Senior Officer, HSE

Job Scope

Support the implementation, monitoring, and continual improvement of occupational health, safety and environmental requirements across Ibese Plant operations, including production areas, maintenance activities, contractors, mobile equipment and other operational interfaces.

Job Summary

The Senior HSE Officer shall coordinate and supervise day-to-day HSE activities, support implementation of the plant’s Integrated Management System, monitor compliance with applicable HSE requirements, identify and control workplace risks, and promote proactive safety performance. The role shall provide guidance to HSE Officers, employees and contractors and support the Head, HSE in maintaining safe, healthy and environmentally responsible operations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

- Implement approved HSE policies, procedures, standards, programmes and improvement plans across assigned plant areas.

- Conduct routine workplace inspections and identify unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, environmental concerns and emerging operational risks.

- Ensure identified HSE observations are assigned, tracked and closed within agreed timelines.

- Facilitate hazard identification, risk assessment, Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Permit-to-Work (PTW) controls for routine and non-routine activities.

- Monitor employees, contractors and subcontractors for compliance with plant HSE rules, procedures and the applicable Dangote HSSE requirements.

- Support effective contractor HSE management, including induction, toolbox talks, field monitoring and verification of compliance.

- Participate in incident, near-miss and occupational injury investigations; support root-cause analysis and monitor corrective and preventive actions to closure.

- Coordinate and deliver safety inductions, toolbox talks, awareness sessions, campaigns and other HSE training programmes.

- Monitor correct selection, use and availability of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).

- Support emergency preparedness and response activities, including drills, fire prevention and verification of emergency arrangements.

- Participate in inspections and assurance activities covering critical risks such as lifting operations, mobile equipment, machine guarding, work at height, confined spaces, electrical safety, hot work and housekeeping.

- Promote proactive reporting of near misses, unsafe acts and unsafe conditions and support timely corrective action.

- Support implementation and monitoring of the plant’s Integrated Management System requirements, including ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 requirements relevant to the role.

- Assist with internal and external HSE audits, inspections and regulatory visits, and maintain evidence for action close-out.

- Compile, validate and analyse HSE statistics, daily/weekly/monthly reports, leading and lagging indicators, and safety performance trends.

- Support environmental compliance activities including pollution prevention, waste management, spill prevention, good housekeeping and reporting of environmental concerns.

- Promote safety recognition, coaching and consistent consequence-management processes in accordance with applicable company requirements.

- Provide day-to-day guidance and coaching to HSE Officers and operational personnel and escalate significant risks promptly to HSE management.

- Participate in departmental and cross-functional safety meetings and follow up agreed HSE actions.

- Maintain HSE records and documented information in accordance with the plant’s Integrated Management System requirements.

- Perform other HSE-related duties assigned by the Head, HSE in support of Zero Harm and continual improvement.

Education and Professional Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree or HND in Occupational Health and Safety, Physical/Natural Sciences, Engineering, or another relevant discipline.

- Relevant HSE professional certification or training is desirable.

- Working knowledge of occupational health and safety and environmental management systems, including ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.

- Familiarity with risk assessment, incident investigation, PTW/JSA controls and contractor safety management.

Work Experience

- Relevant practical HSE experience in a manufacturing, cement, mining, construction, power, heavy-industry or comparable high-risk operational environment.

- Demonstrated experience in field safety inspections, risk control, incident reporting/investigation and HSE performance monitoring.

- Experience coordinating or guiding junior HSE personnel is desirable.

Skills and Behaviours

- Strong hazard-identification and risk-assessment skills.

- Good knowledge of industrial HSE controls and safe systems of work.

- Strong observation, investigation, analytical and problem-solving capability.

- Effective written and verbal communication and report-writing skills.

- Ability to coach, influence and engage employees, contractors and supervisors on HSE matters.

- Good planning, follow-up and record-management skills.

- Proficiency in standard Microsoft Office applications and HSE reporting tools.

- High integrity, accountability, teamwork and commitment to Zero Harm.

- Ability to intervene appropriately when unsafe work or unacceptable risk is identified.

Internal Stakeholder Interaction

Head, HSE; HSE team; Plant Management; Production; Maintenance; Mines; Packing Plant; Logistics/Transport; Human Resources; Security; Procurement; Quality; and other plant departments.