Seed Co Zambia Limited
The African Seed Company
Seed Co Zambia Limited requires a Safety, Health, Environmental & Quality (SHEQ) Manager with the following skills and competencies: System Implementation, Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, SHEQ training, SHEQ auditing, incident investigation & management.
Job Description:
- Implement the safety policies, guidelines and procedures as set out by the Seed Co Group
- Ensure compliance to all relevant SHEQ legislation & regulations, Seed Co Group requirements and certification standard requirements.
- Promote safe working practices and participate in the identification of hazards, evaluating the risk
- Develop and implement a plan to correct or prevent or minimize exposure and audit the plan to ensure its effectiveness.
- Participate and Coordinate SHEQ Reviews and Management of Change Reviews
- Coordinate and schedule internal & external audits and inspections to ensure compliance with SHEQ guidelines
- Maintain records of audits, inspections, reports, certifications, permits, etc. related to SHEQ
- Develop and monitor corrective action lists to address shortfalls and improvements.
- Report incidents and lead incident investigations.
- Develop, monitor and track performance indices and report
Relationships:
This position interacts with the following:
Internal –
- All functions within the company’s value chain Research & Development, Product Development, Product Management, Foundation & Parent Seed, Production & Processing, Warehousing, Human Resources, Quality, Finance & Administration, Sales & Marketing
External –
- Seed regulating bodies and government departments, national & international bodies with SHEQ management mandate
Qualifications
Academic qualifications
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Environment Health, Environmental Sciences or Related field
- A relevant Masters Degree will be an added advantage
- Minimum of 3 years working experience at Management level
- Must possess a clean and valid drivers licence
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & Powerpoint)
Interested candidates should submit their applications with supporting relevant documents (detailed CV and Qualifications) via email to [email protected] by 16:00hrs on Thursday 21st March 2019. Applications submitted after this deadline will be rejected.