ relevant work experience.
• Possess valid NEBOSH international General Certificate (IGC) in Occupational Health & Safety
• ISO HSE-MS Certifications e.g ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018
• Membership of relevant professional body (ISPON, NES, IOSH, IIRSM, etc.)
• Must have excellent communication and report-writing skills.
• Demonstrate practical risk assessment skills, monitoring, policy making, writing procedures and planning
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements.

Job-Specific Competencies
Functional:

• HSE Standards Compliance & Enforcement
• Safety Engineering and Management
• Stakeholders Engagement
• Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
• Auditing & Inspection
• Incident Investigation
• Data Analysis and Reporting

Behavioural:

• Strategic thinking
• Collaboration & Teamwork
• Initiative/ Judgement
• Analytical Thinking