Deputy Manager – Environment, Health & Safety (EHS)

Strategic Responsibilities

• Develop and implement annual EHS strategies, objectives, action plans, and KPIs.
• Establish and continuously improve the site EHS management system, procedures, standards, and governance framework.
• Implement risk-based approaches to prevent workplace injuries, occupational illness, environmental incidents, and operational disruptions.
• Integrate EHS requirements into projects, procurement, contractor management, and operational changes.
• Ensure legal compliance, emergency preparedness, and management accountability.
• Promote a proactive culture of reporting, learning, participation, and continuous improvement.

EHS Governance & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with applicable EHS laws, permits, standards, and company requirements.
• Maintain legal and permit registers, compliance calendars, and relevant documentation.
• Coordinate regulatory inspections, third-party assessments, and statutory submissions.
• Lead internal and external EHS audits and ensure timely closure of non-conformities.

Risk Management & Operational Safety

• Lead hazard identification, risk assessments, Job Safety Analysis (JSA), and operational-control reviews.
• Implement and monitor Permit-to-Work, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), chemical safety, machine safety, and contractor safety systems.
• Review high-risk activities, projects, and operational changes.
• Stop or escalate unsafe work and ensure corrective actions are completed before resuming operations.
• Ensure effective risk controls across factory operations.

Incident Management

• Ensure timely reporting, classification, investigation, and documentation of incidents and near misses.
• Lead root-cause analysis and monitor corrective and preventive actions.
• Analyze incident trends and communicate lessons learned.
• Escalate significant incidents and risks to management with appropriate recommendations.

Occupational Health & Safety

• Lead programs covering machine safety, electrical safety, ergonomics, chemical safety, PPE, and workplace hygiene.
• Coordinate occupational-health risk assessments, exposure monitoring, medical surveillance, and first-aid readiness.
• Establish safety requirements for contractors, visitors, and temporary workers.
• Conduct safety observations, field engagements, and leadership safety walks.

Environmental Management

• Manage environmental aspects, impacts, permits, and operational controls.
• Oversee waste management, emissions, effluent, noise, spill prevention, and pollution-control systems.
• Monitor environmental performance related to energy, water, waste, and other relevant indicators.
• Ensure accurate environmental monitoring, documentation, reporting, and improvement actions.

Emergency Preparedness & Fire Safety

• Develop and maintain emergency-response and fire-safety plans.
• Ensure readiness of fire protection systems, alarms, emergency exits, equipment, and response teams.
• Organize emergency drills and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Coordinate responses to fire, chemical releases, medical emergencies, natural hazards, and other site emergencies.

EHS Training & Communication

• Develop the EHS training matrix and annual training plan.
• Conduct employee induction, toolbox talks, refresher training, and competency assessments.
• Lead EHS committee meetings, safety campaigns, awareness programs, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Communicate EHS performance, risks, incidents, and lessons learned to relevant stakeholders.

Performance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain EHS dashboards and report leading and lagging indicators to management.
• Conduct management and compliance reviews and analyze EHS trends.
• Track corrective, preventive, and improvement actions through to closure.
• Lead EHS improvement projects to reduce risks and strengthen compliance.

People Management

• Lead and manage the EHS team to ensure effective implementation of EHS plans and controls.
• Assign responsibilities, review team performance, and provide technical coaching.
• Coordinate departmental EHS representatives, emergency-response teams, fire wardens, first aiders, and contractor safety personnel.
• Promote accountability, participation, learning, and operational discipline.

Direct Reports

• Executive / Officer – EHS
• Fire & Safety Personnel, as assigned.