Job Openings Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager

About the job Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager

Role Purpose

To protect the Group from fatalities, regulatory shutdowns, and material environmental incidents by driving a risk based, enforceable, and cost conscious EHS system across all companies through a structured Shared Services model.

The role is accountable for visibility of risk, escalation of exposure, and enforcement of minimum standards, while day-to-day site execution is delegated to EHS coordinators.

1. Group Risk Control & Non-Negotiables

  • Define and enforce Group EHS Minimum Standards (Non-Negotiables) covering:
  • Fire protection systems
  • Chemical/solvent handling
  • Machinery safety & lockout
  • Contractor high-risk work
  • Effluent treatment & discharge (ETPs)
  • Emissions control
  • Waste management
  • Maintain a live Group Critical Risk Register (Top Risks per site)
  • Immediately escalate any condition that can lead to:
  • NEMA shutdown / EDL suspension
  • Fatality or life-threatening exposure
  • Major fire or explosion

2. Shared Services Delivery Model

  • Operate as a Group function supporting but not replacing site/company level accountability

Define:

  • What EHS owns (standards, audits, escalation)
  • What sites own (execution, compliance, daily control)
  • Conduct quarterly structured reviews with each CEO
  • Maintain formal escalation pathway to the Board for unresolved risks
  • Define clear roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations for each officer aligned to Group priorities
  • Ensure EHS Officers:
  • Drive day-to-day compliance, inspections, and monitoring at site level
  • Implement Group standards and non-negotiables
  • Maintain accurate reporting and documentation
  • Conduct:
    • Weekly operational check-ins (risk updates, incidents, priorities)
    • Monthly performance reviews (KPIs, gaps, accountability)
  • Build capability through:
    • Coaching, technical guidance, and standardization of practices across sites
  • Enforce accountability by:
    • Escalating non-performance or repeated failures to the leadership
  • Ensure consistency across sites-no independent or conflicting EHS practices

3. EHS Team Leadership & Performance Management

Lead and manage a team of EHS Officers across all Group companies under a Shared Services structure;

3. Environmental Risk Management

  • Establish strict control over:
    • Effluent treatment plants (ETPs)
    • Waste handling and disposal
    • Air emissions and chemical storage
  • Ensure:
  • No untreated discharge to environment
  • All EDL conditions are tracked and complied with
  • Implement early warning triggers (before regulatory breach occurs)

4. Fire Safety

  • Standardize and enforce:
  • Fire detection and suppression systems
  • Flammable solvent storage and handling
  • Emergency preparedness and drills
  • Identify high-risk production processes (lamination, printing, generators, boilers)
  • Ensure minimum fire risk controls are always active

5. Incident & Crisis Leadership

  • Lead response for:
  • Fatalities / serious injuries
  • Environmental incidents
  • Fires and major operational events
  • Ensure:
  • Immediate reporting to leadership
  • Proper root cause investigations
  • Regulatory engagement is controlled and consistent

6. Compliance Strategy

  • Maintain a Group Compliance Dashboard
  • Prioritize:
  • High-risk legal exposures first
  • Licenses (EDL, fire, statutory inspections)
  • Ensure:
  • No surprise regulatory actions due to lack of visibility
  • Engage regulators proactively where risk exists

7. Contractor & Project Risk Governance

  • Enforce minimum contractor safety requirements
  • Ensure all high-risk work has:
  • Permit-to-work systems
  • Risk assessments and supervision
  • Integrate EHS into:
  • Procurement approvals
  • Project execution

8. Safety Culture Transformation- Focus on Leadership Accountability

  • Drive shift from:
  • EHS department responsibility Leadership accountability
  • Focus on:
  • Supervisor and plant manager behavior
  • Enforcement of rules, not awareness only
  • Implement simple, visible safety campaigns tied to real risks

9. EHS Systems, Reporting & Visibility

  • Implement simple, functional systems:
  • Incident reporting (QR / digital)
  • Risk and compliance tracking
  • Provide:
  • Monthly Group risk dashboard
  • Quarterly Board-level risk summary
  • Standardize reporting across all companies

10. Budget & Resource Prioritization

  • Develop risk-based EHS budget
  • Prioritize:
  • Controls that prevent shutdowns and fatalities
  • Recommend low-cost, high-impact solutions

11. Board & Leadership Advisory

  • Report only what matters:
  • Top risks
  • Regulatory exposure
  • Major incidents
  • Required decisions
  • Provide clear recommendations, not just status

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

1. Critical Risk Control

  • 100% of sites with identified Top 5–10 risks
  • 100% of critical risks escalated within 24 hrs
  • 80% of critical risks with interim or permanent controls

2. Environmental Protection

  • Zero uncontrolled discharge incidents
  • 100% visibility of ETP performance status across sites
  • All EDL risks flagged before breach

3. Regulatory Exposure

  • Zero unplanned license expiries
  • Zero regulatory shutdowns due to lack of escalation
  • 70% closure of high-risk compliance gaps

4. Incident Management

  • 100% reporting of serious incidents within 24 hrs
  • 80% closure of high-risk corrective actions
  • Reduction in:
  • LTIs
  • Environmental incidents
  • Fire incidents

5. Leadership Accountability

  • 100% quarterly reviews completed per company
  • Documented CEO ownership of actions
  • Escalations tracked to closure

6. Contractor & Operational Safety

  • 90% of high-risk contractor activities conducted under valid permit-to-work (PTW)
  • 90% of contractor works with approved risk assessments / method statements
  • 90% compliance with critical controls (PPE, supervision, isolation, fire controls)

7. Safety Culture

  • Increase in hazard/near-miss reporting
  • Reduction in repeat violations
  • Visible enforcement of non-negotiable rules

8. Reporting & Visibility

  • Monthly ESG score card reports issued on time (100%)
  • Group dashboard fully updated
  • All sites reporting in standard format

9. EHS Team Performance & Accountability

  • 100% of EHS Officers with defined KPIs and monthly performance reviews
  • 80% of assigned actions by EHS Officers closed within timelines
  • Consistent reporting quality and accuracy across all sites
  • No site operating without active EHS oversight

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