Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.The EHS head will be responsible for the implementation of Olams EHS policies across the 25 tier 1 manufacturing plans in Africa. The incumbent must have a detailed understanding of all the applicable laws and regulatory guidelines form the EHS perspective for all the plat locations. The role requires cross-functional co-ordination as many of the locations do not have dedicated EHS resources. For Olam environment is a priority and you will be the driver of our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint. As the EHS Head, you will drive the legal compliance and the safety conscience of the organization along with the following key dimensions
Key Deliverables
Strategic Effectiveness
Draft and publish a safety manual detailing the basics of Olam’s EHS policy and procedures. This should incorporate applicable regulatory guidelines.
Design a robust audit system comprising of policy/management/system/infrastructure/process/practice regarding EHS.
Give inputs to project teams during greenfield/brownfield projects to build in EHS compliance during design stage itself
Audit project sites for compliance of EHS guidelines and work with project teams to enable compliance
Coordinate with relevant agencies to ensure compliance to all governing laws
Operational Effectiveness
Bring out new/unknown risks in new and existing facilities for management to act
Ensure all Olam facilities are compliant to local/international regulatory norms
Document areas of improvement, push the envelope when it comes to environmental safety and safe workplace practices
Identify opportunities to eliminate not just reduce workplace hazards
Organizational Effectiveness
Undertake and document audits based on the published audit criterion. Work independently for the audits or constitute cross-functional audit teams to conduct effective audits.
Follow up on action plans on identified gaps as brought out during audits
Coach and train plant EHS personnel to develop them as EHS leaders in their plants
Undertake training of plant personnel to ensure safety requirements and the right knowledge is transferred to the lowest level in the plant operations
Requirements
Engineering degree in mechanical/electrical/chemical
Total of 10-15 years of industry experience
Initial experience in maintenance/projects in a large manufacturing set-up will be preferred.
At least five years of experience in leading the EHS function of a large corporation in national/regional role
Ability to network, excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) and people skills.
Ability to persevere and stay focused in the face of priority conflict with a peer group
Leverage key stakeholders to move the EHS agenda forward.
