EHS Officer

The EHS Officer is responsible for supporting the implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of the organization's Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) management systems across manufacturing operations.

Azuks Works Consult is a registered consulting and recruitment firm committed to connecting talented individuals with rewarding career opportunities. We are currently recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing manufacturing company and are seeking credible, passionate, and result-oriented candidates who are eager to learn, grow, and contribute to organizational success.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Purpose:

• The EHS Officer is responsible for supporting the implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of the organization's Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) management systems across manufacturing operations.
• The role ensures that employees, contractors, equipment, processes, and work environments comply with established safety standards, environmental requirements, company policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• The position will proactively identify workplace hazards, facilitate risk assessments, investigate incidents, drive corrective actions, and promote a strong zero-harm and safety-first culture across the factory.

Key Responsibilities: Occupational Health & Safety:

• Conduct routine EHS inspections, safety audits, and workplace hazard assessments across production lines, warehouses, workshops, utilities, laboratories, offices, and other factory areas.
• Identify unsafe acts and unsafe conditions and ensure timely implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Facilitate and maintain Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) and Job Safety Analysis (JSA/JHA) for relevant activities.
• Monitor compliance with safe work procedures, SOPs, PPE requirements, machine guarding, housekeeping, pedestrian safety, and other site safety rules.
• Support the implementation of appropriate controls using the Hierarchy of Controls.
• Ensure proper implementation of Permit-to-Work (PTW) systems for high-risk activities, including hot work, working at height, confined space entry, electrical work, excavation, and other non-routine activities.
• Support Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures for equipment isolation during maintenance and repair activities.
• Conduct toolbox talks, safety briefings, inductions, and awareness programmes for employees and contractors.

Incident Management & Investigation:

• Promptly respond to workplace incidents, injuries, near misses, property damage, environmental incidents, and unsafe occurrences.
• Participate in and/or lead incident investigations using appropriate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) techniques such as 5 Whys and cause-and-effect analysis.
• Maintain accurate incident records and track agreed corrective and preventive actions to closure.
• Analyse EHS trends and recurring incidents and recommend appropriate preventive interventions.

Environmental Management:

• Support compliance with site environmental requirements covering waste management, emissions, wastewater/effluent, chemical handling, spill prevention, and resource conservation.
• Monitor proper segregation, storage, handling, and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
• Conduct periodic environmental inspections and maintain relevant environmental records.
• Support initiatives aimed at reducing waste generation, energy consumption, water consumption, pollution, and the site's overall environmental footprint.
• Participate in environmental risk and aspect/impact assessments.

Emergency Preparedness & Response:

• Support the development and implementation of the site's Emergency Response Plan (ERP).
• Coordinate periodic fire drills, evacuation exercises, spill-response drills, and other emergency simulations.
• Regularly inspect emergency equipment such as fire extinguishers, hydrants, hose reels, emergency exits, alarms, spill kits, eyewash stations, and emergency showers.
• Support the training and preparedness of fire wardens, first aiders, emergency response teams, and other relevant personnel.
• Ensure emergency routes and assembly points remain clearly marked, accessible, and unobstructed.

Contractor & Visitor Safety:

• Conduct EHS inductions for contractors, vendors, visitors, and other third parties entering operational areas.
• Verify contractor compliance with site EHS requirements before and during work activities.
• Review risk assessments, method statements, permits, and safety documentation for contractor activities.
• Monitor contractors undertaking high-risk work and intervene immediately where unsafe practices are identified.

EHS Training & Safety Culture:

• Support the preparation and implementation of the annual EHS training plan.
• Facilitate safety induction programmes for newly employed personnel.
• Conduct awareness sessions on topics such as PPE, manual handling, chemical safety, fire safety, ergonomics, LOTO, working at height, confined spaces, pedestrian/forklift safety, and emergency response.
• Drive behavioural safety initiatives that encourage employees to identify, report, and correct hazards proactively.
• Promote employee participation in toolbox talks, near-miss reporting, safety observations, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Compliance, Documentation & Reporting:

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date EHS documentation, including inspection reports, risk assessments, incident reports, permits, training records, drill reports, corrective-action trackers, and regulatory records.
• Support internal and external EHS audits and follow up identified gaps to closure.
• Monitor compliance with applicable Nigerian EHS regulatory requirements and company standards.
• Support the organization's occupational health, environmental, and safety management systems, including ISO 45001 and ISO 14001, where applicable.
• Prepare periodic EHS reports, dashboards, and presentations for management.
• Maintain relevant KPIs such as incident rates, near-miss reporting, safety observations, training compliance, audit findings, and corrective-action closure rates.

Location: Sango, Ogun

Essential:

• Bachelor's Degree / HND in Environmental Science, Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or another relevant discipline.
• Practical knowledge of occupational health, safety, and environmental management within a manufacturing environment.
• Good understanding of risk assessment, incident investigation, PTW, LOTO, emergency response, fire safety, chemical safety, and environmental controls.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Added Advantage: Relevant professional certifications such as:

• NEBOSH International General Certificate (IGC)
• IOSH Managing Safely
• ISO 45001 Internal/Lead Auditor
• ISO 14001 Internal/Lead Auditor
• First Aid/CPR certification
• Fire Safety/Fire Marshal certification

How to apply Interested and qualified Candidate is required to send their CVs to the email address: (see Apply by email) using the job role - "EHS Officer" as the subject of the mail.

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