EHS Officer - Talent Pooling

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We are continuously looking for talented professionals to join our talent pool. By submitting your application, your profile will be considered for future vacancies that match your skills, qualifications, and experience.

Job Purpose

Maintaining performance expectation for the EHS function. Promotes a climate that stimulates and motivates colleagues and management to participate in the preservation of the environment and in the protection of the health and safety of colleagues. Integrates the environmental health, safety, and loss prevention function with other areas of site management.

Requirements

• Grade 12/ Matric or equivalent
• Tertiary qualification in EHS management or equivalent.

Experience & industry knowledge

Required

• At least 5 years’ work experience (2 in Pharma EHS Industry)
• Experience in quality and regulatory compliance within a cGMP facility
• Program and project management
• Participation in developing a departmental budget and monitoring expenditures for multiple projects & funding sources.

Preferred

• Working knowledge of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing related legislation
• Experience in having faced successfully local and/ or international quality audits
• Experience in general business management within a commercial environment.

Responsibilities

Routine Activities:

• Promotes a climate that stimulates and motivates colleagues and management to participate in the preservation of the environment and in the protection of the health and safety of colleagues.
• Provides professional reply on reports or requests of regulatory agencies.
• Reports non-compliance issues to management and provides recommendations for improvements.
• Assess risks across site and mitigates, actions and close out.
• Prepare internal communication concerning impact of activities or products on people or the environment.
• Promotes continuous improvement in EHS performance.
• Integrates Environment, Health, Safety and Loss prevention function with other areas of site management including human resources, operations, logistics, finance and quality assurance.
• Participates in preparatory studies for new projects, installations, machinery and the process changes providing input on issues relating to environmental, health and safety impact
• Assist management in managing risks: i.e. in identifying risk, defining acceptance limits, maintaining action plans, coordinating and auctioning the implementation and follow up of these actions
• Participates in accident incident investigations
• Maintain waste reduction and pollution prevention programs
• Promotes continuous improvement in safety and environmental performance defined by the best available but economically viable technology
• Consult with relevant experts both internally and externally to ensure that best practices are implemented.
• Develop and maintain EHS programs, procedures and work instructions that comply with the requirements of national and local legislation.
• Implement the requirements of the ISO 14001 standard
• Assist in maintaining contracts and permits, discharge conditions, reports, records, correspondence to regulatory agencies, regulatory agency inspections, spill control plans and emergency procedures
• Assist in self-assessments and audits of facility operations in conjunction with review of the relevant regulatory requirements
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors during facility audits
• Assist in maintaining the health and safety risk assessment and environmental impact assessments for the facility
• Ensure that EHS representatives and other inspections are conducted timeously.

Business Management

• Shared accountability for achieving the site’s tactical plans and mitigation of any risk to the site operation including workflow, ethics, quality, finances, regulatory compliance and other material company requirements
• Identify and continuously present key opportunities and synergies that will improve and/ or expand the operation within own and/ or other departments
• Participate in departmental and/ or site wide projects
• Participate with the site management team in proactively mitigating risks and find solutions where possible
• Effective budgeting, invoice and expense management of assigned small projects

Technical Competencies required to perform this aspect of the role:

• Computer Literacy
• Technical report writing skills
• Standard Operating Procedures
• Basic EHS principles
• Quality management systems and documentation

This is a talent pooling requisition and not an active vacancy. Applications received will be considered for future opportunities that align with candidates' skills, qualifications, and experience. Only candidates selected for future opportunities will be contacted.