SUMMARY:
This role will undertake onsite SHER responsibility, ensuring that safety and health risks and hazar

POSITION INFO:

SHE AND RISK OFFICER

Operations

Accountable for quality, standards, service and desired outputs within inter-related functional areas of responsibility. May be responsible for work of others. This role will work with various closely related concrete variables, requiring an understanding of the theory or practices underpinning inter-related functional processes.

Job Purpose

This role will undertake onsite SHER responsibility, ensuring that safety and health risks and hazards are timeously identified and effectively mitigated. They will also ensure that appropriate preventative measures are put in place to avoid future recurrences of safety incidents.

Key Accountabilities and Outputs

SHER framework, initiatives and communications 

• Support with establishing and maintaining a SHER Framework of practices, processes, policies and procedures, standards and controls for application across all geographie
• Implement SHER awareness initiatives and communications
• Assist with ensuring that all SHER practices, initiatives and communications are clearly defined and in a language that everyone can understand Ensure SHER Compliance 
• Proactively identify on site activities that pose threats to workers' health and safety and order the suspension of such activities
• Conduct regular inspections on site, identify non-compliance, near-misses, unsafe acts etc. and check compliance of workplace environments, equipment
• Implement mitigations / corrective actions
• Compile detailed safety reports as required SHER Mitigating Actions
• Recommend mitigating actions and if non-compliance is in direct violation of a specific policy, procedure or standard, escalate issue immediately
• Assist with developing mitigating plans that are practical, focused and dedicated to rectify noncompliances, mitigate risks, and to prevent reoccurrences and future problems
• Collaborate with Managers and Supervisors to institute mitigating, control and remedial actions to drive improvement in SHER compliance
• Assist with conducting risk assessments 

Adherence to the Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety and Environmental Standards  

• Adherence to Standards: Ensure strict adherence to Quality, Food, Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
• Enforcement: Enforce all food safety and health regulations, policies, and requirements at all times to guarantee a secure work environment.
• Personal Hygiene: Maintain exceptional personal hygiene as per the organization's code of conduct.
• Contamination Control: Raise awareness about potential physical product contamination and implement control measures to prevent it.
• Health and Safety Measures: Take reasonable precautions to prevent health and safety hazards.

Follow the prescribed incident reporting procedure in case of accidents.

• Knowledge and Compliance: Stay updated with relevant business information, policies, processes, and procedures. Enforce compliance with legislative and statutory requirements, as well as GMP's (Good Manufacturing Practices).
• Training: Attend and enforce the implementation of learnings from training sessions related to Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety.
• Housekeeping: Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment. 

General Business, Financial and People Management

• Actively participate in operational planning and budgeting processes 
• Drive continuous improvement through streamlining and optimising relevant operational practices, processes and systems
• Ensure adherence to operational and financial frameworks of practices, processes, standards and controls
• Control cost and take the necessary action to mitigate any financial risks or non-compliance
• Ensure that the right people capacity is in place and manage employee performance through effective and goal directed people leadership

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelors Degree (3 years) / NQF level 7 (Essential)
• Up to 6 years experience (Operational Execution) Health and Safety; Environmental; Risk Assessments; FMCG; Legal Compliance 
• MS Excel; MS Word; E Mail; MS PowerPoint

Key Qualities

Communication

• Routine communication in connection with instructions, requests or normal work tasks

Problem Solving

• Proactive identification of functional problems related to a specific process or policy, determine cause and impact, and choose the best alternative to solve the problem based on guidelines provided and an understanding of the theory or practices underpinning the problem.

Relationships Maintained

• Others outside of own work area but inside the organisation 

Behavioural Competencies

Continuous Improvement

• Increases performance expectations when success has been achieved