Duties & Responsibilities:

• Promote good health, safety and environmental practices throughout Repi-Wilmar activities to embed safety cultures through awareness creation and standard implementation.

• Support operational management in the implementation of HSE activities with the company, by providing professional expertise to achieve compliance of national legislation requirement and Wilmar HSE objectives Policy, standards and Commitments.

• Provides Safety support and advice, including supervision on preparation of plans and procedures for initial contract start up activities. 

• Ensure total compliance with all relevant legislation on OHSE requirements and all other applicable bodies and keep abreast with all new legislation pertaining to HSE in Ethiopia and implement accordingly.

• Translate Wilmar HSE policy and commitments and worker welfare policies into workable plans and communicate the policy to employees with the support of senior managements and other relevant stake holders including all suppliers and contractors.

• Engage employees in appropriate programs to create and maintain individual and collective responsible HSE culture.

• Ensure implementation of permit to work (PTW) and High risk works safety standards and issue safety work permit for those employees and contractors/subcontractors who be involved on those activities.

• Supervise and check proper Fire extinguishers refilling, servicing and ensure its safe handling. 

• Oversee proper rodent and pest control service are made as per the service agreement 

• Carries out any in-house safety training and coordinate all external HSE trainings. 

• Devise, develop and monitor effective Risk Assessment and management strategies and make recommendations on the implementation of these strategies.

• Promote, supervise and guiding departments to ensure good workplace housekeeping practices.

• Ensure that the HSE committees are active and motivated by identifying and implementing programs that encourage team work and develop standard indicators upon which performance of HSE Representatives shall be measured to ensure fairness in rewarding exemplary achievement.

• Actively participate in environmental conservation program like tree planting and other activities geared at enhancing the look of our environment as well as organize environmental outreach activities in the neighboring communities in conjunction with the Senior Management.

• Coordinate emergency preparedness and Response

• Advice Company on how to become environmentally friendly in minimizing industrial impacts on the environment and develop impact reduction strategies for waste management through reduce, reuse & recycling principles and pollution reduction & prevention.

• Conduct and ensure drinking water and waste water/effluents parameters follow local and Wilmar requirements.

• Manages the operations of a wastewater/effluents treatment plant (ETP) to ensure compliance with regulatory and Wilmar procedures in consultation with senior management 

• Be involved in HSE visits and conduct regular inspections, checks and hazard spotting tours in conjunction with the management members to ensure that standards are maintained and that management controls are being implemented in order to achieve total safety in the work place.

• Oversee that all HSE procedures are followed in cases of work injury and that all relevant forms are appropriately filled and reported.

• Ensures, in accordance with the standards, the implementation, updating, review and conducting audit of the Company HSE Systems. 

• Monitors the effective implementation of appropriate Safety and Environment System procedures and provide for their updating in line with changes in Legislation and Company standards.

• Coordinate incident investigation, maintain accident statistics, analyze trends, and propose and take remedial action plan.

• Generate & compile regulatory reports and other Wilmar reports including monthly incident statistics, environmental metrics and complaints to Global Wilmar HSE team through Enablon & standard format and to local regulatory as necessary.

• Conduct all external social, environmental and process audits and ensure that all corrective actions and recommendations arising from the said audits are acted on as per the timeline.

• Organize and ensure regular inspections on all plants and projects to ensure compliance with Wilmar HSE standards.

Job Requirements

Qualification:

• BSc degree in OHS or related education. MSc in Occupational Health & Safety is preferable.

• With minimum of 5 year’s experiences as environment, health and Safety Professional.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants can apply using THIS LINK