Team Member Safety

Job Summary: 

The role is for driving the site's Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) management system to achieve DREAMS Zero Harm objectives and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and company requirements. The role focuses on process safety management, occupational health surveillance, emergency preparedness, incident investigation, contractor safety, chemical safety, industrial hygiene and fire safety management. The candidate will be responsible for conducting job safety analyses, hazard identification and risk assessments across departments, while also leading safety training programs, mock drills, and awareness workshops. Additionally, he ensures effective implementation of corrective actions, continuous improvement of SHE performance, and sustained readiness for emergencies and audits. 

Roles & Responsibilities: 

• Drive implementation of the DREAMS Zero Harm (DZH) framework and achieve site SHE performance objectives. 

• Drive initiatives to achieve Zero Fatality, Zero LTI, Zero MTI, and Zero RWI across the site. 

• Drive continuous improvement programs to reduce FACs, HPNMs, unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions. 

• Maintain and periodically review Process Safety Management (PSM) critical equipment inventories  

• Ensure timely inspection, testing, validation, and preventive maintenance of all safety-critical equipment. 

• Drive effective implementation of the Management of Change (MOC) process and ensure all applicable changes undergo SHE risk assessment and approval. 

• Participate in PHA, HAZOP, What-if studies, risk assessments, and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR). 

• Evaluate adequacy of PPE and ensure correct selection, use, maintenance, and replacement based on hazard assessments. 

• Ensure effectiveness of engineering controls such as fume hoods, local exhaust ventilation (LEV), isolators, glove boxes, and closed handling systems. 

• Monitor compliance with occupational exposure limits (OELs) and other internal exposure control requirements. 

• Support SHE due diligence for new projects, process modifications, technology transfers, and facility expansions. 

• Verify closure and effectiveness of process safety recommendations and risk mitigation measures. 

• Coordinate medical surveillance programs including periodic, half-yearly, annual medical examinations. 

• Plan and conduct SHE inspections, GEMBA audits, SOI reviews, compliance audits and workplace safety assessments. 

• Ensure timely closure of audit observations, CAPAs and other internal/external audit observations. 

• Maintain compliance with applicable SHE, environmental, occupational health, and fire safety regulations. 

• Support for internal, corporate, regulatory, customer and third-party audits. 

• Maintain statutory records, permits, licenses, approvals and SHE documentation. 

• Maintain employee training records, competency matrices, certification status, and refresher training schedules. 

• Ensure all employees, contractors, trainees, vendors, and visitors undergo mandatory SHE induction prior to work commencement. 

• Conduct safety training programs, awareness campaigns, toolbox talks, and behavior-based safety initiatives. 

• Drive employee participation in safety observation and reporting programs. 

• Plan and conduct mock drills covering fire, chemical spills, medical emergencies, evacuations, and other credible scenarios. 

• Ensure documentation, Gensuite reporting, and closure of all observations from emergency drills. 

• Maintain operational readiness of fire protection systems, spill response equipment, emergency showers, eyewash stations, alarms, and rescue equipment. 

• Ensure adequate availability of trained Emergency Response Team (ERT) members and First Aiders at site by providing training by external vendor. 

• Participate in investigations of incidents, near misses, HPNMs or any other incidents 

• Perform risk assessments for routine, non-routine, project, maintenance, and contractor activities. 

• Ensure safe storage, segregation, handling, transportation, and disposal of chemicals and hazardous materials. 

• Ensure implementation of appropriate engineering, administrative, and PPE controls for hazardous substances. 

• Conduct contractor safety inductions, audits, inspections, and performance evaluations. 

• Review Job Safety Analysis (JSA), risk assessments, and work method statements before job execution. 

• Monitor compliance with Permit-to-Work systems for hot work, confined space entry, work at height, excavations, lifting operations, electrical isolation, and line-breaking activities. 

• Ensure safe execution and supervision of all contractors and project-related activities. 

• Monitor inspection, testing, maintenance, and impairment control of fire protection systems. 

• Coordinate sustainability audits and ensure timely closure of observations. 

• Ensure submission of monthly sustainability data in Gensuite 

• Support organizational ESG and sustainability objectives through continuous improvement initiatives. 

• Ensure compliance to lab safety procedures

Function: Other
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level