EHS Coordinator

Overview To assist the EHS Site Manager and site management to ensure employee safety by ensuring that all risks in the workplace are identified, evaluated and controlled, in a manner that also complies with the OHS Act and PEPSICO international standards. To also ensure that PepsiCo complies with all the National Environmental Standards.

Responsibilities

• Scheduling/Managing of respective SHE Committee meetings in the Brito’s Plant – Manufacturing & Warehousing
• Conduct monthly & annual EHS Steering Group meetings with the senior team.
• Review and approve the minutes of the meetings and maintaining the records for continuous or future reference.
• Maintain the EHS action tracker on a daily and weekly basis which include accident reports, non-conformance reports, hazard reports, all related inspections.
• Ensure Near misses are recorded as well as action plans addressed providing visibility to the entire plant on progress in this regard.
• Ensure Risk Assessments are reviewed, maintained and action plans managed accordingly.
• Ensure compliance to the COIDA Act.
• Ensure training records of all critical tasks and safe working practices are kept.
• Ensure training matrix is updated and follow up training done as scheduled.
• Maintenance of the GEHSMS program, ensuring compliance to all applicable standards.
• Plan and lead the emergency drills.
• Ensure policies and procedures are reviewed timeously and required updates effected.
• Ensure that documents are stored & preserved in terms of any internal and statutory requirements for the required retention periods as applicable.
• Management of MyEHS ensuring adherence to items such as but not limited to gatekeeping, effectiveness review, action plan creations, submission of self-Assessments, Confirmation on completion of compliance tasks,
• Review and ensure EHS Induction material is accurate and check effectiveness of the assessment.
• Ensuring compliance to the Wastewater treatment plant and Waste management areas
• Planning and facilitating risk assessments
• Plan and lead EHS awareness campaigns for the site
• Ensure EHS AOP for the site is achieved which includes but not limited to recorded incidents, waste, MESS amongst other KPI’s.
• Drive culture and capability initiatives such as Townhalls, Round tables, campaigns and behavioral transformation initiatives.
• Coordinate and manage FM Global compliance and accreditations.
• Ensure progress against plans on MESS remedial work as well as assessments.
• Drive sustainability initiatives such as AWS, ReCon

Qualifications

• Grade 12 + 3-year Diploma in EHS related field as a minimum qualification
• ISO 14001 implementation and/ or auditing
• Safety management
• 5 years in FMCG either in engineering or production, or EHS role