Manager - Safety

Job Purpose
To lead and implement occupational health, safety, and environmental initiatives across the plant, ensuring compliance with applicable statutory requirements, preventing workplace accidents, and developing a strong safety culture across all operational areas.
2. Key Responsibilities
A. Health & Safety Management
Develop, implement, and monitor the plant's HSE policies, procedures, and annual safety plans.
Ensure compliance with applicable factory, occupational safety, fire safety, and environmental legislation.
Conduct regular safety inspections and audits of production areas, furnaces, rolling mills, material handling, utilities, maintenance workshops, and other plant facilities.
Identify workplace hazards and implement risk assessments, Job Safety Analysis (JSA), and appropriate control measures.
Monitor compliance with PPE requirements, safe operating procedures, and permit-to-work systems.
Ensure safe practices for hot work, work at height, confined space entry, electrical isolation/LOTO, and heavy lifting operations.
B. Accident Prevention & Investigation
Investigate accidents, near misses, unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions.
Conduct root-cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
Monitor safety performance indicators, including accident frequency, severity, near misses, and corrective-action closure.
Prepare monthly HSE performance reports for management review.
C. Fire & Emergency Management
Develop and periodically review emergency response and disaster management plans.
Ensure the availability and inspection of firefighting equipment, alarms, emergency exits, and other emergency systems.
Organize mock drills and coordinate emergency response teams.
Ensure appropriate controls for hot metal, molten material, gas systems, combustible materials, and other process-specific hazards.
D. Training & Safety Awareness
Develop and deliver safety induction programs for employees, contractors, and visitors.
Conduct toolbox talks, safety campaigns, and job-specific training.
Ensure employees and contractors are competent and authorized for assigned high-risk activities.
Promote employee participation in safety committees and continuous improvement initiatives.
E. Contractor & Operational Safety
Implement contractor safety management procedures, including prequalification, induction, permit compliance, and performance evaluation.
Coordinate with production, maintenance, engineering, logistics, and HR teams to resolve safety issues.
Monitor material handling equipment, cranes, hoists, forklifts, lifting accessories, and industrial vehicle safety.
Ensure machine guarding, interlocks, electrical safety, and safe maintenance practices.
F. Environmental & Statutory Compliance
Coordinate with relevant departments to maintain required HSE records, registers, reports, and statutory documentation.
Support environmental compliance related to waste management, emissions, wastewater, and hazardous materials, where applicable.
Liaise with regulatory authorities, auditors, and emergency services as required.
Ensure timely closure of audit findings and statutory inspection observations.
G. HSE Systems & Continuous Improvement
Implement and maintain HSE management systems aligned with ISO 45001 and ISO 14001, where applicable.
Establish annual HSE objectives, targets, budgets, and improvement plans.
Conduct internal audits, management reviews, and compliance evaluations.

Experience
10 - 20 Years

Employment type
Full Time

Work arrangement
No