Estee Lauder SHEQ Officer Graduate Programme


Advertiser: Estee Lauder
Location: National

Job Purpose:
The SHEQ Officer is responsible for coordinating the Quality, Environmental, and Health, Safety, legal compliance programmes and related issues within the department. She / he is also responsible for ensuring that the business complies with all relevant SHEQ legislation, company policies and procedures, minimum requirements and permit requirements. Coordination of the implementation, maintenance and administration of the SHEQ management system.

Attributes:
- Ability to implement plans
- Ability to take decisions based on sound reasoning
- Ability to work under pressure
- Adaptability
- Assertive
- Attention to detail
- Continuous improvement
- Honesty and integrity
- Logical thinking
- Motivation of self and others
- Personal presentation
- Proactive
- Rejection tolerance
- Self disciplined and organized
- Sense of responsibility
- Team Player

Skills:
- Administration skills
- Communications skills
- Computer skills
- Crisis management skills
- Decision making skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Planning and Organizing
- Presentation skills
- Problem solving skills

Competencies:
- Analytical thinking
- Information Seeking
- Change leadership
- Initiative
- Achievement Orientation
- Leadership
- Self Confidence

Key Performance Areas:
- Audit results and compliance above 80%
- Maintenance of SHEQ awareness (Toolbox talks, Job observations)
- Accident and incident recording, investigation, root cause analysis and implementation of corrective - and preventive actions
- Continuous site inspections and internal auditing
- Creation and revision of policies and procedures, including SOPs

Roles & Responsibilities

Business Process / Admin:
- Review compliance to regional rules and regulations.
- Ensure that SHEQ meetings are held, recorded and document controlled
- Enforce contractor’s compliance.
- Conduct accident investigations when required
- Assist management with the implementation of the SHEQ management system
- Assist in updating the SHEQ Management system to accommodate changes in legislation and Industry Standards.
- Ensure SHEQ document and data control systems are maintained by the responsible persons
- Promote SHEQ Awareness
- Monitor audit findings and recommend corrective and preventative actions
- Conduct and facilitate risk assessments
- Issue non conformances where required
- Ensure management set objectives and targets for SHEQ compliance in the division

Co-ordinate the monthly safety meeting:
- Ensure meeting times are set.
- Agendas are sent out.
- Minutes are kept and sent out.
- Ensure that all support documentation in respect of the safety program is received on time and in the correct format from all concerned parties.
- Assist in appointment of safety representatives for all departments.
- Communicate changes in Safety and Environment legislation to Management

People / Development:
- Develop and empower employees to take ownership of the SHEQ Management system
- Conduct regular awareness training on all sites
- Ensure health and safety representative, first aider, fire fighter and handling of hazardous material training is up to date.

Requirements:
- Graduate : SHEQ Auditing (SABS,SAMTRAC),OHS ACT and relevant ISO 9001-2008,14001,18001 essential
- Implementation, management and Auditing of SHEQ Management Systems.
- Accident and incident recording and investigation

Please be advised that candidates, who are willing to relocate, will be liable for their own cost. The Graduate Programme will run for 12 month period.

Closing date: 25 October 2013

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

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In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.