ehs officer

Job Description
Position Title:
EHS Officer

Function:
Supply chain - EHS

Key Stakeholders
Internal: Unit head, Factory manager, Production Manager, Maintenance manager, Human resource manager, Quality manager & Project manager

External: Statutory authorities, Contractors, Visitors and guests

Educational Qualification:
Diploma or Graduation with additional qualification in Industrial safety

Experience:
At least 3-4 years in the field of EHS from a manufacturing sector

Desired Competencies

• Better understanding on EHS management system
• Good understanding on legal requirements
• Good communication & influencing skills

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and Maintain EHS management system

• To establish, maintain, monitor and improve Environment, Safety & Health systems at Britannia.
• To develop EHS network for all the entities of Britannia and to coordinate.
• To communicate the EHS policy and implement
• To conduct the Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis related to EHS at Britannia and assist all depts. in identifying the Risks.
• To develop and implement various Operational Control procedures for mitigating the Significant EHS risks.
• To develop various training modules on EHS and coordinate training programmes.
• To identify the legal requirements related to EHS and to ensure legal compliance. To regularly evaluate the legal compliance
• To design, implement, monitor and continually improve EHSAS 18001 & ISO 14001 at all the levels
• To create a culture which facilitate the Best practices in EHS
• To coordinate for implementation of Emergency response plan

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Generate a Environment, Safety & Health Culture

• Communicate on Environment, Safety & Health issues to the employees regularly and methodically
• Generate Awareness through various means – like communications, Posters, campaigns, health check-up camps, quizzes, shows, safety/health/security tips and stories,
• Regular trainings for the selected set of people all over site
• Mock-drills organization on a periodic set frequency
• Distinguished speakers may be used or Videos made and shown for enhancing EHS in the company
• Regular audits by self and external parties & involving volunteer employees for EHS enhancements
• Use the EHS network for best practice sharing for culture, awareness, etc.
• Liasioning with Govt. bodies for EHS like Hospitals, Police, Safety consultants, EHS consultants/experts. Fire tenders, Ambulance,

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To monitor, report and analyze incidents

• To establish a mechanism for reporting all the EHS incidents including near misses
• To report all the incidents including near misses, analyze the same and identify the corrective actions based on that and support the concerned in implementing the same

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Continual improvement of the EHS system

• To liaise with external agencies (3rd party certification body or statutory bodies)
• Provide all the reporting related to EHS
• To regularly conduct the internal audits for verification of the compliance to EHS systems.
• To ensure that EHS related objectives are identified and monitored at the relevant levels
• To ensure that all the employees are involved in EHS related activities through developing poster/ communications/ competitions etc.