SHE Manager SHE Specialist  (Manufacturing, Production, Engineering )

Advising management on SHE issues.

Auditing and reporting.

Assisting with developing SHE programs.

Priorities:

• Leading, Driving SHE Performance in Wadeville and Lesotho factories.
• Managing, leading and controlling a Safety, Health and Environmental dept, Internal contractors, Bidvest, Fedics Hizone Security
• Ensuring legal compliance, ie in-depth understanding of legislation, regulations and bylaws. Liaising with Ekhuruleni Inspector
• Ensuring conformance to ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 standards. Building Reg, Security, Energy management.
• Writing legal appointments according to OHS regulation.
• Managing buildings infrastructure, installation of fire equip. systems. Well versed in tech/engineering ops facilities management.
• Managing Security – Staff on site. Liaising with Security Contract Company. Developing security contingency plans. Assigning team.
• Education and training staff on all SHE activities. Risk Assessments, Waste separation. OHS training.
• Advising and engaging with senior and middle management and Shop Stewards on all SHE related activities, security and building infrastructure
• Changing behavior of staff on health, safety and the environment. Creating an environment of safety culture. Zero tolerance on safety.
• Focusing on a risk based approach to safety, health and environmental management.
• Analyzing data to identify issues and trends to develop innovative solutions to achieve SHE strategies, goals and objectives.
• Implementing preventive measures/controls to eliminate/substitute high risks using Risk Hierarchy & Fault tree and Event Tree analysis
• Plant inspections and site walks with management, Encouraging staff to raise near misses. Near miss booklets implementation.
• SHE Auditing – Auditing Lesotho Factory.

Key Responsibilities

•  Ensuring all legal permits and licenses are up to date.
• Risk Management – risk-based approach to all activities, Substitution, Elimination and advising engineering controls. Managing risk assessments. Compiling and Assisting HODs with Aspects and Impacts Registers for Safety and Environmental.
• HAZOP – Identifying hazards in operations and processes. Root Cause Analysis RCAT
• Disaster management control – Liaising with disaster management services on major hazard installation, dangerous goods storage.
• Fire management – ensuring all fire equipment, A9 fire plans, registers are inspected/tested and up to date.
• Emergency and Evacuation response – Coordinating emergency drills, environmental and mock drills. Writing up emergency  procedure.
• Project Management – Eskom and Sasol Tenders – Planning and Monitoring to ensure projects meets deadlines.
• SHE stats monthly reporting to senior management on SHE status.
• Facilities management – liaising with GMR2 and maintenance on all facility issues,
• Appointments – legal appointments according to OHS Act.
• Contractor management, ensuring safety files are up to date, enforcing safety on contractors.
• Auditing contractors, suppliers, branches and writing reports. Participating in external audits, Accreditation bodies DQS, DNF and customers like BMW and Toyota to name a few
• Marsh Risk Insurance – involved with infrastructure upgrades, fire, electrical, business continuity, disaster management.
• Incident Investigation and reporting – ensuring prompt preliminary investigations are done, incidents are correctly closed out with preventive action as main focus.
• Chairing safety meetings.
• Managing SHE reps. Electing and nomination process with Trade Union and staff.
• Liaising with on-site Clinic Sister on health issues, accidents, and reporting to RMA.
• Assisting senior management in updating SHE policy and setting SMART objectives. Providing advice to HODs
• Assisting with SHE budget..
• Managing Change process. Ensuring all involved complete his part in the management of change process.
• Chemical management. Developing environmental action plans, determining risk and implementing controls.
• Waste management.- Developing environmental action plans, waste separation, Sustainability.  controls. GWIS Reporting. Audits
• Conducting Waste vendor audits. Verifying waste process at Enviroserv, Holfontein. Safe disposal “cradle to the grave “philosophy

Achievements

• LTIFR reduced from an annual average of 1.73 to 0.31 in first year, first time historically. Maintaining a downward trend.
• Instilling a safety and health culture. Changing behaviours of management, SHE Reps and staff. Staff buy in.
• Getting staff to raise near misses through introducing near miss booklets
• Reduction of major findings in SHE audits.
• Decommissioning plants with regards to Health, Safety and the Environment

