The Company

Imerys is a world leader in creating specialty solutions that improve everyday life through minerals. Our success is built on our people, and creating an environment where our 17,800 employees around the globe can thrive.

We passionately believe that our teams are at their best when they have the opportunity to learn, collaborate and find new ways to solve our customers’ challenges, no matter what part of the business they are in.
We can offer you a variety of work and real opportunities to make an impact and be part of our evolution.

If you want to grow your skills and develop your career, find out more at www.imerys.com

Primary purpose   

• Co-ordinate the Environmental, Health & Safety activities in the plant, in order to obtain healthy and safe working conditions and environment-friendly production; complying with all applicable legal and company requirements.
• Develop & implement procedures to reduce the risk for personnel impacted by the Imerys Talc Business.
• Support and lead projects to develop the operation.
• Support the ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 standard.

Accountabilities    

• Support the supervision & coaching of all personnel on site (including contractors & visitors) to carry out activities in a safe way. Develop written procedures to cover high risk activities performed at the site.
• Carry out occupational exposure assessment to measure dust exposure levels,  chemical exposure levels, noise and vibration exposure levels at the workplace.
• Supervise & coach all personnel on site to carry out activities in an environmentally compliant way. Target continuous improvement of environmental performance.
• Management & leadership of Safety on the site.
• Update documents and structure all the procedures related to safety for the site. This also includes Risk Assessments, Safety Protocols, CE marking and risks identified by internal and external audits.
• Manage and participate in projects to improve safety and performance on site.
• Legal internal prevention advisor complying to Belgian legislation (max 25%).
• Imerys Talc Belgium Management Team, active participation in ongoing business development. Leadership for all EHS initiatives.

Problem solving   

• Legal compliance in a cost effective way.
• Root cause analysis of safety, environmental and operational incidents. Implementation of cost effective solutions.

Key relationships   

• All personnel on site.
• Imerys contacts including senior management, technical staff and Imerys Safety officers.
• External contacts including contractors, legal bodies, suppliers (equipment service, chemicals), local industries to establish best practices, etc.

Internal / external impacts   

• Detailed knowledge of safety procedures to be followed on-site.
• Detailed knowledge of environmental requirements.
• The role has a financial impact as solving issues in a practical way is a key part of the role.

 Technical competencies & skills   

• Fluent in Dutch & English (E)
• Good level of French (HD)
• Strong communication & management skills, both written & face to face (E)
• Technical competence (E)
• Prevention advisor (HD)
• Environmental advisor (B)
• Auditing skills Imerys Activities (HD)
• Understand the requirements to support ISO systems (ISO 9001 �� 14001) (B)
• Good level of IT knowledge (B)

Essential (E)- Highly Desirable (HD) - Beneficial(B)

Education & qualifications   

• Technical qualification is required
• Bachelor degree in Engineering or Science is very beneficial

Relevant experience   

• At least 2 years relevant professional experience, working with EHS in an industrial environment.

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Only technical issues will be monitored through the below inbox:

recruiting.support@ imerys.com

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT RESUMES OR APPLICATIONS TO THIS EMAIL, AS THEY WILL NOT BE REVIEWED. 

To ensure fairness and legal compliance in our recruitment processes, only applications received through the online application process will be considered. 

IMERYS is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.