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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Career Options Africa Group is a HR Consultancy firm specializing in Recruitment, HR outsourcing and Immigration support in Africa with offices in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Nigeria, South Africa, and South Sudan.
Our client, a power infrastructure company, is looking for a quality, environmental health and safety manager in Kenya to join their team
THE JOB
As the Quality, Environmental Health and Safety Manager, you will provide leadership in the development and implementation of management systems necessary to ensure compliance with quality, environment, health and safety requirements affecting the plant and to evaluate and ensure their effectiveness over time. You will also provide leadership of corporate-wide projects and initiatives intended to advance and support the quality, environment, health and safety policy and priorities so as to ensure compliance to statutory requirements and international standards.
MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
Policies, Procedures and Standards development
Assist in implementation and manage Quality, Environmental & Social, Health & Safety Systems based on ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001
Quality control of all the plant’s O&M’s processes including ensuring that quality assurance procedures are adhered to, ensuring that calibrations of equipment and tools is carried out, ensuring that plant testing and inspections are done according to plan and ensuring that operation and maintenance activities are carried out as instructed by the manufacturer’s manual & standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Quality Assurance Management
Ensuring that the plants project’s permits and licenses are up to date and that license conditions are adhered to, so as to ensure no non-conformances in environmental procedures
Plan for statutory, regulatory and internal audits and inspections, maintain a compilation of all recommendations and/or corrective actions and then initiate and coordinate corrective actions for all non-compliances/non-conformances
Planning & Co-ordinating environmental monitoring in line with local and contractual requirements
Identifying and/or review of proposed Continuous Improvement Projects (CIP). This involves reviewing the recommendations of energy audits, risk survey audits, health & safety audits and fire safety audits.
Management of stakeholders, receiving and addressing grievances and social investments.
Leading energy audits, risk survey audits, health & safety audits, fire safety audits and monitoring and evaluation audits from project lenders and/or their appointed consultants.
Handling operational risk management issues.
Hosting of audits, monitoring and evaluation missions by stakeholders i.e., lenders/consultants, regulators, authorities, community (NEMA, EPRA)
Establish, implement and manage business aspects of total quality management techniques inclusive of Quality assurance of fuel and lubricating oils, Sampling and analysis of fuel and lubricating oils,
Operational reporting and Quality assurance of fuel and lubricating oils, Sampling and analysis of fuel and lubricating oils
Health, Safety & Environment Management and awareness
Develop and maintain a strong safety culture at the plant
Develop health and safety procedures, response plans (ERRP), contingency plans and training staff on them
Develop and maintain an efficient security system in the plant capable of handling all eventualities including managing the security company.
Planning HSE trainings for the O&M personnel
Advising the management on relevant continuous improvement plans on environment, health and safety, necessary for the plant
Reporting
Preparing monthly, semi-annual and annual project performance reports as per the agreed parameters and KPIs.
Preparation of ESG Report, Continuous Improvement Project Proposals reports
Preparation Performance reports to EPRA.
QUALIFICATIONS
The job holder should have the following qualifications.
Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering
Must have at least 7 years of experience in a similar role within the following industries: power & energy, manufacturing (with boiler systems, steam turbines and reverse osmosis)
HSE Training (NEBOSH IGC, MSc in OSH) or post graduate training in Safety
Quality Management Systems ISO 9001 Lead Auditor
Environmental Management Systems ISO 14001 Lead Auditor
THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB
The ideal candidate should possess the following skills and competencies.
Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent organizational and multitasking skills.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
WHAT WE ARE OFFERING THE RIGHT PERSON
We are offering the successful candidate a monthly gross salary of KES 350,000 – 450,000
