OHSE Manager

Department: Environment Health and Safety

Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time

Job Type: Employee

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

BG and BU: Amcor Flexibles Europe, Middle East & Africa (AFEMEA) / Meat, Fresh, Dairy & SA

Function: Operations

Line Manager’s Job Title: Plant General Manager

Advertising Legal Entity: Amcor Flexibles Swansea

Work contract Legal Entity: Amcor Flexibles Swansea

Job Purpose

The OHSE Manager provides overall management of all matters related to OHSE for the Swansea site. They are responsible for deploying AFEMEA strategic initiatives and supports development of initiatives together with plant management. They are responsible for fulfilment of legal requirements, AFEMEA policies in line with regulations and corporate guidelines.

• Key holder of site OHSE policy and action plans
• Assist management to comply with both Amcor OHSE Objectives and all relevant Health, Safety and Environmental legislation.
• Keep abreast of all H&S legislations best practice. Advice site management accordingly
• Attend all safety committee meetings and regional OHSE team meetings, preparing reports.
• Investigate Health, Safety & Environment incidents fully, to the required standard.
• Support good communication in the organisation across the engineering and production teams.

Principal Accountabilities

• OHSE representation
• Chair Safety Committee & Safety Steerco meetings.
• Attend other Amcor Health and Safety meetings, seminars and undertake visits to Amcor site suppliers and customers as appropriate.
• Agree improvement priorities & injury prevention plans with the senior management team.
• Implement any other aims and objectives relating to Health and Safety at Work specified by the Management Team; (deliver on time is essential)
• Implement and manage allocated projects, reporting progress to the appropriate Managers on a regular basis.
• OHSE projects to be formally signed off as completed and handed over in a safe condition to respective production staff with all relevant risk assessments and training and communications complete.
• Analyse all LTI’s RC and NM to prioritise and put in place effective corrective actions.
• Compliance
• Keep abreast of all relevant OHSE legislation & ensure it is complied with.
• Maintain OHSE procedures and lead audits to OHSAS, ISO 18001
• Assist site to ensure the Company’s obligations in respect of assessment, control and monitoring of hazardous substances are met.
• Assist site to ensure the Company’s obligations in respect of risk assessments, control and monitoring of the workplace, work equipment, manual handling equipment operations, personal protective equipment, and display screen are met.
• Reporting & documentation
• Maintain all OHSE records, produce reports and statistics as required.
• Provide accident statistics within monthly & 6 monthly compliance reports.
• Publish and communicate H&S policies and activities.
• Maintain an effective Health and Safety communication system throughout the business.
• Assist the management team to adopt standardisation in all documentation and systems for future use within Amcor Flexibles.
• Incident investigations
• Use incidents in Swansea and other sites to extract relevant learnings and improvement opportunities and to prevent similar occurrences in the future.
• Investigate safety & environmental incidents.
• Ensure accident investigation is carried out with the appropriate manage to an acceptable standard.
• Assist in the provision of information for any insurance claims received.
• In addition to the above the role holder will be expected to undertake all reasonable tasks requested by Management.
• Operational support
• Assist in the delivery of agreed company training on new/improved installations in areas of expertise.
• Attend regular operations review meetings at the appropriate level to develop the process.
• Ensure all operational and engineering tasks are properly risk assessed and communicated to the appropriate personnel.

The above list is not exhaustive but represents the regular responsibilities expected of the job holder. In addition to the above the job holder will be expected to undertake all reasonable tasks requested by management.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Formal Qualifications and Experience
• Professional Health & Safety qualification
• Experience in a similar position within a production environment
• Excellent communication skills in both verbal and written form
• Scientific, Engineering or Mathematical qualifications of a good standard (at least A-level, preferably degree).
• Experience in the packaging industry in a technical, CI or operational role
• Specific Skills and Abilities
• Key skills and experience in OHSE are essential.
• Drive to improve continuously.
• An ability to motivate co-workers in OHSE performance.
• Strong team player
• Ability to bridge conflicting interests of concerned parties.
• Able to build commitment in the team and deal with resistance around behavioural changes in a positive way.
• Ability to see the OHSE impact of a situation / change; builds and shares new knowledge.
• Strong skills in program implementation in short timeframe with by creating people commitment.

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About Amcor

Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.
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