SHEQ Officer Market Related - Pretoria - Twinsaver Group

Description

Duties & Responsibilities

Quality

• Effective management and maintenance of the SHEQ Management system, procedures and specifications are crucial to ensuring overall quality.
• All customer and consumer complaints must be investigated and feedback provided as per the customer complaints procedure.
• Risks and opportunities or Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) studies must be conducted regularly to identify areas for improvement.
• The internal audit system for SHEQ must be managed effectively to ensure adherence to schedule.
• Conduct supplier audits on all new or existing suppliers to ensure they meet our quality standards.
• External audits, certification audits or customer visits or inspections must be facilitated smoothly and efficiently.
• The control of non-conforming material procedure, corrective actions and concessions procedure must be adhered to at all times.
• The Bill of Materials must be managed properly to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Quality assurance and trending of results on all products is essential to identify deviations from standards.
• Support the NPD department with conducting trials and approving all product produced to ensure quality meets our standards.
• Co-ordinate and report on trials of new products, raw materials and wrapping materials to ensure their safety and efficacy.
• IDentifying operators/shop-floor SHEQ training requirements and conducting the training where possible/necessary.
• Ensuring effective Quality assurance is maintained on site, maintain ISO 9001 and FSC certification by conducting regular reviews and audits.
• Manage calibration schedule on site with stakeholders to ensure equipment is functioning properly.
• Manage document and data control and procedure reviews for site with stakeholders to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Manage quality control and quality assurance protocols to ensure consistency and excellence.
• Communicate quality and FSC policies annually and display them at site to ensure awareness and understanding.
• Conduct annual quality and FSC training to educate employees on quality practices and procedures.
• Ensure adherence to quality plan sampling, internal and external testing programs to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Generate Certificate of analysis to verify product quality and composition.
• Coordinate annual management review with stakeholders to ensure alignment and progress towards goals.
• Managing Suppliers/ Service Providers to SHEQ and controlling their costs to ensure value for money.

Safety, Health and Environment

• SHE policy must be displayed and communicated to employees / contractors annually to ensure awareness and understanding.
• SHE management system must be communicated to site management / employees to ensure everyone is aware of their responsibilities.
• SHE Incidents: follow up / investigation support / lost time injury investigation / facilitation of corrective & preventative actions / incident recall must be handled promptly and effectively.
• Critical incident investigation, reporting (Lost time injuries / reportable / property loss, fire, theft) must be conducted thoroughly and transparently.
• Risk Assessment: Ensure that site SHER risk assessment is up to date / reviewed and critical risks communicated to management & employees to ensure a safe working environment.
• Ensure safe Work Procedures: Task Risk Assessment / safe work procedure / training and job observations are conducted to identify potential hazards and take corrective action.
• Ensure internal SHER audits are conducted, reports written & follow up on corrective & preventative actions conducted as per audit schedule to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
• Contractor Legal Compliance: Conduct legal compliance assessments of permanent on site contractors as per audit schedule to ensure they meet our standards.
• SHER Induction: SHER induction compliance monitoring & enforcement must be done to ensure new employees understand their responsibilities and safety protocols.
• Training: Monitoring of legal compliance and reporting legal non-conformances to training coordinators for corrective actions to ensure employees are aware of their responsibilities.
• Conduct annual SHE awareness training, monthly toolbox talks, ad hoc SHE training when required to educate employees on safety practices and procedures.
• Manage SHE Inspections with safety reps and operations manager for site to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
• SHE Committee Meetings: Coordinate monthly SHE meetings and send out minutes to ensure open communication and collaboration.
• Reporting: Monthly completion of SHER data to stakeholders to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Emergency Preparedness & Response: Facilitation of emergency response and evacuation exercises / site fire teams / compliance evaluation / liaison with external fire and emergency services to ensure preparedness and response to emergencies.
• Occupational Hygiene Surveys: schedule external surveys, facilitate, evaluate reports, noise, ventilation, HCS, lighting and communicate to stakeholders for implementation of actions to ensure a safe working environment.
• Medical Fitness: Monitor legal compliance in terms of medical fitness to ensure employees are fit to work safely.
• Client Verification Audits: Conduct required off site client verification assessments e.g. waste disposal or recycling provider facilities to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
• Ensure planned job observations are scheduled and monitored for compliance to ensure employees are following safe working practices.
• Management Review: Ensure that annual management review is conducted to ensure alignment and progress towards goals.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Formal Qualifications:

• Degree in BSC / diploma in Anal Chem/ ChemEng/ TQM/BTech Quality or related field is required.
• Effective QMS e.g ISO 9001 : 2015 knowledge and practical experience is essential to ensuring quality management systems are in place.
• SAMTRAC certification is desirable to demonstrate expertise in auditing and quality management.
• SMETA knowledge / Hygiene standards/ legal compliance/ lab experience is necessary to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
• ISO 14001 Implementation / ISO 45001 implementation / legal compliance is essential to ensure environmental and health and safety management systems are in place.
• Tertiary qualification an added advantage e.g Courses: Incident investigation, Risk assessment, Root Cause Analysis to demonstrate expertise in specific areas.

Work Experience

• Fast paced factory environment with a focus on quality and safety.
• Years demonstrated operational safety, health, environmental risk practical experience is essential to ensuring a safe working environment.
• At least 3 years' experience in SHEQ environment with a focus on quality and safety.
• Lab experience is advantageous to demonstrate expertise in laboratory testing and analysis.
• Internal and External audit experience is necessary to ensure quality management systems are in place and compliant.

Skills and Competencies

• Express potential through adaptability, initiating action, applied learning, work standards, impact and stress tolerance to ensure success in a fast-paced environment.
• Interact effectively through communication, building trust and strategic working relationships to ensure collaboration and teamwork.
• Diagnostic and analytical skills to identify problems and implement solutions.

Abilities

• Ability to work under pressure as well as to apply prioritization abilities to ensure tasks are completed efficiently.
• Display leadership ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve quality and safety goals.
• Ability to deliver insights to the business and attention to details to ensure quality and safety standards are met.
• Building relationships with both the Commercial team & Supply Chain team to ensure effective communication and collaboration.
• Assertiveness in driving for business understanding and results to ensure quality and safety goals are achieved.
• Inspiring others to action, follow-up and facilitating change to ensure quality and safety improvements are implemented.
• Understanding of planning systems and statistical modeling to ensure data-driven decision making.

Personal Attributes/Qualities

• Well Focused to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively.
• Technically competent and ability to analyses to ensure quality and safety standards are met.
• Ability to solve problems to identify and implement solutions.
• Ability to get results through other people to ensure quality and safety goals are achieved.
• Team Worker to collaborate and communicate effectively with others.
• Initiative and self-starter to drive quality and safety improvements.