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SHEQ SUPERVISOR Jobs in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa at ExecutivePlacements.com
Title: SHEQ SUPERVISOR
Company: ExecutivePlacements.com
Location: East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
SHEQ SUPERVISOR
Recruiter:
Work Africa
Job Ref:
3089822601
Date posted:
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Location:
East London, South Africa
SUMMARY:
POSITION INFO:
SHEQ SUPERVISOR / EAST LONDON – The successful candidate will be responsible to maintain the safety, health, environmental and food safety & FSC management systems to ISO standards, legal requirements, company policies and procedures. (S)he will also be responsible to keep the site compliant to company specific requirements eg. Mongoose/Scarab standards, MARSH Risk Grading Compliance and any other standards within the company.
Minimum Requirements:
- Grade 12
- Strong communication in Xhosa (written and verbal)
- Degree/Diploma in Quality or Safety Management
- Computer Literacy (MS Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Job Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience as a SHEQ supervisor (packaging industry advantageous)
- Ensure specific activities/duties are performed in accordance with Company Policy,
- Customer Requirements and ISO Standards, eg. ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO18001
- (Health & Safety), FSC and FSSC22000”.
- Ensure specific activities/duties are performed in accordance with Company Policy,
- Legal and Statutory Requirements, OHSAS18001 and ISO ISO14001.
- Act as document and data controller for ISO9001; ISO22000.
- Maintaining the SHEQ link in the communication chain to facilitate the accurate and efficient interchange of information to all relevant stakeholders in- and externally.
- Ability to work under pressure, focus, prioritize, time management, independently without supervision
- Ability to work outside normal working hours when necessary eg prepare for audits
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure all legal appointments are current, signed and kept on file
- Chair monthly safety meeting
- Receive and review completed monthly stacking surveys, safety representative inspections, job observations and toolbox talks and file
- Ensure that all required permits are applied for within the required time and are up to date
- Inform training/human resources department of training requirements for OHSACT and management systems
- Investigate any incidents/accidents with team members, prepare and distribute investigation report within required time frame
- Report IOD’s to Department of Labour & complete all relevant documentation, investigations, claims etc
- Attend to inspection and maintenance of all fire equipment including required servicing
- Compile and distribute toolbox talks to all departments
- Issue non-conformance reports and coordinate action on non-conformances
- Liaise with departments to ensure that all MSDS are current and kept on file in areas of use
- Liaise with contract managers to ensure compliance to contractor procedure
- Compile safety files for contractors under your control
- Audit all contractor files & perform site visits
- Update system procedure, work instructions and records when required
- Prepare presentations and minutes of safety and SHE-management meetings
- Draw up a frequency chart for required items, such as inspections, testing, etc and update when completed
- Attend / complete external customer audits and surveys when requested
- Ensure regular testing of equipment related to emergency preparedness
- Ensure all measuring devices are calibrated against set intervals
- Update of display boards, notices and signs
- Conduct internal audits in line with required standards and protocols
- Follow up on non-conformances raised during internal, external and legal audits, surveys, third party, customer audits to ensure compliance to legal, management systems and customer requirements.
- Prepare management review presentations, present review and distribute minutes.
- Draw up annual objectives for all relevant Standards with approval of the various
- departmental heads and monitor progress monthly & feedback to KPI leaders.
- Ensure accurate reporting and capturing of monthly EMS & H&S data on Mpres
- Conduct annual inductions with employees, contractors regarding SHE requirements
- Attend to emergency preparedness and arrange for evacuation, fire and other drills and issue reports on such
- Complete the Competency and Training matrix for SHEQ with input from line management and HR.
- Assist with internal training where necessary for personnel.
- Monitor usage of water, electricity, Heavy furnace oil, waste
- Distribute reports on progress of non-conformances weekly
- Compile required information for the Mpact Divisional office reporting system and input correct data by due date on Mpres and any other platforms eg Smartsheets
- Compile a month end report for SHE and distribute
- Chair monthly SHE Committee meetings
- Ensure that risk assessments are in place for ALL activities & that supervisors train their teams on their applicable risk assessments
- Ensure that impact & aspects register is kept up to date and relevant staff trained on it
- Oversee pickups and disposal of waste, check and sign off
- Assist line management with SHE issues
- Carry out any other reasonable tasks that may be required from Management
Remuneration – Negotiable based on experience
ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL RECEIVE PREFERENCE. Alternatively, please e-mail the following documents and use “BOOKKEEPER”: as a reference heading; Updated CV, and Recent head & shoulder photograph – Send to: If you do not receive feedback within 3 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful