Safety Specialist

About The Role

• The Safety Specialist reports directly to the Plant Safety Manager and provides real-time shift level supervision, ensuring strict field adherence to a safe workplace across the facilities.
• They proactively identify hazards, enforce safety protocols (such as PPE usage), investigate accidents, and ensure daily operations comply with federal and state regulations to protect workers from injury.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor factory floors, material cavities, and loading docks continuously ensuring compliance to fleet safety requirements.
• Inspect physical fencing on high-risk hydraulic presses, balers, and conveyors.
• Ensure 100% proper usage of steel-toe boots, hard hats, and goggles.
• Audit active Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) points and compliance to standards.
• Halt any active process violating safe work procedures immediately.
• Log accident and inspection records under Nigeria Factories Act guidelines
• Audit floor adherence to specialized factory Permit-to-Work (PTW) frameworks.
• Run daily shift-starter safety updates with technical production crews.
• Serve as the chief floor warden during fires or chemical spills.
• Test eye-wash stations, fire exits, and first-aid kits weekly.
• Lead root-cause analysis for any minor injuries or mechanical faults.
• Total turnaround time taken to fix identified physical floor hazards.
• 100% completion of scheduled daily safety briefings per manufacturing line.
• Reducing the plant's Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) month-over-month.
• Fluent in English and clear, relatable vernacular to influence floor personnel.

Requirements

• B.Sc. or HND in Engineering, Sciences, or related field.
• Registered member of the Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria (ISPON) and HSE (Level 3) or an equivalent recognized Health & Safety certificate will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 1–3 years of active field -safety marshalling in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience working around moving machinery, automated conveyor belts, high-voltage systems, or forklift traffic.
• Experience conducting daily or weekly floor walkthroughs using physical or digital safety checklists.
• Basic experience reviewing or issuing hot work, confined space, or working-at-height permits.
• A track record of identifying, documenting, and escalating unsafe behaviours or equipment anomalies to the Plant health and safety manager.
• Safety investigations and root cause analysis behind H&S issues/incidents and the development of pragmatic options for resolution.
• Enforcement of standards and ability to influence people.
• Regulatory Compliance Management skills
• In depth knowledge hazard identification, Risk management.
• Ability to drive and enforce standards and influence people.
• Excellent command of English language required - written and spoken.

Application Closing Date
17th November, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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