Environment Manager at Telkom Kenya

Responsible for planning and implementing the Health, Safety and Environment strategies, managing and developing HSE programs.

Duties for the Environment Manager Job

• Ensure compliance with Kenyan Environmental, Health and Safety Laws and requirements and Telecom Kenya’s HSE policy and procedures
• Evaluate the workplace environment and develop safety-management policies that identify and define the safety responsibilities of all employees
• Continually maintain an appropriate level of awareness, knowledge and preparedness across the organization,
• Liaise with relevant regulatory authorities on securing new, and reporting on existing operations, permits and licences
• Monitor HSE performance against approved plan and propose corrective / preventive actions necessary for continual improvement of HSE and its perfomance indicators
• Lead formal risk assessments for the evaluation and management of occupational HSE hazards across the company’s activities.
• Coordinate with various departments/functional units to identify key risk areas and priorities, produce and maintain HSE risk registers
• Engage with, audit and report on, third party contractor and subcontractors required to meet TKL HSE policy and procedures.
• Produce ad-hoc incident reports, investigate root, underlying and direct causes, maintain an Incident Register
• Produce a monthly dashboard with KPIs
• Produce and update the HSE risk register
• Develop any reporting formats and contents for the benefit of the Management or the Board
• Advise the Chief Chief HSE & Security Officer on day-to-day basis on HSE issues and supporting the routine reporting of HSE performance to the Board
• Establish HSE objectives, set clear targets to direct report(s)
• Provide coaching to staff to ensure required standard of performance
• Staff development through participation of staff in training, workshops, seminars and courses
• Coordinate and manage the development and implementation of TKL’s existing HSE policy and procedures towards Best International Practice, HSE Reguations and Standards
• Set corporate targets and goals for HSE performance improvement

Environment Manager Job Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Environmental Health, Safety Engineering or Occupational Health or equivalent
• Over 5 years relevant experience, of which 3 years should be in a managerial or role in Health Safety Environment
• Professional qualifications in HSE
• Practical experience in Kenyan HSE regulations and the use of formal HSE risk assessments.
• Familiarity with international Environmental Management Systems and Health and Safety Management Systems
• Knowledge of HSE in telecommunications, property, infrastructure, construction or extractive industries
• Recognized membership or qualification of an international Environment, or Health & Safety organization