Manager Health, Safety & Environment

Manager Health, Safety & Environment

Location : Bukowno

At Sibelco, we advance life through materials.

For over 150 years, we’ve been a trusted leader in sourcing, transforming, and distributing specialty industrial minerals. Our work powers progress across industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers, and water purification. Beyond our materials, we’re proud of our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and empowering people from all walks of life to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Are We the Perfect Match?

At Sibelco, we believe building a successful career is a two-way journey. We’re looking for individuals who share our values and vision, just as much as you’re seeking a company that aligns with your aspirations. Together, we can shape the future.

We are looking for a professional who will be responsible by overseeing Sibelco’s Health & Safety and Environmental emissions programs for the Cluster. Someone who will work effectively with site / cluster management in ensuring compliance with Health & Safety laws in the Workplace and Environmental Emissions laws and will support & monitor the implementation of Sibelco ‘Get To Zero’ on a day-to day basis in the cluster.

Please note there is a split in responsibilities which is 80% Health & Safety and 20% Environmental.

This position will be based in our Bukowno plant but will require travel to Gdansk on a regular basis.

Responsibilities :

• Understand, research and monitor relevant local HS laws, effectively inform all relevant internal and external stakeholders and propose actions to comply
• Support the Cluster Operations manager, Country Manager and site management in managing requests, visits and reports to regulatory HS authorities
• Collaborate with the regional HS and CoE HS to support role out of the GTZ program, share good practices in the HS community and develop HS trainings
• Report and classify HS incidents + participate in HS Incident Investigations done by Cluster leadership to identify root causes, corrective and preventive actions.
• Engage & provide information to consultants, suppliers or medical service providers to perform HS measurements, assessments or inspections + analyze reports + enter data
• Timely report HS performance data to different stakeholders, using SAM & PowerBI
• Develop the site emergency response plans and support site leadership in organizing training & exercises on it
• Develop site Risk Registers and keep up to date. Train relevant people in risk assessment methodologies like SOP and LMRA relevant data
• Inspect workplaces and incident locations
• Verify in the workplace Critical Controls and perform Process Confirmations
• Perform risk assessments in the workplace
• Ensure that visitors and contractors are properly inducted and new employees onboarded in Sibelco’s HS rules
• Answer HS related questions in the field
• Provide support during execution of HS motive projects
• Influence & coach site leadership, supervisors and operators to build a safety culture in the site & promote safety in shift or handover meetings
• Roll out or support supervisors in delivering HS related trainings
• Understand legal obligations and permit conditions regarding environmental emissions for the sites and locations in scope
• Set up the monitoring systems and ensure that emissions are measured on the required frequency
• Engage with consultants to perform the measurements, obtain the environmental data and analysis reports
• Discuss emission results with the cluster responsible and Sustainability
• Ensure necessary data and analysis reports are sent to the authorities in time
• Support environmental inspections on emission measurement (not on other permit conditions) on site (incl. preparation of requests on measurements from authorities)
• Initiate remediation actions in relation to emissions, if needed, and pro-actively follow up
• Propose improvements and discuss with cluster responsible and sustainability
• support in the preparation of reclamation in post-exploitation areas assumptions, support in procedures for reclamation approval with the authorities and supervising work performed on the deposits
• support in preparing administrative certificates and official letters regarding current operation, reclamation and investments carried out on the plant