SSE Officer (Paarl WC)

Tiger Brands; Paarl; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tiger Brands is seeking a seasoned SHE, Risk Management professional to lead and sustain a culture of safety across the site. You will implement and maintain international safety and environmental management systems, conduct risk assessments, and coach leaders to mitigate risks while ensuring regulatory compliance.

You will build SHE capability through training, lead incident investigations, and apply root cause analysis to drive preventative actions across local and regional operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years risk management experience in the food/beverage industry.
• Higher Diploma in Environmental Health.
• Qualification in legal aspects of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 85 of 1993.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage a system addressing all aspects of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Tiger Brands requirements.
• Ensure comprehensive coverage of operations and activities, internal and external.
• Update systems to maintain legal compliance across local, regional, and provincial levels.
• Maintain an effective change management system and current database.
• Summarise legislation into key responsibilities and train staff in best practices.
• Assist manufacturing and non-manufacturing sites with compliance and implementation.
• Provide training support as required.
• Keep sites informed of new legislation and its impact on operations.
• Ensure Legal Appointments under the OHS Act are in place and updated.
• Write new best practices and standards as per new legislation.
• Assist with implementing new standards and related training needs.

Skills

Leadership

Supervisory skills

Communication skills

Administrative skills

Interpersonal skills

Pressure handling

Deadline orientation

Multiskilled

Numerical/figures

Education

Higher Diploma Environmental Health

OSH Act legal qualification

Job description

This role is responsible for driving and sustaining a strong Safety, Health, Environment (SHE), and Risk Management culture across the site, ensuring compliance with all legal, regulatory, and Tiger Brands standards. The incumbent leads the implementation and maintenance of international safety and environmental management systems, facilitates risk assessments, and works with department heads to identify, document, and mitigate site risks. The role also focuses on building SHE capability through training and coaching, promoting safe working practices through behavioural-based safety programs, conducting incident investigations, monitoring compliance, and utilizing root cause analysis to implement preventative actions that support legal compliance, operational excellence, and social responsibility.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design and manage a system that addresses all aspects of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulations, Codes and Best Practises and any other Tiger Brands requirements.
• Manage the system to ensure all operation, processes and activities, internal as well as external, are covered.
• Update the systems as changes occur, to ensure legal compliance to Local, Regional, Provincial and legislation.
• Sustainably managed and updated the system to ensure an effective change management system and database is established and current.
• Summarise legislation into key areas of responsibilities and design best practises based on these legislative requirements. Implement such best practices and train applicable persons in the correct application of such best practises.
• Assist all manufacturing and non-manufacturing sites in Tiger Brands with legal compliance aspects ensuring that sites have an understanding of the requirements and how it must be implemented.
• Assist with training where required and requested.
• Ensuring that Tiger Sites are informed of new legislative requirements (e.g. Air Quality Act) and the impact of such legislation on Tiger Brands sites.
• Ensuring that all Legal Appointments as per the Occupational Health and Safety Act is in place these appointments are updated with changes in the organisation.
• Writing of new best practises and standards as per new legislation.
• Assisting with the implementation of new standards and possible training needs required.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TABLE

• Working knowledge of Customs Acts and SARS requirements for exports/imports
• Understanding and knowledge of export contracts, products, pack patterns, stock availability, factory operations, shipping companies
• Knowledge of various country requirements
• Product knowledge

Key foundational competencies

Leadership

• Management and Supervisory skills

Personal Effectiveness

• Verbal and written communication skills, administrative skills, Interpersonal skills, Ability to work under pressure, Ability to stick to deadlines, Multi-skilled, Figure orientated

Experience

• Minimum of 6 years Risk Management experience in the Food/Beverage industry.
• Higher Diploma Environmental Health.
• Qualification in Legal aspects of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 85 of 1993