Health & Safety Manager

About the role:

The Safety, Health and Environment Manager manages and coordinates all safety, health and environment programs, processes and activities in order to maintain a compliant and safe work environment. This role drives excellence in safety, health and environment across the site to achieve best safety and sustainability results. The SHE Manager will develop the local strategy to deliver legal compliance and ensure execution of BC Standards. This role will assure the implementation of programs to drive reduction of safety incidents and environmental harmful impact. The SHE Manager leads and manages SHE related incidents on site. This role provides guidance and support on relevant SHE matters. The SHE Manager is a member of the Plant Management Team.

Key responsibilities:

• Designs, maintains and leads the implementation of the local safety and environmental management systems.
• Leads SHE incident management and drives management of relevant programs and actions relating to documented risks and or incident follow up.
• Conducts SHE meetings, audits and inspections to ensure compliance, evaluate performance, identify corrective and preventive actions and implement follow up assessments.
• Provides site employees, contractors and visitors with guidance on health and safety and confirms site complies with Barry Callebaut, industry, local, state/provincial and national guidelines and regulations.
• Collaborates with management to develop and maintain an Emergency Response Plan and serves as primary contact for site SHE incident notification, investigation and case management.
• Integrating occupational health and safety imperatives with business decision-making and risk management.
• Advising on engineering and maintenance practices to drive improvement of safe systems.
• Drive positive SHE culture, through but not limited to: embedding the 10 BC Life Saving Principles, Gemba safety talks and training, and putting Safety first demonstrated by consistent management behaviors
• Ensure compliance is regularly audited and performance assessed and use the results to drive further improvement.
• Responsible for monitoring and measurement of SHE KPIs and targets - SHE Scorecard.

About you:

• Master degree in Science or Engineering or equivalent industrial experience..
• 5 to 10 years’ experience in a factory-based role: Safety, Health or Environment role, Operations, Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement or Quality
• Project Management skills.
• Internal auditor or ISO auditor qualification a plus.
• Experience of Lean/TPM tools and ways of working a plus.
• Good working English required.
• Understand the requirements of relevant standards such as ISO 14001; ISO 45001 or OSHSAS 18001
• A change champion.
• Excel in coaching, training and influencing skills.
• Resilient and capable of taking difficult decisions.
• Transversal leader and excellent stakeholder manager.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to translate data into action and follow through.
• Ability to develop actionable strategies and programs, ensuring resources are available and following up on deliverables.
• Experience with SHE management systems and risk management.
• Experience with influencing behavioral change in a team/department.
•  

We offer:

• Employment on a regular basis in the sweetest company in the world.
• Annual bonus based on your work results.
• Private medical care in Lux Med (basic package fully financed by BC).
• Fit Profit sports card co-financed by BC.
• PPE: we care about your future, and we save money for your retirement.
• Vacation subsidy as part of the Social Fund.
• Group life insurance.
• Parking space on the premises.
• Chocolate! Yes, surprising but we have chocolate in the office, for Christmas, and many other occasions during the year.
• More chocolate: every quarter we get a chocolate deputation.
• We like to party as much as we like chocolate! We have integration budgets we can use for team events.
• Forever Chocolate and Event Team: you can join them and have a real influence on social life in BC and CSR activities.