Global Health and Safety Specialist
The Job
Manuchar is company committed to prioritize the health and safety of our employees, customers, and communities. We believe in creating a culture of safety excellence and continuous improvement across all aspects of our operations. We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Health & Safety Specialist to join our team. You will play a critical role in developing, implementing, and maintaining health and safety programs on a global scale and initiatives to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and promote a safe working environment for all Manuchar employees.
You will operate in our headquarters in Antwerp with 30% of your time travelling to other operations (South-America, Africa, Asia,..).
Your main responsibilities are:
- Develop, implement, and maintain health and safety policies, procedures, and programs in accordance with local affiliates and industry best practices. You follow-up on our Global OHS standards, corporate programs, site safety procedures and ergonomics.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess and mitigate risks by focusing on strong and weak points of every affiliate and proposing possible adjustsments to local management to reinforce the H&S guidance.
- Conduct regular internal safety audits and gap assessments at the affiliates, for which frequent travel is required.
- Coordination of external audits with 3rd party bodies and assure compliance to all legal requirements.
- Support data gathering and data analysis to develop leading and lagging indicators to monitor and drive Health and Safety programs like Lost time Injury, Lost time Injury Frequency Rate and Lost time Injury Severity rate on a global level.
- Report on accidents and near misses, and initiate preventive actions.
- Initiate Health and Safety ecosystem and innovation initiatives to promote safety culture across the business and contractors.
Your Profile
- You have a solid experience in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental health, or related field. You have preferably the necessary certifications (Prevention Advisor level I or II).
- You have knowledge of audit techniques and behavioral based safety programs.
- You are willing to travel (30%) to support the global operations with your specific skills and knowledge on health and safety.
- You are a collaborative team player, who is performance driven.
- You have good problem solving skills, and are eager to learn.
- You speak and write fluent in English (Dutch, French, Portuguese or any other language is a plus).
A multinational of Belgian origin
Manuchar, headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium is a leading distributor of chemicals in emerging markets. We complement our Chemical Distribution business with International Trade Services in steel, polymers and several other raw materials.
In 2023 we handled 4 million metric tons of goods, generating 2.4 billion USD in sales. Our local operations are in over 40 countries and 140 locations. Manuchar employs 2,800 professionals worldwide.
At Manuchar "We keep your production running. Anytime. Anywhere.”
Manuchar Offers you
a job full of variety with long-term perspectives in an international environment.
cooperation with motivated & skilled colleagues in an open company culture
an attractive remuneration package including fringe benefits.
a nice workspace where you can fully develop your talents.
Interested?
If you want to take up the challenge and join an international fast-growing team of dynamic colleagues, please send your application letter and detailed CV through our online tool CVWarehouse.