EHS Manager at PepsiCo in Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Overview

The Environment, Health and Safety Specialist shall be under the general direction of the Factory Manager. The reach of the function should be company-wide, including AA office and 2nd WH in AA (’23), but the main focus will be factory and the expansion project. 

The EHS specialist is responsible for establishing a system to eliminate hazards and to protect employees from hazards, as well as protecting the environment from hazards that could come from running the business.  

The position shall involve planning, organizing, and supervising EHS’ initiatives to ensure the health and safety of employees and to protect the environment. While doing this the role shall make sure of the integration with the existing Pepsico systems and standards. In addition, the job holder shall create a safety culture and mobilize all employees of the company to be safety and environmentally conscious. 

Responsibilities

• Enforces PepsiCo and local EHS rules, standards and procedures in order to achieve compliance

• Systematically revises EHS compliance to assure all changes are reflected, uses and shares available good practices for continuous improvement

• Inform management on changes, their implications and gives proposals for sustaining future compliance

• Introduces, sustains and continuously improves the EHS management system and do this in alignment with other production processes, using TPM methodology to achieve EHS excellence

• Develops and delivers professional EHS training and act as a reference point for problem solving in EHS to ensure individuals are able to undertake their roles and responsibilities safely

• Effectively uses knowledge and experience to support other EHS professionals in their development as well as line management and all employees

• Establish a positive relationship with external stakeholders and engage and influences internal stakeholders to create EHS accountability and support compliance

• Engages line management and all employees in a way that is positive, to enable learning and to coach individuals in behavioral change to achieve excellent EHS culture and benchmarks it to ensure further improvements

• Performs and manages EHS audits and inspections, making use of facts and evidence and issuing recommendations to sustain safety excellence

• Leads auditing teams with high risk and complexity, encouraging people to actively seek improvements and share motivating feedback

• Collects, reports, analyzes and monitors EHS performance data in a timely and accurate way in order to support decision making at operational and strategic levels  

  Environment: 

  • Drive full compliance to ISO14001

  • Ensure independent testing of effluent from WWTP / WTP

  • Drive a zero-waste mindset in our company, creating awareness of our footprint

  • Identify and initiate sustainability projects, leveraging PEP+ knowledge

  Health  

  • Improve ‘Health’ for our staff, based on OHS survey results

  • Develop a internal action plan to close gaps on OHS analysis by 3rd party

  • Create awareness of ergonomics in our operations, from potato receiving to sales.

  Safety 

  • Identifies hazards, evaluates and prioritizes risks associated with them and determines appropriate countermeasures leading to acceptable safety conditions

  • Performs high quality accident analysis by finding appropriate root causes and helping agree effective countermeasures that will prevent events recurring

  • Coaches and mentors others on various risk assessment methods, acts as a benchmarking point of reference for risk assessment methods

  • Drives the risk agenda throughout the organization involving line management, leading ORR Team and coaching members to be professional leaders of ORR teams

  • Supports and coaches line management in how to lead a professional accident and incident investigation process

Qualifications

• Education: Degree and above in Health and Safety, Chemical or Industrial Engineering disciplines. Holding a NEBOSH IGC qualification is desirable but not mandatory.

• Experience: 7 years’ experience in the field of Environment, Health & Safety, out of which at least 3 years as EHS manager or equivalent role in a fast-paced retail or FMCG industry is mandatory. Working knowledge of ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 would be an advantage. Practical knowledge of Safety Lean Manufacturing Knowledge or Kaizen Safety Pillars are desirable. Experienced in communication, delivering training and presenting reports to a group that involves senior management

• Computer: Able to use and utilize MS office applications