Kerry is a company rich in heritage and resources. Over the past five decades, our focus on changing lifestyles, the globalisation of food tastes and ever-evolving consumer needs has brought us to a market-leading global position. At Kerry, we are proud to provide our customers' some of the world's best-known food, beverage and pharma brands with the expertise, insights and know-how they need to deliver products that people enjoy and feel better about consuming.

EHS Specialist

Responsible and accountable for assisting management with

• Implementing, managing and continuously improving EHS procedures and work practices at Kerry Greater Africa manufacturing sites.
• Compliance with the EHS requirements of Kerry, local legislation and external certifications at Kerry Greater Africa manufacturing sites.
• Support implementation of Office Safety programs at Kerry offices in Greater Africa Region.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure understanding of and compliance to EHS procedures and practices by staff and contractors.
• Administer and maintain compliance with all Kerry LIFE rules.
• Work with personnel at all levels in the organization to drive safety culture and encourage safe working practices.
• Ensure compliance with all Kerry policies and procedures and contribute to the development and review thereof.
• Implementation and maintenance of the requirements of Kerry EHS systems, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
• Facilitate and participate in internal audits and Kerry EHS audits.
• Implement corrective and preventative actions to close out audit findings.
• Train employees and contractors on requirements of the Kerry EHS systems, promoting incident prevention for the benefit of employees, contractors and visitors.
• Update EHS documentation in the integrated EHS management system.
• Monitor and measure compliance to EHS objectives and targets.
• Monitor and measure environmental performance in accordance with Municipal/county requirements and Sustainability KPI’s.
• Monitor, measure, compile and report EHS statistics within Kerry and as required by local and national legislation.
• Support in the execution of emergency preparedness drills.
• Maintain relevant EHS logs and documentation and Perform Incident Investigations and root cause analysis.
• To advise and monitor site risk assessments.
• Proactively identify potential hazards, unsafe conditions and at-risk behaviours.
• Communicate EHS objectives and targets and performance to all employees and contractors on site.
• Promote EHS awareness on the site.
• Coach EHS Representatives and ensure that their duties are completed timely.
• Ensure compliance to EHS procedures and work instructions during maintenance, building, project work with employees and contractors.
• Assist in the development and presentation of relevant EHS training, including EHS Induction.
• Promote the effective use of PPE’s.
• Pro-actively ensure the close-out of EHS-related maintenance tasks in conjunction with the engineering team.
• Completion of monthly Kerry EHS reports.
• Assist in compliance reviews, general risk assessments and other safety assessments to support EHS management.
• Ensure compliance with applicable EHS laws and regulations.

Factory-Specific Responsibilities (but not limited to)

• Walk the operations floor on a daily basis to establish EHS presence and provide support.
• Co-ordinate and document all EHS meetings (EHS Committee, incident investigation, PPE, contractor, third party auditing or other).
• Update, implement, and manage EHS Programs, Policies and Procedures, assist in report preparation and data gathering.
• Perform facility EHS Inspections.
• Evaluate PPE and ensure proper use and maintenance of PPE’s.
• Ensure compliance to Regulatory and Kerry requirements.
• Assist in emergency response, emergency preparedness review, planning and training.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by EHS Lead.
• Support in implementing current and future Kerry EHS programs, including;
  • BOS (Behavior Observation System).
  • SeRRA (Self-Regulated Risk Assessment).
  • Small Acts Matter (SAM).

Qualifications and skills

• Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, Science or Equivalent.
• At least 3 to 5years’ experience working in EHS, preferably in a Food Manufacturing plant.
• NEBOSH/IOSH Certification is an added advantage.
• Working knowledge of the requirements of the OHS Act. National Environmental Management Act.
• Experience in ISO 14001 Systems and ISO 45001 implementation and internal audit.
• Experience in performing risk assessments and Root Cause Analysis.

