Senior Director - Safety & OHH
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About the Role
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) seeks a Senior Director of Safety & OHH to lead safety management systems, strategy, and governance across all EGA sites.
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Responsibilities
- Sets out EGA’s Safety and Governance strategy and framework based on EGA’s overall ESG & Sustainability strategy
- Directs the implementation of the functional strategy ensuring alignment to group strategy
- Manages the effective achievement of functional objectives through effective leadership
- Oversees the consolidation and recommend the functional budget and monitors financial performance
- Strategizes the creation of company wide safety policies, processes and procedures
- Provides functional expertise and leads the development of a comprehensive governance framework for safety management
- Plans, leads and co ordinates all safety related projects to be implemented across all EGA sites
- Leads the conducting of safety meetings and inspections to ensure compliance
- Plans, implements, and conducts safety and compliance audits
- Leads significant incident investigations and directs the preparation of reports
- Develops and maintains effective business relationships with all relevant external/internal entities
- Ensures compliance to all relevant safety, quality and environmental management policies
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline such as safety management, HSSE
- Professional certification/ Diploma in Safety Management
- Lead Auditor certification
- 12 years of safety experience in an industrial environment, including at least 4 years safety management level experience
- Risk assessment/management skills
- Leadership ability
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to conduct training
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
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Job Purpose
- Provides functional expertise, leads and directs the development, planning, management and audit of the effective implementation of EGA’s Safety Management systems, strategic plans, policies and programs across EGA sites (locally & internationally) to ensure compliance to legislation and internation
Key Accountabilities
- Sets out EGA’s Safety and Governance strategy and framework based on EGA’s overall ESG & Sustainability strategy, purpose, bold aspirations, and values.
- Directs the implementation of the functional strategy ensuring alignment to group strategy, EGA’s vision, mission, and corporate objectives.
- Ensures that functional strategy and related strategic plans are developed and implemented.
- Ensures the provision of subject matter expertise for the assigned domain and provide counsel to EGA leadership.
- Shares the approved strategy with local/legal authorities where appropriate to obtain feedback as part of continuous improvement.
- Manages the effective achievement of functional objectives through effective leadership and by setting of individual objectives, managing performance, developing, and motivating team to maximise performance.
- Establishes SMART KPI’s for the departments to measure individual and department performance against company objectives and values.
- Leads the talent development initiatives for the assigned function.
- Acts as a role model and drive adherence to organizational values and ethics.
- Oversees and manages the effective coordination with other departments and sections.
- Oversees the consolidation and recommend the functional budget and monitors financial performance versus the budget.
- Strategizes the creation of company wide safety policies, processes and procedures and monitors the implementation and effectiveness.
Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline such as safety management, HSSE.
- Professional certification/ Diploma in Safety Management.
- Lead Auditor certification.
- 12 years of safety experience in an industrial environment, including at least 4 years safety management level experience.
- Risk assessment/management skills.
- Administrative policies and procedures knowledge.
- Familiarity with project and department budget process and tools.
- Knowledge of project controls.
- Conceptual planning ability.
- Conflict management and problem solving skills.
- Leadership ability.
- Multi tasking ability.
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