Corporate EHS Manager (EHQS Manager - EHS Discipline)

Key Responsibilities / Corporate and project EHS

EHS Leadership and Governance

• Leads implementation of the Mawums corporate EHS policy, strategy, standards and annual improvement programme across Ghana.
• Maintains an EHS governance framework with clear accountabilities, minimum controls, reporting lines and escalation thresholds.
• Chairs corporate EHS reviews and provides the General Manager with independent assurance, priority risks and decisions required.
• Promotes visible leadership, workforce consultation and a culture in which commercial or schedule pressure never overrides safety or compliance.

Legal and Regulatory Compliance

• Maintains a current register of applicable Ghanaian occupational safety, labour, environmental, fire, public-health and permit requirements.
• Translates legal and contractual obligations into practical controls, inspection criteria and evidence requirements for each operation.
• Coordinates regulatory inspections, statutory submissions, licence conditions and responses to notices or enforcement actions.
• Immediately informs the General Manager of actual or potential material breaches and verifies corrective action to closure.

Project Mobilization and EHS Planning

• Establishes project-specific EHS requirements during tender review, planning, mobilisation and major changes in scope or method.
• Reviews and approves Project EHS Plans, environmental plans, traffic management plans and emergency arrangements before high-risk work begins.
• Confirms that competent personnel, permits, welfare facilities, monitoring equipment and emergency resources are available.
• Conducts mobilisation assurance reviews and reports readiness gaps to the Operations Manager and General Manager.

Risk Assessment and Safe Systems of Work

• Sets standards for hazard identification, risk assessment, method statements, permit-to-work systems and task-level briefings.
• Ensures design, planning and field teams apply the hierarchy of controls and eliminate hazards wherever reasonably practicable.
• Reviews critical lift plans, confined-space work, excavation, work at height, hot work, energisation and other high-risk activities.
• Verifies that controls remain effective when site conditions, sequence, equipment, workforce or weather conditions change.

 Occupational Health and Welfare 

•  Develops occupational-health programmes covering fitness for work, medical surveillance, fatigue, heat stress, noise, dust, vibration and ergonomics.
• Ensures appropriate first-aid, clinic, sanitation, drinking water, accommodation and welfare arrangements at projects and remote facilities.
• Coordinates confidential health monitoring with competent providers and tracks work-related illness trends without compromising personal privacy.
• Promotes mental well-being, substance-abuse controls and suitable rehabilitation or return-to-work arrangements.

 Incident Reporting and Investigation

• Maintains requirements for immediate notification, classification, recording and statutory reporting of incidents, near misses and environmental events.
• Leads or oversees investigations of fatalities, serious injuries, high-potential events and material environmental incidents using recognised root-cause methods.
• Protects evidence, ensures factual reporting and issues urgent learning alerts where similar exposure exists elsewhere.
• Tracks corrective and preventive actions to verified closure and briefs the General Manager on findings and organisational lessons.

Environmental Management

• Establishes controls for erosion, sediment, dust, noise, vibration, water, waste, spills, emissions, biodiversity and rehabilitation.
• Ensures environmental permits, approvals, monitoring programmes and reporting obligations are incorporated into operating plans.
• Reviews fuel, chemical and hazardous-material storage, transport, use and disposal arrangements across sites and facilities.
• Investigates environmental exceedances or complaints and coordinates prompt containment, remediation and stakeholder communication.

High-Risk Construction Activities

• Defines minimum EHS controls for earthworks, excavation, temporary works, lifting, work at height, demolition, structures and water-related work.
• Verifies competency, inspection, exclusion zones, engineered controls and rescue arrangements before high-risk activities commence.
• Conducts targeted assurance inspections at critical stages and during unusual, simultaneous or non- routine operations.
• Stops work and requires reassessment whenever controls are absent, conditions differ materially or imminent danger exists.

Traffic, Plant and Equipment Safety

• Establishes standards for road safety, journey management, traffic separation, driver competence, speed control and public-interface protection.
• Coordinates with Plant and Workshop teams on guarding, inspection, maintenance, isolation and safe operation of mobile and fixed equipment.
• Reviews high-risk movements, abnormal loads, reversing exposure and interfaces between construction traffic and communities.
• Uses incident and telematics data to identify unsafe trends and require focused corrective or disciplinary action.

Emergency Preparedness and Response

• Maintains risk-based emergency plans for fire, medical events, vehicle incidents, collapse, spills, severe weather, security and community impact.
• Ensures projects and facilities have trained response teams, reliable communications, suitable equipment and current contact or evacuation plans.
• Plans and evaluates drills with project leadership, hospitals, fire services and other responders where appropriate.
• Coordinates the EHS component of crisis response and recovery and provides the General Manager with timely, verified information.

