Our client, an established international organisation in the agricultural and animal nutrition industry, is seeking an experienced Regional HSE Manager to lead Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) initiatives across its Sub-Saharan African operations. The role focuses on developing consistent regional standards, ensuring compliance, strengthening operational risk management and building a proactive safety culture through coaching and collaboration with country and plant leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Regional leadership and safety culture

• Develop and implement the Africa HSE strategy, standards and management framework.

• Coach Country, Operations and Plant Managers and promote behavioural safety and leadership accountability.

• Facilitate collaboration and sharing of best practices across sites and countries.

Governance, compliance and risk

• Oversee compliance with applicable HSE legislation, conduct reviews and support regulatory inspections.

• Implement regional risk management and critical controls for LOTO, confined spaces, contractors, working at heights, mobile equipment and fire prevention.

• Maintain risk registers, policies, procedures and corrective action tracking.

Incident management, audits and environment

• Lead serious incident and near-miss investigations, root cause analysis and follow-up actions.

• Establish site audit programmes, monitor safety indicators and drive continuous improvement.

• Oversee environmental compliance, waste, emissions and hazardous material management.

Capability and collaboration

• Develop HSE competency frameworks, training programmes and local HSE champions.

• Work with regional Production, Maintenance, Quality, Logistics, Operational Excellence and Projects teams.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Management, Engineering, Risk Management or a related discipline.

• NEBOSH Diploma, SAMTRAC or equivalent advanced HSE qualification; ISO 45001 Lead Auditor qualification.

• At least 10 years’ HSE experience, including 5 years in regional or multi-site HSE leadership.

• Experience in animal nutrition, feed manufacturing, FMCG manufacturing, industrial processing or agricultural production.

• Demonstrated expertise in manufacturing safety, contractor management, safety culture transformation, multi-country compliance and leadership coaching.

• Valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel extensively across Africa.

• Advantageous: ISO 14001 Lead Auditor, incident investigation certification and professional HSE registration.

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking;

• influencing without authority;

• operational excellence;

• change and cross-cultural leadership;

• stakeholder engagement;

• coaching;

• sound risk judgement;

• data-driven decision-making.

General

• Must hold a valid passport and reside within reasonable travelling distance of an international airport to accommodate frequent international travel.

• Applicants must have the legal right to work in South Africa.

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal information for recruitment purposes in accordance with POPIA.