Specialist, Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) at IHS Towers

About the Job

• We are currently recruiting for a Specialist, Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) who will implement strategies and controls to reduce health, safety and environmental (HSE) risks across sites.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Contribute towards fostering a positive HSE culture across the organization, ensuring clear accountability, responsibility, skill and knowledge.
• Ensure the company’s HSE systems and processes follow relevant applicable laws and requirements.
• Advise management on developments in environmental issues to ensure consistent adherence to local and international legislation, regulations and standards.
• Advise and support the company’s regional management and staff on results from audits/ risk assessments related to their work areas to ensure safe working environment.
• Develop and review HSE-specific targets for regional operations in line with the company’s annual HSE plan.
• Document, implement and supervise SSOW (RA, PTW, etc.) for potential high-risk operations.
• Prepare site inspection and audit schedules considering all applicable legal and other requirements, such as safety, housekeeping, and environmental aspects.
• Prepare and execute on-site monitoring programs.
• Periodically engage regulatory/ governmental agencies (Federal Ministry of Environment, NESREA, etc.) to ensure continual compliance.
• Implement strategies and controls to reduce health, safety and environmental (HSE) risks across sites.
• Participate in environment-related conferences, seminars, public hearings, etc.
• Enhance HSE awareness by sending out monthly environmental tips to regional staff and contributing articles to Internal Communications.
• Participate in, and provide support for, environment-critical activities, e.g. Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), legal compliance monitoring (e.g. noise monitoring, air quality, etc.) across the organization’s operations. Advise management as appropriate.
• Provide advice and support during incident investigations to establish root causes, cascade lateral learning, and make recommendations to minimize re-occurrences.
• Coordinate 3rd-party inspections and follow up to ensure close-out actions.
• Ensure prompt close-out of all corrective actions from incidents, audits, clients’ and/ or customers’ inspections, and/ or complaints.
• Advise Operations team, SMCs, and SBCs on legislative and regulatory requirements and changes to prevent punitive measures from regulators.
• Perform any other duties and tasks as assigned by the Country Head, HSE.

Experience & Qualifications Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Environmental Sciences and/ or any other relevant discipline.
• Membership of relevant professional body (ISPON, NES, IOSH, IIRSM, etc.)
• Plus 5 years’ relevant work experience.
• ISO HSE-MS certifications, e.g. ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.
• Valid NEBOSH International General Certificate (IGC) in Occupational Health & Safety. NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate (NEC) will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrable knowledge in environmental assessment, monitoring, policy-making, and planning.

Organizational Competencies

• Be Bold
• Customer Focus
• Innovation
• Integrity.

Functional Competencies:

• HSE Standards Compliance & Enforcement
• Hazard Identification
• Risk Assessment
• Auditing & Inspection
• Incident Investigation.

Behavioural Competencies

• Analytical Thinking
• Initiative/ Judgement
• Relationship Building.