EHS Manager

Sonoco; Portugal; Remote; EUR 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonoco in Portugal seeks a professional to organize, develop, coordinate, and oversee occupational risk prevention and protection activities to ensure the company meets ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.

You will define policy, design the management system, conduct risk assessments, coordinate health and safety activities, manage external resources, and promote training while ensuring documentation and compliance across facilities.

Qualifications

• Higher education degree in Engineering or Environmental Science.
• Level V CAP certificate as Occupational Health and Safety Technician.
• At least 1 year of experience in the role.
• Proficiency in English.
• Training in Environmental Management Systems (≥16 hours).

Responsibilities

• Define policy on risk prevention and plan and implement the corresponding management system.
• Develop occupational risk assessment processes and design prevention measures.
• Provide technical coordination for health and safety activities.
• Manage external resources for prevention and protection activities.
• Ensure documentation for managing prevention within the company.
• Promote information and training for workers on safety and environmental issues.
• Develop relationships with bodies of the National Occupational Risk Prevention Network.
• Monitor environmental measures and actions.
• Lead and participate in corrective, preventive, and improvement actions.
• Comply with safety and environmental rules and company policies.
• Identify areas for improvement regarding food safety and standards.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Customer orientation

Stress resilience

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Focus on safety

Education

Higher education degree in Engineering or Environmental Science

Level V CAP certificate as OHS Technician

Job description

**Mission:**Organize, develop, coordinate, and oversee occupational risk prevention and protection activities at Sonoco to ensure compliance with the company's zero-accident policy. Ensure the company meets the legal requirements of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. **Job Description**• Collaborate in defining the company's general policy on risk prevention and plan and implement thecorresponding management system;• Develop occupational risk assessment processes and design, schedule, and develop prevention andprotection measures;• Provide technical coordination for occupational health and safety activities, ensuring the supervision andtechnical guidance of professionals in the field;• Manage the process of utilizing external resources for prevention and protection activities;• Ensure the organization of documentation required for managing prevention within the company;• Promote information and training for workers and other parties present at the manufacturing facilitiesregarding workplace safety and environmental issues;• Develop the company's relationships with bodies belonging to the National Occupational Risk PreventionNetwork;• Monitor and verify the implementation of defined environmental measures and actions;• Lead and participate in resolving non-conformities and implementing corrective, preventive, andimprovement actions for management systems;• Comply with and enforce safety and environmental rules, in accordance with the company's establishedpolicies;• Identify areas for improvement regarding food safety;• Comply with the food safety standards in effect at the company. **Main Competencies:**• Communication and teamwork• Customer orientation• Stress resilience• Analytical skills• Interpersonal skills• Focus on safety **Experience and knowledge:**• Higher education degree in Engineering or Environmental Science• Level V Professional Certificate (CAP) as an Occupational Health and Safety Technician• Over 1 year of experience in the role, preferably in a multinational environment• Proficiency in English• Training in Environmental Management Systems (over 16 hours)• Communication and teamwork• Customer orientation• Stress resilience• Analytical skills• Interpersonal skills• Focus on safety