EHS Specialist

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.