OHS, Environment and Quality Officer

Monitors the implementation of the DSC Country Safety, Food Safety, environment and quality strategy, polices and standards within location in close co-operation with Country HSE Leads.

Key Accountabilities

• Act as focal contact for all OHS, ENV & QA -related topics/requests, global and x-functional CI initiatives on site
• Drive OHS, ENV & QA Food Safety culture through consistent communication and employee engagement (incl. relevant DPDHL policies)
• Coordinate monthly MRPs and OHS, ENV & QA Management Reviews
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of procedures (OMS First Choice and best practice sharing
• Review customer quality agreements and evaluate operational requirements
• Ensure full compliance with all relevant regulatory, customer and local legal obligations prior, during and after implementation
• Support validation and qualification activities
• Perform relevant inspections in order to verify full compliance against all applicable requirements
• Prepare and support audits
• Maintain key operational documentation in relevant tools and distribute to operational staff
• Ensure operational training is conducted in accordance to regulation and/or DHL standards and review respective training matrix/plan/records
• Act as a reviewer for operational documents (incl. but not limited to standard operating procedures & work instructions
• Support performance of FMEA for work instructions
• Implement and supervise the adherence of Quality/Food Safety Management System (15 Global Quality Standards aligned to ISO 9001 & ISO 22001/ BRC) and Quality BASICS
• Implement and supervise the adherence of Safety-First Framework (Global OHS Standards aligned to ISO 45001) and OHS BASICS including the Global Transport management procedures
• Implement and supervise the adherence of Dangerous Goods Management (Global DGM/Chemical management Standards aligned to ISO 14001 & ISO 50001) and ENV/Sustainability BASICS
• Implement and supervise the adherence of 10 Steps EMS (Global Environmental management Standards aligned to ISO 14001 & ISO 50001) and ENV/Sustainability BASICS
• Ensure adherence to customer quality/OHS/ENV/Sustainability/Transport requirements in line with DPDHL policy
• Monitor and analyze OHS/Quality/ENV/Sustainability metrics, investigate non-conformances and create & execute actions plans
• Prepare and participate in customer, regulatory and internal operational audits as required and work with the site management team to implement the agreed action plans
• Liaise with suppliers based on business requirements, monitor performance and where necessary, propose improvements to line manager and implement agreed improvement actions
• Investigate the risk of business disruptions and implement identified mitigation

Qualifications

• Matric / Grade 12
• IOSH Managing Safely course or Country equivalent
• SAMTRAC
• ISO 22001/BRC/ISO 9001
• Auditing

Skills/Competencies/Experiences

• Computer literacy
• Communication skills
• Ability to work within a rapidly changing environment
• Deadline driven
• Good written and communication skills
• Logistics / Warehousing experience
• Enforcement of Health & Safety procedures and identify hazards
• Achieve work targets and is willing to take on additional roles / responsibilities
• Ability to work under pressure