HSEQ Manager

Job Title

HSEQ Manager

Reports To

Supply Chain and Operations Manager

Location

Boksburg, Johannesburg

Working Hours

07:00 – 17:00

Job Type

Full Time / Permanent

Summary Statement: (Reason why job exists)

The QA Manager will manage HSE & Quality risk across the business, to ensure HSE & product compliance to specifications and systems compliance to relevant protocols.

Key Performance Areas: (Essential Duties & Responsibilities)

To perform this job successfully, the appointed individual must be able to perform each essential duty/key performance area satisfactorily. This list of key performance areas is not exhaustive and may be changed/ supplemented to accommodate business needs from time to time:

• Overall responsibility for ensuring compliance to legal, corporate & principles standards, requirements, and certifications, of;
  • Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHS Act),
  • All environmental laws and regulations
  • ISO 9001:2015
  • ISO 14001:2015
  • Principle Quality standards (ExxonMobil QP&G)
  • Principles Operating standards (3PIMS)
• Responsible for preparing Integrated Management System (IMS) performance reports: Collate, analyse, and trend QA information; Non-conformance reports; Process failures; Continuous improvement initiatives.
• Conduct internal audits and co-ordinate continuous improvement programs within the organization:

-        Conduct gap assessments and ensure efficient tracking of action items to closure.

-       Co-ordinate external audits and do internal audits (3PIM, ISO 9001 and ISO 1400)

• Ensure product conformance is achieved by adhering to product safety and quality requirements and demonstrate compliance status with and through a Documented Management System.
• Overall responsibility to ensure Quality of Manufacturing Process against stringent Principles requirements, including Customer Specific Requirements (CSR), 3PIM and DPIM system.
• Responsible for overseeing the Inventory Management Process, adhere to and uphold Departmental Strategies for appropriate Inventory Levels, eliminating obsolete and off-spec Material and Reduce aging Material:

-       Production and Maintenance

-       Quality, Health and Safety

• Motivate, Organize and Encourage teamwork within the team.
• Facilitate Original Equipment Manufacturing visits, negotiations, and relationship management.
• Ability to Develop and Implement Operational Innovation and continuous Improvement.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills Education/Training and Experience Requirement(s):

The requirements listed below are representative of the Knowledge, Skills, Education/Training and Experience required for this position:

• Excellent Analytical, Problem Solving and Organizational Skills
• Ability to drive continuous Improvement in Business Practice; Adding Value by doing Business smartly and efficiently; Ability to Implement Strategies for Development, Communication, and Implementation of Strategies
• Ability to Prioritize and successfully complete multiple Tasks timeously
• Consistent, Visible and Proactive Leadership Skills; Ability to make Decisions, act and apply Corrective Measures when required.
• Proven ability to think Independently and handle Multiple Projects through to completion
• Record of successfully Collaborating with and Influencing Senior Management and Peers
• Demonstrated ability to Lead and Manage staff
• Demonstrated Independent work Initiative, Sound Judgment, Diplomacy, Analytical ability, and Professional Demeanour.
• Technical Background
• Effective Report Writing Skills
• Relationship Management with Supply Chain, Business Management and Principles
• Sound Accounting acumen
• Forecasting & Budgeting Abilities to ensure all financial costs are reflected to ensure compliance within the company
• Administration and Management — Knowledge of Business and Management Principles involved in Strategic Planning, Resource Allocation, Human Resources Modelling, Leadership Technique, Production Methods, and coordination of People and Resources
• Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of Economic and Accounting Principles and Practices, and the Analysis and Reporting of Financial Data within the HSEQ scope. 
• Mathematics — Knowledge of Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, Statistics, and their Applications
• Proficient in standard Business Office Software and ERP systems.

Personal Attributes

• Action Orientated
• Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
• Independence — Job requires developing one''''s own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done
• Time Management — Managing one''''s own Time and the Time of others
• Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
• Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone and being personally connected with others on the job
• Good Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Fluency in Written and Verbal English
• Ability to Adapt to, and Accept Change, New Ideas and New Challenges

Preferred Knowledge, Skills Education/ Training and Experience Requirement(s):

1. Educational background

BSc degree Chemistry B. Tech, MTech, or equivalent

Master’s in Chemistry advantageous

2. Experience (years and nature)

At least 5 to 10 years’ experience within a manufacturing environment

Petrochemical industry experience advantageous

The successful candidate will be familiar with:

- ISO 9001 and 1400 systems implementation.

- Knowledge and experience in managing a lubricants testing laboratory and quality assurance protocols.

- Quality investigations, root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives

- Experience of XOM 3PIM & DPIM and QP&G will be advantageous.