Salary
Not Disclosed
Deadline
25 Oct 2026
Posted
13 Oct 2026
Location
Dar es Salaam
Job Description
The EHS Officer will conduct routine inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, employee training, and compliance monitoring to prevent workplace accidents, occupational illnesses, environmental incidents, and operational disruptions. The successful candidate will work closely with production, maintenance, warehouse, and other operational teams to integrate EHS requirements into daily operations and promote a strong culture of environmental responsibility and workplace safety.
Responsibilities
- Implement and monitor HSE policies, procedures, and safe working practices throughout the manufacturing plant.
- Conduct routine safety inspections of production lines, machinery, equipment, workshops, warehouses, and material-handling areas.
- Identify and assess hazards associated with production machinery, moving equipment, electrical installations, manual handling, noise, heat, dust, and other industrial activities.
- Conduct workplace risk assessments and Job Safety Analyses (JSA), recommending appropriate preventive and control measures.
- Monitor compliance with machine guarding, emergency stops, safety signage, PPE requirements, and other applicable safety standards.
- Promote safe equipment operation and ensure appropriate safety procedures are followed during maintenance, cleaning, repairs, and servicing.
- Monitor housekeeping, workplace hygiene, access routes, emergency exits, and general plant conditions.
- Conduct safety briefings, toolbox talks, and employee awareness sessions.
- Monitor compliance with environmental policies, procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Identify environmental risks associated with manufacturing processes, including waste generation, dust, emissions, wastewater, and chemical handling.
- Monitor proper segregation, storage, handling, recycling, and disposal of production waste.
- Ensure chemicals, oils, and other hazardous substances are handled and stored safely.
- Promote pollution prevention and the efficient use of water, energy, and production materials.
- Conduct environmental inspections and maintain relevant records.
- Ensure accidents, injuries, near misses, unsafe conditions, and environmental incidents are promptly reported and documented.
- Participate in incident investigations, identify root causes, and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
- Monitor incident trends and prepare reports for management.
- Monitor the availability and condition of fire extinguishers, alarms, first-aid facilities, and emergency equipment.
- Monitor compliance with applicable Tanzanian environmental, occupational health, safety, and factory-related legislation.
- Maintain EHS registers, risk assessments, inspection reports, incident records, training records, and other required documentation.
- Support regulatory inspections, internal reviews, and external EHS audits.
- Assist management in addressing findings raised by regulators, auditors, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Monitor changes in applicable EHS requirements and communicate relevant implications to management.
- Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly EHS reports as required.
- Track incidents, inspection findings, training activities, environmental performance, and corrective-action completion.
- Participate in EHS audits and recommend improvements to workplace safety and environmental performance.
- Work with production and maintenance teams to integrate EHS requirements into daily plant operations.
Requirements
- Practical experience in environmental inspections, workplace risk assessments, incident investigations, and employee training.
- Familiarity with machinery safety, industrial hazards, chemical handling, fire prevention, and production waste management.
- Experience maintaining EHS documentation and supporting regulatory inspections or audits.
- Knowledge of applicable Tanzanian environmental, occupational health, and safety legislation.
Qualifications
- Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Health, Environmental Management, Occupational Health and Safety, Safety Management, Engineering, or a related field.
- Relevant professional EHS qualifications or additional industrial safety training will be an advantage.
- Minimum 2–3 years of relevant EHS experience, preferably in a manufacturing plant, production facility, factory, or similar industrial environment.
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