 Auditing, Inspections and Corrective Actions

• Develops a risk-based corporate audit and inspection programme covering all projects, quarries, plants, workshops, camps and offices.
• Performs independent audits, field inspections and management-system reviews and communicates clear findings to accountable managers.
• Classifies findings by risk, sets proportionate closure deadlines and escalates overdue or repeated non- conformities.
• Verifies effectiveness rather than administrative closure and reports systemic trends to the General Manager.

Subcontractor and Supplier EHS

• Sets EHS prequalification, mobilisation, induction, supervision and performance requirements for subcontractors and specialist service providers.
• Reviews competence, risk controls, equipment certification, insurance and incident history before appointment or work commencement.
• Ensures subcontractor EHS performance is monitored consistently and included in commercial and operational reviews.
• Recommends suspension, removal or contractual action where a provider repeatedly fails to protect people, the public or the environment.

Training, Culture and Communication

• Establishes an EHS competence matrix and annual training plan for executives, managers, supervisors, operators, drivers and workforce groups.
• Ensures inductions, toolbox talks, permit training and critical-role competency assessments are effective and properly recorded.
• Coaches leaders in visible safety leadership, constructive intervention, incident learning and workforce engagement.
• Communicates lessons, alerts and good practices across operations and supports fair recognition and accountability programmes.

Performance Reporting and Continuous Improvement

•  Defines leading and lagging indicators and maintains reliable corporate EHS dashboards for projects, facilities and subcontractors.
• Analyses injury, exposure, audit, training, environmental and behavioural data to identify deteriorating controls and recurring causes.
• Reports material trends, assurance results and improvement priorities directly to the General Manager and supports management review.
• Benchmarks performance, standardises proven practices and verifies that lessons learned produce sustained improvement across Ghana operations.

Qualification

Formal Education

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science or Engineering, Civil or Construction Engineering, or a related discipline.
• A relevant master's degree is advantageous.
• NEBOSH International Diploma or equivalent advanced professional qualification is highly desirable; NEBOSH IGC or equivalent is strongly preferred. ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 Lead or Internal Auditor certification is advantageous.

Work Experience

• Minimum 10 to 15 years of progressively responsible EHS experience in construction, civil engineering or heavy industry, including at least five years in a senior corporate, regional or multi-project role.
• Demonstrated experience across roads, earthworks, drainage, structures, quarries, asphalt and concrete plants, workshops and heavy mobile equipment.
• Proven leadership of serious-incident investigations, regulatory engagement, emergency response and high-risk activity assurance.
• Experience in Ghana or comparable West African operating environments is advantageous.

Skills

• Corporate EHS leadership, influence and independent assurance. 
• Advanced risk assessment, auditing, investigation and root-cause analysis.
• Strong emergency, crisis, stakeholder and regulatory communication capability.
• Clear technical writing, data analysis and executive reporting.
• Advanced business English and proficiency in Microsoft Office and EHS reporting systems.

Knowledge

• Thorough knowledge of ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 management-system principles.
• Strong working knowledge of applicable Ghanaian occupational safety, labour, environmental, fire and public-health requirements.
• Deep understanding of construction hazards, traffic management, plant safety, occupational hygiene, environmental controls and emergency preparedness.
• Understanding of contractual EHS obligations, contractor management, community risk and the commercial consequences of weak EHS performance.

Abilities

• Ability to maintain professional independence while working constructively with operational and commercial leadership.
• Ability to stop work, challenge senior personnel and escalate risk without hesitation when people or the environment are threatened.
• Ability to lead geographically dispersed teams and prioritise assurance activity according to material risk.
• Ability to convert legal and technical requirements into practical, measurable site controls.

Behavioural Competencies

• Uncompromising integrity, courage and respect for people.
• Visible, calm and credible leadership in the field and during emergencies.
• Strong judgement, confidentiality and evidence-based decision-making.
• Collaborative communication with executives, workers, clients, regulators and communities.
• Commitment to learning, prevention and development of sustainable local capability.
• Willingness to travel extensively and maintain regular presence at all operations.

KPI Area Typical Measures

• Fatal and Serious Risk Fatalities, life-altering injuries, high-potential events and critical-control verification Injury Performance LTIFR, TRIFR, severity, occupational illness and recurring injury mechanisms
• Legal and Permit Compliance Statutory submissions, permit conditions, regulatory findings and closure status
• Assurance and Action Closure Audit coverage, risk-weighted findings, overdue actions and verified effectiveness
• High-Risk Work Permit compliance, critical-control checks and interventions before loss events
• Environmental Performance Spills, exceedances, waste, dust or noise complaints and remediation closure
• Occupational Health Exposure monitoring, medical surveillance, welfare compliance and fitness-for- work controls
• Training and Competence Role-based competency, induction and refresher completion, and field effectiveness
• Subcontractor EHS Prequalification, mobilisation readiness, incident performance and corrective- action closure
• Emergency Readiness Drill programme completion, response times, learning actions and resource availability
• Leadership and Reporting Management field engagement, workforce observations, reporting quality and improvement delivery

Location: Ghana

Salary: Attractve