Ehs Coordinator

Sealed Air Corporation; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 320 000 - 480 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading packaging solutions provider in Gauteng is seeking a dedicated EHS Coordinator to ensure compliance with EHS standards and drive performance improvements. The ideal candidate will have a technical diploma and EHS experience in a manufacturing site. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential. This role promotes a culture of safety and accountability within the organization.

Qualifications

• 1 to 3 years EHS experience in a manufacturing site.
• Professional proficiency in both written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with local EHS regulations.
• Design and improve EHS programs to drive performance.
• Conduct audits and manage incident reporting.

Skills

Leadership and influencing skills

Ability to coordinate teams

Disciplined and results oriented

Education

Technical diploma/degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or Natural Science

SAMTRAC certificate

Job description

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient.

We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact.

That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders.

Job Description

Work closely to the site line management and entire organization to ensure compliance with local EHS regulations, and to achieve leading EHS performance through full implementation of SEE EHS standards.

Responsibilities

• Grow our people's Zero Harm & Compliance culture by partnering with them and discovering new solutions.
• Design, implement, and improve site programs, activities and initiatives aimed at preventing EHS incidents, complying with applicable regulations, and drive EHS performance towards World Class levels.
• Ensure adherence of site operations to Corporate EHS Standards by continuous cooperation with all the site functions (primarily department supervisors, maintenance and engineering) and liaising with professional consultant(s) locally.
• Conduct Safety Gemba Walks with the site team looking for Hazards, Unsafe Behaviours, Unsafe Conditions, Near Misses.
• Conduct daily review of data to ensure it is being collected / actioned: Near Misses / Open Actions; Machine Guarding gaps; Behaviour Based Safety Observations.
• Attend Production Daily Meetings.
• Update the safety notice boards with results, safety alerts, etc.
• Lead the EHS section of site Management of Change process (equipment installation / modifications, chemical substitution, plant start‑ups, capital projects, etc.).
• Coordinate and review the local annual EHS improvement plans, against site EHS targets.
• Deploy the requirements and guidelines of the Regional EHS Management.
• Conduct Internal EHS Audit Program; help and follow up the implementation of corrective action plans.
• Support Corporate EHS Audit Program; set up corrective actions against gaps and findings as identified; help and follow up the implementation of corrective action plans.
• Ensure senior and line management involvement into the site EHS programs.
• Ensure all incidents are reported from all areas of business; incident investigations are led by line management to identify root causes and corrective actions; outcomes of incident investigations are reported according to the requirements set out in the Incident Investigation Standard and in a timely fashion.
• Manage EHS contractors.
• Coordinate PPE purchasing, maintenance and issuing.
• Coordinate and/or conduct EHS training.

Qualifications

• A minimum of national diploma / degree in a technical discipline (Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Natural Science or equivalent) is required.
• A SAMTRAC certificate is an added advantage.
• 1 to 3 years EHS experience in a manufacturing site.
• Professional proficiency in both written and spoken English.
• Leadership and influencing skills.
• Ability to coordinate teams.
• Ability to drive progress, plans and projects, and manage them through completion.
• Disciplined and results oriented.
• Respect confidentiality.

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve.

We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms.

Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression.

The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.