Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.
Olam Agri is at the heart of global food and agri-trade flows with more than 40 million MT in volume traded annually. Focused on transforming food, feed and fiber for a more sustainable future, it aims at creating value for customers, enabling farming communities to prosper sustainably, and strive for a food-secure future.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager
Location: Ilorin, Kwara
Description
- The EHS head will be responsible for the implementation of Olams EHS policies across the 25 tier 1 manufacturing plans in Africa.
- The incumbent must have a detailed understanding of all the applicable laws and regulatory guidelines form the EHS perspective for all the plat locations.
- The role requires cross-functional co-ordination as many of the locations do not have dedicated EHS resources.
- For Olam environment is a priority and you will be the driver of our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint.
- As the EHS Head, you will drive the legal compliance and the safety conscience of the organization along with the following key dimensions
Key Deliverables
Strategic Effectiveness
- Draft and publish a safety manual detailing the basics of Olam’s EHS policy and procedures.
- This should incorporate applicable regulatory guidelines.Â
- Design a robust audit system comprising of policy/management/system/infrastructure/process/practice regarding EHS.
- Give inputs to project teams during greenfield/brownfield projects to build in EHS compliance during design stage itself
- Audit project sites for compliance of EHS guidelines and work with project teams to enable compliance
- Coordinate with relevant agencies to ensure compliance to all governing laws
Operational Effectiveness
- Bring out new/unknown risks in new and existing facilities for management to act
- Ensure all Olam facilities are compliant to local/international regulatory norms
- Document areas of improvement, push the envelope when it comes to environmental safety and safe workplace practices
- Identify opportunities to eliminate not just reduce workplace hazards
Organizational Effectiveness
- Undertake and document audits based on the published audit criterion. Work independently for the audits or constitute cross-functional audit teams to conduct effective audits.
- Follow up on action plans on identified gaps as brought out during audits
- Coach and train plant EHS personnel to develop them as EHS leaders in their plants
- Undertake training of plant personnel to ensure safety requirements and the right knowledge is transferred to the lowest level in the plant operations
Requirements
- Engineering Degree in Mechanical / Electrical / Chemical
- Total of 10-15 years of industry experience
- Initial experience in maintenance/projects in a large manufacturing set-up will be preferred.
- At least five years of experience in leading the EHS function of a large corporation in national/regional role
- Ability to network, excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) and people skills.
- Ability to persevere and stay focused in the face of priority conflict with a peer group
- Leverage key stakeholders to move the EHS agenda forward.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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