Officer: Health and Safety

Premier FMCG is at the heart of South Africa's FMCG industry, delivering trusted, iconic brands across our Bakery, Milling, Confectionery, Home & Personal Care and Culinary divisions. We are driven by innovation, collaboration, and a high-performance growth culture. We empower our people to strive for excellence ensuring that our products and people make a difference in the everyday lives of our consumers.

Job Purpose To lead and drive an integrated SHE management function that ensures a safe, compliant and responsible working environment through effective risk management, legal compliance and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HIRA): Ensure comprehensive HIRAs are in place, regularly reviewed and effectively managed, with appropriate controls implemented to mitigate identified risks.
• SHE Audits & Inspections: Plan, conduct and manage internal SHE audits, inspections and compliance reviews, ensuring findings are addressed and closed out within agreed timeframes.
• SHE Management System: Monitor and maintain compliance with SHE policies, procedures and systems, identifying non-conformances, unsafe acts and conditions and driving corrective actions.
• Emergency Preparedness: Manage emergency preparedness programmes, drills and exercises, ensuring records are maintained, shortcomings are addressed and emergency plans are continuously improved.
• Incident Management: Investigate SHE incidents, identify root causes, coordinate corrective and preventative actions, and monitor incident trends to prevent recurrence.
• Legal & Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all required permits, licences, certificates, authorisations and legal appointments are maintained and that the site remains compliant with applicable SHE legislation.
• Contractor Management: Ensure effective SHE management of contractors, including compliance with site safety requirements and applicable legal standards.
• SHE Reporting & Communication: Compile and report SHE KPIs, statistics, trends and key compliance information to management, while communicating relevant safety alerts and legislative updates.
• Safety Awareness & Continuous Improvement: Drive SHE awareness initiatives and promote a strong safety culture through communication, training, observations and ongoing improvement programmes.
• SHE Planning & Projects: Identify SHE-related improvement requirements, contribute to CAPEX planning and support the implementation of projects and initiatives that improve site safety and compliance.

Experience And Qualification

• Completed National Diploma/Degree
• SAMTRAC certification
• 5+ years' Health & Safety experience within an FMCG/manufacturing environment
• Own transport.

Skills And Competencies

• Strong knowledge of OHS Act, SHE legislation and compliance requirements
• Strong technical SHE management, HIRA and risk assessment expertise
• Incident investigation, root-cause analysis and corrective action management
• Auditing, reporting, data analysis and strong Excel proficiency
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills
• Proactive, organised and results-driven, with strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities

Diversity& Inclusion Premier FMCG is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including people living with disabilities. By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act) for recruitment purposes.

Closing Date: 25 September 2026