Safety Officer

Position Overview

• Responsible to ensure relevant SHE resources and personnel are deployed to provide day to day support to departmental requirements. Coordinating SHE activities, within the area of responsibility and report as required to the SHE manager, performance, incidents and accidents and progress against sectional and factory targets.

Responsibilities

• Assist Safety Manager in the coordination of SHE Management Systems in the plant, head office and external warehouses in line with the company's acceptable standards, OHSAS 45001 and ISO 14001 EMS
• Assist Safety manager in working with HODs and administrative teams to identify occupational and environmental hazards and to introduce suitable controls in the offices and warehouses.
• Follow up on agreed control measures to ensure safe work practices.
• Ensure safe handling and disposal ofhazardous materials across the plant,offices and external warehouses.
• Assist the Safety manager in thecommunication of all relevantLocal/organizational SHE standards toemployees, contractors and visitors.
• Identify and support in implementing SHE program at the plant, head office,warehouses and contractormanagement.
• Assist the Safety manager incoordinating hazard spotting, near-misses and report of unsafe act in thework place.

Requirements

• A minimum of B.Sc / HND in Engineering and Sciences.
• Minimum of 3–5 years relevant hands-on FMCGoperation and maintenance experience
• Knowledge of bottling operations: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment Engineering,Health and Safety
• Must Possess membership of ISPON Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria certificate.
• Ability to influence situations without direct control of resources.
• Good understanding of HQSE modalities and codes.
• Good understanding of GMP and GHK 5S standards
• Good oral communication, influencing and relationship skills