Job Description

Closing Date 2024/10/29
Reference Number SAA241021-1
Job Title Air Chefs Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality (SHEQ) Manager
Division Airchefs
Business Unit Quality Assurance
Job Type Permanent
Location - Country South Africa
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Town / City Kempton Park
Job PurposeThe role is responsible for ensuring that all safety, health, environmental, and quality standards are strictly adhered to across the organization. This role is integral to the operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and overall sustainability of the company. The incumbent will implement policies that comply with the latest laws and regulations but also manages risk and ensures that the highest levels of workplace safety and environmental integrity are maintained. The role will supervise the quality monitoring processes of the business value chain to ensure adherence to SHEQ and other Food Safety standards.Furthermore, the role will lead a multidisciplinary team to achieve business objectives for quality, health, safety and environment. The incumbent will development, review and update SHEQ policies and procedures as and when required (i.e. changes in legal or customer requirements) and make recommendations for any changes in operational procedures which will improve safe working conditions.
Principal Accountabilities

• Conduct risk evaluations and enforcing preventative measures
• Review existing policies and measures and updating them according to legislation
• Initiate and manage health and safety procedures in the workplace
• Inspect equipment and machinery to verify they meet safety regulations
• Manage and organize quality reports, statistical reviews, and relevant documentation
• Meet company health and safety goals
• Investigate accidents or incidents to discover causes and manage worker's compensation claims
• Process previous shifts quality reports to compile the QA report and reporting deviances according to organisational requirements
• Co-ordinate the quality assessment process in all areas of the business value chain to ensure adherence to HACCP and ISO standards
• Continuously monitor and evaluate the processes of the business value chain to ensure adherence to organisational procedures, HACCP, ISO Standards and customer specification/requirements
• Provide advice to various internal stakeholders on how to address non conformances based on the relevant HACCP or ISO standards.
• Monitor the implementation of corrective actions according to non-conformances raised to ensure adherence
• Train various internal/external stakeholders/ service providers on HACCP/Hygiene processes and standards to ensure employees comply to the relevant standards
• Compile various reports according to departmental procedures, standards, and legislative requirements
• Interpret laboratory results and issue non- conformance in the case of variance from standard to the appropriate department and follow-up on recommended corrective action
• Ensure that all records related to the quality management process are maintained according to the requirements of the various quality systems
• Perform quality audits according to the audit schedule to confirm overall adherence to organisational and quality systems standards
• Assist with external supplier audits to monitor adherence to service level agreements
• Oversee the duties of the Sanitation team facility-side by ensuring that staff are properly trained, understand their duties, and follow the guidelines of the company
• Ensure that all industrial machines are cleaned according to SOPs and records are kept according to specifications
• Maintain sanitation logs and master sanitation schedule, and any other records, charts and reports as needed for auditing and compliance purposes
• Stays current on the procedures to clean and sanitize all production equipment facility-wide
• Review all CIP and cleaning records shortly after completion to ensure that no irregularities are present
• Develop and maintain sanitation related work instructions (cleaning procedures, master sanitation list, pest control programs, etc.)
• Recommends cost saving initiatives and controls expenditure within approved parameters
• Coordinating with HR to set up a framework for safety inductions and training for all employees
• Manages subordinates' activities to ensure the achievement of targets and standards
• Manage time and attendance of sub-ordinates
• Assess performance of sub-ordinates and ensure the appropriate ER actions are implemented to correct non-performance
• Interprets and monitors trends in occupational health & Environmental programs to ensure alignment with national standards and best practice
• Develop, implement and maintain Fire protection program for the organisation to ensure adherence to relevant legislation
• Investigate and report on OHS incidents to identify unsafe conditions/act and to recommend appropriate actions to avoid similar incidents
• Create a culture of Safety awareness through continuous sensitisation and training of employees on OHS Standards, policies and procedures to create a culture of safety awareness
• Schedule and facilitate third party audits to ensure adherence to OHS standards and client requirements
• Co-ordinate and maintain the organisational PPE program to ensure adherence to organisational and legislative requirements
• Analyse OHS information to compile various reports according to internal and external stakeholder requirements
• Plan and perform external supplier visits to ensure adherence to Environmental Management system /ISO/Standards and as defined by service level agreements
• Audit the processes of the external supplier to ensure adherence to organisational procedures, Environmental management system, ISO Standards and customer specification/requirement
• Assign work and monitor the adherence by service providers according to the scope of work as determined in service level agreements

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree at NQF level 7/Diploma at NQF level 6 in Food Science, Environmental Health, Safety Management or Food related field
• At least 5 - 8 years experience in a airline catering environment within quality assurance
• Basic training in Microsoft Office products
• HACCP certification or HACCP/ISO, Environmental Management certification
• Experience in defining and managing SHEQ compliance system

Knowledge and Skills

• Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Stakeholder engagement
• Ability to design and implement value-add, customer driven financial services and programs
• Business acumen
• Problem solving
• Conflict management
• Facilitation
• Time management
• Change management
• Project management
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Interpersonal skills
• Information seeking

Attributes

• Leads through influence
• Initiative, Impact and Influence
• Integrity, Ethics and Values

Additional InformationApplicants are required to complete an individual registration profile capturing essential personal and career selection criteria. Applicants must please note that they only need to complete the online registration once and thereafter they can update their online profiles as and when necessary.PLEASE NOTE: The onus are on applicants to ensure all mandatory fields are completed. Incomplete online profiles will be disqualified from the application process. Online profiles are used for screening and shortlisting purposes. A CV is only for verification and record keeping purposes. Applicants need to ensure that their online profiles are completed with correct and current information. Incomplete sections can disqualify applicants from the screening and selection process.This applies to all internal and external applicants.

South African Airways