Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Manager - Data Centres

Iscon Balaji Foods; Surat; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Iscon Balaji Foods in Ahmedabad, Gujarat seeks an Assistant General Manager - EHS to lead enterprise-wide health, safety, and environmental programs. You will architect the long-term EHS strategy for six manufacturing facilities across India, ensuring incident-free operations and ESG alignment while managing regulatory interactions and audits.

You will drive CAPA, training, and safety culture initiatives, oversee ammonia/cryogenic safety, and maintain compliance with environmental authorities

Qualifications

• Experience leading EHS strategy and governance across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Knowledge of SEDEX/SMETA frameworks and ESG requirements.
• Regulatory liaison with environmental authorities and compliance management.
• Ability to drive CAPA programs and audit readiness across plants.
• Curriculum development for safety training and contractor safety.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and govern enterprise-wide EHS standards and metrics.
• Oversee 6 manufacturing facilities across states for safety and environmental compliance.
• Lead PSM, ammonia & cryogenic safety, dust control, and cold-chain safety measures.
• Coordinate regulatory filings, licenses, and environmental clearances (EC/CTE/CTO).
• Drive safety culture through training programs and BBS initiatives.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Regulatory liaison

Audit readiness

CAPA management

Training development

Occupational safety

Process safety management

Job description

Position Title: Assistant General Manager Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) Location: Corporate Headquarters: Thaltej-Shilaj Road, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Reports To: Chief Operating Officer (COO) Scope of Role: Pan-India oversight of 6 manufacturing plants (including large-scale facilities in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab) Department: Corporate Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) Job Purpose The General Manager (EHS) will serve as the apex custodian of workplace safety, environmental sustainability, and regulatory compliance across all corporate offices and 6 multi-state manufacturing facilities. This leadership role is responsible for architecting the long-term EHS strategy, cultivating an incident-free safety culture, and ensuring that Iscon Balaji Foods aligns with international ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) expectations and global ethical supply chain frameworks.

Roles and Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Policy Framework

• Corporate EHS Roadmap: Design, deploy, and govern the enterprise-wide EHS vision, standards, and metrics tailored for agro-processing and frozen food manufacturing lines.
• Multi-Site Governance: Establish a standardized, centralized EHS management system that provides continuous oversight of the 6 distinct plant structures (including frozen specialties, French fries, and dehydrated flakes lines).
• ESG & Sustainability Integration: Formulate targets for resource conservation, focusing on water footprints (ETP/ZLD optimization), bio-waste reduction, carbon emission management, and renewable energy adoption across plants.

Process Safety & High-Risk Management

• Ammonia & Cryogenic Safety Management: Enforce rigorous Process Safety Management (PSM) for high-capacity refrigeration systems. Lead hazard and operability (HAZOP) studies, emergency response drills, and mechanical integrity checks for pressurized networks.
• Occupational Thermal Management: Standardize strict SOPs for employees transitioning between high-temperature frying/blanching lines and sub-zero blast freezers. Ensure supply and compliance of specialized cold-chain PPE.
• Starch & Dust Explosion Prevention: Mitigate combustible dust hazards inherent to dehydrated potato flake processing through dust collection infrastructure, spark detection, and ignition-source control.

Statutory Compliance & Legal Affairs

• Regulatory Liaison: Act as the primary corporate representative with State Pollution Control Boards (GPCB, MPPCB, PPCB), the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Factory Inspectorates, and Central Ground Water Authorities (CGWA).
• SEDEX & Ethical Standards Governance: Act as the apex custodian for SEDEX standards across all 6 manufacturing facilities. Ensure that plant-level EHS, labor safety, and environmental practices strictly align with the SMETA (SEDEX Members Ethical Trade Audit) 4-Pillar framework (Labor Standards, Health & Safety, Environment, and Business Ethics).
• Audit Readiness & CAPA Management: Lead all plants through periodic SEDEX/SMETA audits required by global supply chain partners. Ensure pristine documentation, rectify non-compliances, and drive the swift implementation of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) to secure and maintain excellent platform ratings.
• Consents & Licensing: Secure and manage timely updates for Environmental Clearances (EC), Consent to Establish (CTE), Consent to Operate (CTO), and Waste Authorizations across all locations.
• Legal Risk Mitigation: Interpret evolving Indian environmental laws, labor codes, and international supply chain compliance standards, translating them into preventative plant-level structural updates to insulate the company from legal liability.
• Auditing, Risk Assessments & Technical Governance: Comprehensive EHS Audits: Lead periodic corporate audits across all sites, evaluating industrial hygiene, fire safety systems, electrical risks, and structural assets.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Personally direct investigations into any major near-misses or incidents. Ensure the deployment of decisive Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) through plant EHS heads.
• ETP & Waste Infrastructure: Audit the efficiency of Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP) and Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) facilities to guarantee that treated water and solid biological waste continuously fulfill discharge standards.

Safety Culture & Capability Building

• Behavior-Based Safety (BBS): Transition the organizational culture from reactive compliance to proactive safety through strong BBS initiatives on the shop floors.
• Training Architectures: Oversee the development of training curriculum covering chemical handling, confined space entries, lock-out/tag-out (LOTO), and contractor safety.