Lead - EHS

Job Title: General Manager - EHS

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time



Function: EHS

Business: Godrej Agrovet Limited 



Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About Godrej Industries Group (GIG)

At the Godrej Industries Group, we are privileged to serve over 1.1 billion consumers globally through our businesses with market leadership positions in the consumer products, real estate, agriculture, financial services and chemicals industries.

https://www.godrejindustries.com/

About Godrej Agrovet Limited (GAVL)

Godrej Agrovet is a food and agri conglomerate, dedicated to improving the productivity of Indian farmers by innovating products and services that sustainably increase crop and livestock yields.

www.godrejagrovet.com

About The Role

We are looking for Lead EHS to ensure everyone in the company complies with health and safety requirements. You will be responsible for establishing policies in all the GAVL and its associate companies in coordination with GILAC Corporate EHS team that will create and maintain a safe workplace.

As a Lead EHS you must have excellent attention to detail to identify hazards on operations and heath front. You will also be able to discover opportunities for improving conditions and execute various safety/health programs. You will require to have ability to work in different type of industries as role demands to work in Animal feed, Crop protection, Oil palm plantation, Chemical, chicken processing and dairy industry. The ability to communicate guidelines to a multidisciplinary workforce across the country is essential.

The goal is to ensure the workplace meets all the legal expectations and actively supports occupational health and safety

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and executing health and safety plans in the workplace according to legal guidelines
• Preparing and enforcing policies to establish a culture of health and safety
• Evaluating practices, procedures and facilities to assess risk and adherence to the law
• Coordinate with GILAC corporate EHS team members to roll out across group policies and requirement
• Develop and execute health and safety plans in the workplace according to legal guidelines
• Prepare and enforce policies to establish a culture of health and safety
• Evaluate practices, procedures and facilities to assess risk and adherence to the law
• Conduct training and presentations for health and safety matters and accident prevention
• Monitor compliance to policies and laws by inspecting employees and operations
• Inspect equipment and machinery to observe possible unsafe conditions
• Investigate accidents or incidents to discover causes and handle worker’s compensation claims
• Recommend solutions to issues, improvement opportunities or new prevention measures
• Report on health and safety awareness, issues and statistics
  
  

Who are we looking for?

Experience: 15 years plus, spectrum across mechanical/ food/chemical industries etc.

Skills

• Ability to design and drive safety systems and standards across GAVL factories.
• Drive environmental projects across the factories to achieve environmental goals.
• Ability to driver Behavior based safety systems to improve safety culture of the company
• Ability to develop reportees capability to drive systems at the factory and supporting the factory by addressing safety issues promptly.
• Ability to bring new risk reduction technologies to reduce risks at the factories.
• Focus on digitizing the safety systems to improve the effectiveness and efficiency in implementation. Example – LockOut Tag out (LOTO) system, permit to work (PTW) etc.
• Auditing ability to monitor the systems performance periodically and timely intervention to improve the system
• Setting the KPIs across GAVL to drive safely and environment.
• Ability to understand the process and support the company for operational efficiency along with Safety.
• Ability to identify cost reduction projects in safety as well as operations for reducing risks and improving operations efficiency.
• Experience in process hazard analysis, Hazop, chemical safety etc.
  
  

What’s in it for you?

Be an equal parent

Childcare benefits for the birthing parent, commissioning parent (in case of surrogacy) or adoptive parent, and their partners

• 6 months of paid leave for primary caregivers, flexible work options on return for primary caregivers
• 2 months paid leave for secondary caregivers
• Caregiver travel for primary caregivers to bring a caregiver and children under a year old, on work travel
  
  

Coverage for childbirth and fertility treatment

No place for discrimination at Godrej

Gender-neutral anti-harassment policy

Same sex partner benefits at par with married spouses

Coverage for gender reassignment surgery and hormone replacement therapy

Community partnerships and advocacy

Persons with Disability (PwD) care

We Are Selfish About Your Wellness

Comprehensive health insurance plans, as well as accident coverage for you and your family, with top-up options

Elder care for those who might need to extend support to senior family members

Preventative healthcare support

Outpatient Department (OPD) coverage, including vaccinations, dental, vision, etc.

Uncapped sick leave

Flexible work options, including remote working and part-time work

Mental wellness and self-care programmes, resources and counselling

Celebrating wins, the Godrej Way

Structured recognition platforms for individual, team and business-level achievements

Digital and offline instant recognition platforms

An inclusive Godrej

Before you go, there is something important we want to highlight. There is no place for discrimination at Godrej. Diversity is the philosophy of who we are as a company. And has been for over a century. It ’ s not just in our DNA and nice to do. Being more diverse - especially having our team members reflect the diversity of our businesses and communities - helps us innovate better and grow faster. We hope this resonates with you.

We take pride in being an equal opportunities employer. We recognise merit and encourage diversity. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, colour, religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, or marital status and ensure equal opportunities for all our team members.

If this sounds like a role for you, apply now!

We look forward to meeting you.