Priorities:

• Driving SHE Performance.
• Managing, leading and controlling a Safety, Health and Environmental department.
• Ensuring legal compliance, ie legislation, regulations and municipal bylaws.
• Ensuring conformance to ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 standards.
• Education and training staff on all SHE related activities.
• Advising and engaging with senior and middle management and Shop Stewards on all SHE related activities.
• Changing behavior of staff on health, safety and the environment. Creating an environment of safety culture. Zero tolerance on safety.
• Focusing on a risk based approach to safety, health and environmental management.
• Analyzing data to identify issues and trends to develop innovative solutions to achieve SHE strategies, goals and objectives.
• Implementing preventive measures/controls to eliminate/substitute high risks using Risk Hierarchy & Fault tree and Event Tree analysis
• Plant inspections and site walks with management, Encouraging staff to raise near misses. Near miss booklets,
• Team Building
• Auditing and report writing

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring all legal permits and licenses are up to date.
• Risk Management – risk-based approach to all activities, Substitution, Elimination and advising engineering controls. Managing risk assessments. Compiling and Assisting HODs with Aspects and Impacts Registers for Safety and Environmental.
• HAZOP – Identifying hazards in operations and processes. Root Cause Analysis RCAT
• Disaster management control – Liaising with disaster management services on major hazard installation, dangerous goods storage.
• Fire management – ensuring all fire equipment, A9 fire plans, registers are inspected/tested and up to date.
• Emergency and Evacuation response – Coordinating emergency drills, environmental and mock drills. Writing up emergency  procedure.
• Project Management – Eskom and Sasol Tenders – Planning and Monitoring to ensure projects meets deadlines.
• SHE stats monthly reporting to senior management on SHE status.
• Facilities management – liaising with GMR2 and maintenance on all facility issues,
• Appointments – legal appointments according to OHS Act.
• Contractor management, ensuring safety files are up to date, enforcing safety on contractors.
• Auditing contractors, suppliers, branches and writing reports. Participating in external audits, Accreditation bodies DQS, DNF and customers like BMW and Toyota to name a few
• Marsh Risk Insurance – involved with infrastructure upgrades, fire, electrical, business continuity, disaster management.
• Incident Investigation and reporting – ensuring prompt preliminary investigations are done, incidents are correctly closed out with preventive action as main focus.
• Chairing safety meetings.
• Managing SHE reps. Electing and nomination process with Trade Union and staff.
• Liaising with on-site Clinic Sister on health issues, accidents, and reporting to RMA.
• Assisting senior management in updating SHE policy and setting SMART objectives. Providing advice to HODs
• Assisting with SHE budget..
• Managing Change process. Ensuring all involved complete his part in the management of change process.
• Chemical management. Developing environmental action plans, determining risk and implementing controls.
• Waste management.- Developing environmental action plans, determining risk and implementing  controls. GWIS Reporting. Audits
• Conducting Waste vendor audits. Verifying waste process at Enviroserv, Holfontein. Safe disposal “cradle to the grave “philosophy”
• Assisting Marketing in compiling safety files for projects Bridgestone and Sasol and Eskom. Attending Kick-off meetings/Tender
• Compiling SHE plans for Eskom, Sasol and First National Battery.
• Daily site walks in the plant checking safety. Taking photos and reporting to HODs and recording near misses.
• Weekly site walks with management and SHE Reps and recording near misses.

Achievements

• Dropped LTIFR from a monthly average of 2.45 to 1.5, first time in FNBs history.
• Reduced high risks by elimination and substitution and advising on engineering controls.
• R 8000 monthly savings on detecting overcharges by suppliers
• Have just achieved OHSAS 18001 listing for the Company

Driving, managing, and leading the performance of SHEQ activities in line with company objectives.

 Priorities:

• Deploying Eaton business tools such as MESH (Management of Environment, Safety and Health), EQS (Eaton Quality System), Lean and Operation Excellence

•  Compliance: Ensuring compliance to all legal requirements.
•  Conformance: Ensuring conformance to ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards and permits.
•  Risk management.
•  Advising Senior Management and HODs on SHE issues.
•  Building and maintaining a SHE culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Internal and Supplier auditing. Conducting cross functional audits. Preparing audit reports.
• Assisting management with setting SHEQ objectives.
• Writing safe working procedures and operating instructions.
• Participating in external audits, Accreditation body and customers like SASOL and ESKOM to name a few.
• Following up on corrective actions. Ensuring CAs are closed out. Implementing preventive actions with factory managers.
• Determining root cause and lessons learned.
• Hazard identification and risk assessment. Significance rating.
• Executing machine guarding processes.
• Executing Management of Change process.
• Implementing waste and water reduction programmes.
• Contractor management. Induction programmes. Checking safety files.
• Chemical management. Developing environmental action plans, determining risk and implementing  controls
• Waste management.- Developing environmental action plans, determining risk and implementing  controls.
• Reporting on environmental risks.
• Conducting Waste vendor audits. Verifying waste process.
• Safe disposal “cradle to the grave “philosophy”
• Reporting quality and safety statistics.
• SHE investigation and reporting.
• Compiling legal appointment letters
• Managing, waste, air emissions and chemical plans.
• Working with leadership team to ensure that all key EHS operational controls are in place and that EHS action items are actioned.
• Training of staff.
• Driving and promoting zero tolerance culture.
• Managing emergency evacuation. Compiling integrated contingency plan.
• Supporting and improving processes needed for QMS and EHS by working with factory managers.
• Managing projects for installation of MCC”s and UPS’s onsite, corporate assessments.
• Assisting and preparing the budget for EHS.
• Presenting Safety Stand downs with all staff.
• Compiling safety files for projects. Eskom, Sasol Lonmin etc

Achievements

• Reduction of major findings.
• Company achieved Eaton MESH compliance rating of 77%
• Eskom commendation for safety on Duvha project.

• Running of the galvanizing plant with a labour force of 77.
• Designing and building jigs for safety and to increase output.
• Ordering of raw materials on SAP
• Managing staff.
• Prioritizing urgent jobs.
• Implementing health, environmental and safety controls. Aspects and Impacts,
• Hazardous identification and conducting risk assessment.
• Writing operating and safety procedures.
• Safety Toolbox talks.
• Process control. Monitoring of processes
• Weekly reporting of production, quality and health and safety statistics.
• Prepare budgets and forecasts
• Training
• SHE reporting and investigation.

• Liasiing and working together with Shop Stewards and Regional Chairman of Numsa

• Core responsibility for providing SHEQ direction to ensure the organization meets its business objectives.
• Ensuring compliance to legal requirements and conformance to standards.

Priorities:

• Customer focus – liaising with customer on requirements.
• Resources: Making the best use of money and people skills – doing more for less
• Compliance: Ensure compliance to all statutory requirements.
• Conformance: Ensure conformance to ISO 9001 standards and mark schemes.
• Introducing a SHEQ culture.
• Training and awareness.
• Risk management

Key Responsibilities

• Managing 9 inspectors 2 branches
• Customer Service.
• Improving process with the factory manager and foremans.
• Working with maintenance manager in facilities management
• Internal and Supplier auditing. Preparing audit reports.
• Managing and driving corrective action system.
• Assisting management with writing of SHEQ objectives.
• Writing procedures and work instructions.
• Document controller.
• Visiting clients and addressing quality issues.
• Updating of procedures and work instructions.
• Closing out corrective actions. Implementing preventive actions.
• Reporting quality and safety statistics.
• Contract management – OVERSEE KEY CONTRACTS
• Ensure all internal controls, policies, processes and systems are updated and maintained
• Assisting factory managers with efficient processes.
• Conducting risk assessments.
• Developing a SHE investigation and reporting system.
• Analyzing customer complaints and determining root cause.
• Conducting training
• Instilling safety culture.

Achievements

• Implemented ISO 9001:2000 first formal management system for the company.
• Implemented non-formal safety system, SHE investigation reporting, appointing role players legal appointments.
• Setting up training first aid, fire fighting, SHE rep, SHE incident investigation, etc
• Reduced customer complaints from an average of 27 to 8 per month.
• Reduced findings from external audits,

• Receiving & despatch of diesel engines & parts.
• Coordinating inventory
• Internal counter sales