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SHE Manager - AMET

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SC Johnson has been leading with purpose for 140 years, building high-quality products and iconic brands found in homes, schools and businesses in virtually every country worldwide – including OFF!®, Raid®, Glade®, Windex®, Scrubbing Bubbles®, Ziploc®, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day®, method®, Autan®, Baygon®, Mr Muscle®, Duck®, Lysoform® and more.

The 13,000 people of our global, fifth-generation family company are committed to making the world a better place today and for future generations.

  • SHE Manager, AMET
  • Rosslyn, South Africa OR Cairo, Egypt

Role Overview

The Regional Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) Manager – Africa & Middle East (AMET) is responsible for leading and driving SHE performance across SC Johnson's five manufacturing sites in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Based in either Rosslyn, South Africa or Cairo, Egypt the role provides technical leadership, operational oversight and execution accountability to ensure compliance with applicable SHE legislation, SC Johnson global standards and established regional performance objectives.

The successful candidate will be a highly experienced, hands-on SHE leader with a proven track record of identifying operational risks, implementing sustainable corrective actions, strengthening process safety and delivering measurable improvements in manufacturing SHE performance.

Working closely with plant leadership, site SHE professionals and regional supply chain stakeholders, the role will drive SHE operational excellence, regulatory compliance, audit readiness, incident prevention, risk reduction and SHE capability development.

Success requires the ability to move effectively between strategic leadership and practical site-level execution, influence operational decision-making, challenge ineffective controls and ensure that SHE improvement commitments translate into verified and sustainable results.

Responsibilities:

  • SHE Leadership and Culture: Drives a proactive SHE culture across the five AMET manufacturing sites by partnering with plant leadership teams to strengthen operational ownership, employee engagement and accountability for SHE performance.
  • Regional SHE Strategy and Execution: Leads the deployment and execution of SC Johnson's global SHE standards, regional strategies and improvement initiatives, translating objectives into actionable site-specific plans with clear ownership, measurable milestones and sustainable results.
  • Regulatory Compliance and Assurance: Ensures effective implementation of regulatory compliance programmes, including legal requirements, permits and licenses, compliance assessments and audits, maintaining site readiness and driving timely resolution of identified gaps.
  • Process Safety and Major Hazard Management: Provides technical leadership and oversight of process safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals, flammable liquids and gases, fire and explosion hazards, hazardous area classification and critical engineering and operational controls.
  • Critical Risk Identification and Reduction: Leads initiatives to identify, assess and reduce significant SHE risks, including serious injury and fatality exposures, hazardous energy isolation, machine safeguarding, confined spaces, electrical safety, working at heights and contractor safety.
  • Corrective and Preventive Action Management: Drives effective CAPA governance across the region, ensuring robust root cause analysis, clear accountability, timely implementation and documented verification of corrective action effectiveness.
  • Incident Investigation and Prevention: Leads the investigation and review of significant SHE incidents, ensuring thorough root cause identification, effective preventive actions and systematic deployment of lessons learned across manufacturing sites.
  • Environmental Management: Provides leadership in environmental compliance and risk reduction, including hazardous waste management, air emissions, wastewater, chemical storage and handling, environmental permits and sustainable resource management.
  • SHE Performance Management and Continuous Improvement: Establishes, monitors and reviews site-specific SHE objectives, performance indicators and improvement plans, using data analysis, performance reviews and structured follow-up to drive measurable and sustained improvements.
  • Site SHE Leadership and Capability Development: Provides functional leadership, coaching and technical guidance to site SHE professionals, strengthening technical competencies, leadership effectiveness and the ability to influence operational teams and deliver results.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration and Technical Support: Partners with regional supply chain leadership, plant managers, engineering and operations teams to integrate SHE requirements into manufacturing processes, equipment modifications, capital projects and operational improvement initiatives. Provides practical technical support on complex SHE risks and challenges.
  • SHE Management Systems and Audit Readiness: Ensures effective deployment and continual improvement of SHE management systems, compliance calendars, preventive maintenance, risk assessments, inspections and documentation, maintaining accurate objective evidence to demonstrate compliance with SC Johnson standards and applicable legislation.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, Fire Protection or a related technical discipline.
  • Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) experience within industrial or manufacturing environments, including at least 5 years in SHE leadership or management roles.
  • Demonstrated experience leading SHE programmes across multiple manufacturing sites or complex industrial operations, with a proven track record of delivering measurable improvements in SHE performance.
  • Strong technical knowledge and practical experience in process safety and major hazard management, including the South African Major Hazard Installation Regulations, OSHA Process Safety Management, the European Seveso Directive or equivalent regulatory frameworks for preventing major industrial incidents.
  • Demonstrated experience managing regulatory compliance, internal and external audits, SHE management systems and corrective and preventive action programmes, including verification of action effectiveness.
  • Proven ability to identify and manage significant manufacturing SHE risks, including hazardous chemicals, fire and explosion hazards, machine safeguarding, hazardous energy isolation and contractor safety.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead complex SHE improvement initiatives from identification of gaps through implementation, verification and sustainable closure.
  • Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to influence plant management teams, coach SHE professionals and drive accountability across different operational and cultural environments.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving and project management capabilities, with experience using SHE performance data to prioritise risks, establish improvement plans and deliver measurable results.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability and willingness to travel internationally across the AMET manufacturing region.

Preferred Skills:

  • Advanced degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Fire Protection, Environmental Science, Engineering or related discipline preferred
  • Professional SHE certification or registration, such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), relevant SAIOSH professional designation or equivalent recognised qualification.
  • Experience in multinational manufacturing environments, preferably chemical processing, aerosol manufacturing or other high-hazard industries.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and challenge operational leadership constructively.
  • Proven project management skills, with the ability to prioritise and deliver multiple SHE improvement initiatives.
  • Technical knowledge of process safety, industrial hygiene, fire protection, electrical safety, ergonomics and machine safeguarding.
  • Experience implementing ISO 45001, ISO 14001 or equivalent SHE management systems.
  • Ability to coach SHE professionals, solve complex operational challenges and drive sustainable improvements across multiple sites.

Job Requirements:

  • Full-time core office hours with expectation to be available for meetings across time zones
  • Up to 35% domestic and international travel required

This position is not available for relocation assistance and candidate must be eligible to work in the country of applicati

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Inclusion & Diversity

We’re a global business, with people from every culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and ability. We recognize the breadth of human experience, and we work to celebrate it. It is our goal to build a diverse, inclusive, and supportive work environment where all people can thrive.

We’re committed to ongoing efforts that help us attract, hire, and retain diverse talent who want to build a positive, inclusive environment. Read more about our ongoing initiatives at https://jobs.scjohnson.com/inclusion.

Better Together

At SC Johnson, we believe people achieve their best when they collaborate and work together in person. We value connection to strengthen teamwork, accelerate problem solving, and drive innovation.

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