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SHEQ Manager


Job Location:

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 10 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 7 September 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

Our client is seeking an experienced SHEQ Manager with a strong environmental compliance and emissions management background to lead and drive our Safety Health Environment and Quality strategy. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with environmental legislation managing environmental licenses and permits overseeing emissions monitoring and reporting and embedding a culture of continuous improvement across the business.

This role is ideally suited to candidates from manufacturing oil & gas petrochemical chemical processing energy or heavy industrial environments where environmental compliance and emissions management are critical operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the companys environmental compliance programme and ensure adherence to all applicable environmental legislation permits licences and regulatory requirements.
  • Manage environmental authorizations operating permits waste licenses air emissions licenses and water-use licenses where applicable.
  • Act as the primary liaison with regulatory authorities auditors and external stakeholders on environmental matters.
  • Monitor legislative developments and ensure timely implementation of compliance requirements.
  • Develop implement and maintain emissions management systems and monitoring programmes.
  • Oversee emissions reporting data collection analysis and submission to regulatory bodies.
  • Drive initiatives to reduce emissions improve environmental performance and support sustainability objectives.
  • Lead investigations into environmental incidents non-conformances and permit exceedances implementing corrective and preventive actions.
  • Develop and maintain SHEQ management systems aligned with ISO standards and industry best practice.
  • Lead internal and external SHEQ audits and coordinate corrective action plans.
  • Ensure compliance with occupational health and safety requirements across all operations.
  • Promote a proactive SHEQ culture through training awareness campaigns and leadership engagement.
  • Monitor SHEQ performance metrics and provide regular reports to executive management.
  • Conduct environmental and operational risk assessments.
  • Develop mitigation strategies to minimize environmental and safety risks.
  • Identify opportunities for process optimization and improved environmental performance.
  • Support sustainability decarbonization and ESG initiatives where applicable.

Personal Attributes:

  • Bachelors Degree in Environmental Science Environmental Engineering Chemical Engineering Occupational Health & Safety or a related field.
  • Minimum 810 years SHEQ experience including significant environmental compliance responsibilities.
  • Proven experience managing air emissions environmental permits licenses and regulatory reporting.
  • Experience within manufacturing oil & gas petrochemical chemical processing mining energy or heavy industrial sectors.
  • Strong knowledge of environmental legislation emissions regulations and compliance frameworks.
  • Experience implementing and maintaining ISO management systems (ISO 14001 ISO 45001 and ideally ISO 9001).
  • Demonstrated experience engaging with regulatory authorities and external auditors.
  • Strong leadership stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Postgraduate qualification in Environmental Management Sustainability or SHEQ-related discipline.
  • Lead Auditor certification (ISO 14001 and/or ISO 45001).
  • Professional registration with a relevant environmental or safety body.
  • Experience with greenhouse gas accounting carbon reporting ESG programms and sustainability initiatives.