Position: Associate Manager, SHE
Location: Rosslyn, South Africa
The SHE Associate Manager leads site-level deployment of SC Johnson’s Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) management practices to ensure compliance with local legal requirements and SCJ global standards. The role will work closely with the site and regional SHE leaders to align SC Johnson’s overall safety, health and environmental strategies with site-level targets and objectives. This role also provides technical and strategic leadership to ensure site-wide processes associated with the management of high-hazard chemical processes are effectively deployed and maintained. While this role requires safety, health and environmental technical knowledge and experience, success is equally dependent on developing and supporting “champions” within the site to drive day-to-day ownership for SHE.
Responsibilities:
Leads SHE compliance assurance processes, such as compliance calendars and leader standard work, to enable compliance with applicable laws, permit authorizations and company standards. Supports compliance with regulatory and company standards associated with the management of high-hazard chemical processes (e.g., process safety management). Develops internal audit processes, including SHE-related GEMBA and behavior observations, that proactively identify potential SHE non-conformances. Partners with assigned stakeholders to drive timely, effective closure of identified SHE-related corrective and preventive actions. Coordinates completion of risk assessments such as Process Hazard Analyses (PHA) and periodic PHA revalidations for the site’s high-hazard chemical processes. Collaborates with the site’s engineering and maintenance teams to ensure that inspections, testing, preventive maintenance activities associated with SHE-critical equipment and applicable high-hazard chemical processes are defined and appropriately documented. Provides subject matter expertise to support periodic external regulatory inspections associated with safety, health, environmental and/or fire protection matters. Champions the investigation of safety, health and environmental incidents and ensures that corrective and preventive actions that address root causes are effectively deployed across the site. Leads the development and maintenance of training processes to ensure that required safety, health and environmental training for the site is defined, addresses required content and is tracked to completion. Serves as a SHE representative for Management of Change (MOC) reviews to evaluate and control potential health and safety hazards and environmental impacts associated with business activity changes. Verifies the accuracy of data in the company’s SHE database (e.g., Entropy) and analyzes the data to identify loss trends that can contribute to injuries and illnesses, adverse environmental impacts and SHE process non-conformances. Partners with operations, human resources and medical teams to effectively manage return-to-work programs for work-related injuries and illnesses. Provides input on site-level SHE goals and budgets. Provides supervision to site-level SHE team member.
Experience you’ll bring:
Bachelor’s degree from an academic university in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science, Engineering or related discipline 5+ years of progressively increasing SHE leadership responsibility in a global manufacturing organization Experience in high-hazard chemical process safety management Designation as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Chartered Member (CMIOSH) or South Africa equivalent Experience leading teams/managing others Project management experience to enable prioritization and management of multiple projects to completion
Behaviors you’ll need:
Ability to interact with others, establishing open, candid and trusting relationships to create win/win outcomes Effective communication skills that permit the clear and concise transfer of information to stakeholders
Job Requirements:
Full-time core office hours with expectation to be available for occasional nights/weekends Up to 10% domestic travel may be required Work in an office environment will be approximately 50% of time Work in a manufacturing environment will be approximately 50% of time
What we offer:
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer an autonomous and flexible work culture, excellent development and advancement opportunities, and a highly collaborative team environment with the chance to make a real difference.
SC Johnson:
SC Johnson is a fifth-generation family company built on a spirit of adventure and winning the right way. We have been leading with purpose for over 130 years, building top brands such as Raid®, Glade®, Kiwi®, OFF!®, Windex®, Ziploc® and more, in virtually every country. Through these household names, we are making a positive difference to the world around us. But we only succeed with the combined vitality and strength of our 13,000 people who we truly value and support in their pursuit of individual and shared goals.
Together, we are creating a better future – for the planet, for future generations and for every SCJ team member. Come join us and make an impact through iconic global brands.
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