She Manager

**AVI Ltd. **is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

**NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED** operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.

An exciting opportunity exists for a **SHE Manager **at **NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED Isando, Coffee and Creamer**. The purpose of the role is to manage the safety, health and environmental portfolio to ensure the site complies with statutory requirements. The role includes the management of fire and security risks and waste management for the site.

**Line Manager**: Operations Executive

**Job Specification**:
**Key Performance Areas**:
**Safety & Health**
- Site compliance to OHS Act and other relevant regulations and legislation, including Legal appointments, SHE committee, Permits, etc.
- Conduct risk assessments and manage programmes to reduce risks to acceptable levels
- Implement behaviour-based safety programme
- Visible safety leadership, including; red-tagging, housekeeping, signage update programmes
- Report on and investigate all incidents and near misses
- Maintain ISO 45001 & ISO 14001 integrated management system accreditation, and continuously improve
- Contractor management including induction, 37(2) Mandatory Agreements and COID Registration Control
- Occupational Hygiene Survey coordination and management of an improvement action plan
- Leading 5S housekeeping improvement
- Conduct internal compliance and safety audits, report on findings and manage issue log through to completion
- Monitor and manage the cost of PPE
- Conduct or organise relevant health and safety training for staff as required, including; first aid and fire fighting
- Advise the 16(2) and GMR 2(1) responsible people on all SHE issues
- Site contact person to liaise with DOL and municipality where required
- Keep up to date with changes in current legislation and implement such changes where relevant
- Participate in plant SHE cross-audits within NBL
- Monitor & ensure compliance of the Occupational Health Clinic, and report on monthly statistics
- Manage any occupational health risks and reports as required
- Identify trends and risks relating to health
- Weekly & monthly reporting

**Environment and Waste Management**
- List and manage aspect and impacts relating to environmental requirements
- Manage waste management contractor and report on the performance
- Manage effluent treatment plant contractor and report on the performance
- Implement practices to reduce total waste to landfill and improve site sustainability practices
- Manage and report on water and energy usage and implement improvement plans
- Manage environmental systems and legislation
- Weekly & monthly reporting

**Fire and Security Risk**
- Fire and Emergency response protocol and emergency preparedness of site
- Conduct fire drills
- Fire equipment audits, inspections and tests
- Co-ordinate with group risk advisory (AVI and Marsh) and facilitate audits
- Achieve & maintain site ASIB certification
- Improve practices and system to improve Marsh risk audit scoring
- Responsibility for access control system
- Drive loss prevention and risk reduction programmes at the site
- Monitor and manage the security contractor
- Manage the CCTV system and interactions with ITSS to ensure continued operation of the surveillance system

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Experience**:

- A minimum of 10 years’ experience in a SHE Manager or OHS Manager role gained in FMCG or Manufacturing
- Ability to manage a team - the position has two direct reports.

**Qualifications**:

- A completed tertiary qualification in Occupational Health and Safety / Health, Safety and Environmental Management (NDip / BTech / BSc)

**Additional Requirements**:

- ISO 18000 (45000) and ISO 14000 auditor status
- Formal training and auditor status in an integrated Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) programme (e.g. ISO 45000)

**Competencies**:

- Deciding and Initiating Action
- Leading and Supervising
- Relating and Networking
- Persuading and Influencing
- Planning and Organising
- Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
- Coping With Pressures and Setbacks