• Implementing, managing and continuously improving EHS procedures and work practices at Kerry Greater Africa manufacturing sites.
• Compliance with the EHS requirements of Kerry, local legislation and external certifications at Kerry Greater Africa manufacturing sites.
• Support implementation of Office Safety programs at Kerry offices in Greater Africa Region.
• Ensure understanding of and compliance to EHS procedures and practices by staff and contractors.
• Administer and maintain compliance with all Kerry LIFE rules.
• Work with personnel at all levels in the organization to drive safety culture and encourage safe working practices.
• Ensure compliance with all Kerry policies and procedures and contribute to the development and review thereof.
• Implementation and maintenance of the requirements of Kerry EHS systems, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
• Facilitate and participate in internal audits and Kerry EHS audits.
• Implement corrective and preventative actions to close out audit findings.
• Train employees and contractors on requirements of the Kerry EHS systems, promoting incident prevention for the benefit of employees, contractors and visitors.
• Update EHS documentation in the integrated EHS management system.
• Monitor and measure compliance to EHS objectives and targets.
• Monitor and measure environmental performance in accordance with Municipal/county requirements and Sustainability KPI’s.
• Monitor, measure, compile and report EHS statistics within Kerry and as required by local and national legislation.
• Support in the execution of emergency preparedness drills.
• Maintain relevant EHS logs and documentation and Perform Incident Investigations and root cause analysis.
• To advise and monitor site risk assessments.
• Proactively identify potential hazards, unsafe conditions and at-risk behaviours.
• Communicate EHS objectives and targets and performance to all employees and contractors on site.
• Promote EHS awareness on the site.
• Coach EHS Representatives and ensure that their duties are completed timely.
• Ensure compliance to EHS procedures and work instructions during maintenance, building, project work with employees and contractors.
• Assist in the development and presentation of relevant EHS training, including EHS Induction.
• Promote the effective use of PPE’s.
• Pro-actively ensure the close-out of EHS-related maintenance tasks in conjunction with the engineering team.
• Completion of monthly Kerry EHS reports.
• Assist in compliance reviews, general risk assessments and other safety assessments to support EHS management.
• Ensure compliance with applicable EHS laws and regulations.
• Walk the operations floor on a daily basis to establish EHS presence and provide support.
• Co-ordinate and document all EHS meetings (EHS Committee, incident investigation, PPE, contractor, third party auditing or other).
• Update, implement, and manage EHS Programs, Policies and Procedures, assist in report preparation and data gathering.
• Perform facility EHS Inspections.
• Evaluate PPE and ensure proper use and maintenance of PPE’s.
• Ensure compliance to Regulatory and Kerry requirements.
• Assist in emergency response, emergency preparedness review, planning and training.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by EHS Lead.
• Support in implementing current and future Kerry EHS programs, including; BOS (Behavior Observation System), SeRRA (Self-Regulated Risk Assessment), Small Acts Matter (SAM).

• EHS procedures and work practices
• EHS requirements
• local legislation
• external certifications
• Office Safety programs
• Kerry LIFE rules
• safety culture
• safe working practices
• Kerry policies and procedures
• Kerry EHS systems
• ISO 14001
• ISO 45001
• internal audits
• Kerry EHS audits
• corrective and preventative actions
• incident prevention
• EHS documentation
• integrated EHS management system
• EHS objectives and targets
• environmental performance
• Municipal/county requirements
• Sustainability KPI’s
• EHS statistics
• local and national legislation
• emergency preparedness drills
• EHS logs and documentation
• Incident Investigations
• root cause analysis
• site risk assessments
• potential hazards
• unsafe conditions
• at-risk behaviours
• EHS awareness
• EHS Representatives
• EHS procedures and work instructions
• EHS training
• EHS Induction
• PPE’s
• EHS-related maintenance tasks
• Kerry EHS reports
• compliance reviews
• general risk assessments
• safety assessments
• EHS management
• EHS laws and regulations
• Operations floor
• EHS presence
• EHS meetings
• EHS Committee
• incident investigation
• PPE
• contractor
• third party auditing
• EHS Programs, Policies and Procedures
• report preparation
• data gathering
• facility EHS Inspections
• PPE evaluation
• PPE use and maintenance
• Regulatory and Kerry requirements
• emergency response
• emergency preparedness review, planning and training
• BOS (Behavior Observation System)
• SeRRA (Self-Regulated Risk Assessment)
• Small Acts Matter (SAM)
• Occupational Health & Safety
• Engineering
• Science
• Food Manufacturing plant
• NEBOSH/IOSH Certification
• OHS Act
• National Environmental Management Act
• ISO 14001 Systems
• ISO 45001 implementation
• internal audit
• performing risk assessments
• Root Cause Analysis

• Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, Science or Equivalent.
• At least 3 to 5years’ experience working in EHS, preferably in a Food Manufacturing plant.
• NEBOSH/IOSH Certification is an added advantage.
• Working knowledge of the requirements of the OHS Act. National Environmental Management Act.
• Experience in ISO 14001 Systems and ISO 45001 implementation and internal audit.
• Experience in performing risk assessments and Root Cause Analysis.