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.

LOCATION:

The role is open in multiple locations, as listed below:

Ikeja, Asejire, Benin, Port-Harcourt, Owerri, Abuja, Challawa and Maiduguri

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.

IS THIS YOU?

• 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.
• IT Literacy.

ABOUT COCA-COLA HBC

We are a growth company. We, at Coca-Cola HBC have intense passion for growing and winning together. We are deeply dedicated to constantly nurturing individual, team and company growth by unlocking our true potential. Potential that translates into winning results and wider positive impact by our high-performance mindset inspired by our vision of Being the Leading 24/7 Beverage partner.

Our people are the nucleus of our success. Customer First is the epicenter of our focus where We over I reflect our team DNA in how we Deliver Sustainably powered by a relentless drive to Make it Simple whatever we decide to do. If you’re ready to discover and Open Up Your Potential, as part of a cohesive restless team that always wants to raise the bar and lead, join us at Coca-Cola HBC.

We Play to Grow and Win, do you?

APPLICATION CLOSE DATE

August 28, 2026