Director Health Safety & Environment

About the Role

Tanmiah Food Company is seeking a Director - Health, Safety & Environment to lead and institutionalize Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) governance across the Tanmiah Group and its subsidiaries. This full-time role involves defining enterprise-wide HSE strategies, frameworks, and standards to protect people, assets, and operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and mitigate operational and reputational risks. The Director will embed a strong safety culture that supports sustainable and responsible business growth, aligning HSE practices across multiple entities and geographies.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the Group HSE strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, regulatory requirements, and sustainability priorities.
• Advise the Group CEO and executive leadership on enterprise-level HSE risks, regulatory exposures, and environmental impacts.
• Champion a Group-wide safety culture by embedding accountability, leadership commitment, and behavioral safety practices.
• Develop and consolidate annual HSE plans, budgets, and initiatives across all subsidiaries.
• Define HSE performance targets, KPIs, and reporting frameworks to monitor safety performance, environmental impact, and compliance effectiveness.
• Design and govern Group-wide HSE policies, standards, and procedures, ensuring consistency and compliance across all operational sites.
• Establish governance frameworks for HSE risk management, compliance assurance, and audit control.
• Define enterprise HSE risk management frameworks, including hazard identification, risk assessment, and mitigation methodologies.
• Design and govern environmental management frameworks, including waste management, emissions control, and water usage.
• Establish and govern HSE reporting systems, dashboards, and data management frameworks.
• Ensure execution of HSE policies and standards across all subsidiaries through regular monitoring and site-level engagement.
• Oversee investigation of incidents and accidents, ensuring root cause analysis and effective implementation of corrective and preventive measures.
• Ensure timely reporting and escalation of HSE incidents, regulatory issues, and compliance breaches to executive leadership.

Leadership and People Management

• Lead and develop HSE teams across the Group, setting clear expectations and driving accountability for safety performance.
• Build leadership capability in HSE across subsidiaries by coaching senior leaders and operational teams on safety ownership and risk management.
• Foster a proactive safety culture by promoting awareness, behavioral safety practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Design structured HSE capability development frameworks, including training standards and certification requirements.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with regulatory authorities, environmental agencies, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment with regulatory expectations and industry standards.
• Represent Tanmiah in HSE-related forums, audits, and regulatory discussions.
• Align internal stakeholders, including operations, supply chain, and leadership teams, on HSE priorities, risks, and compliance requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in Health, Safety & Environment roles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and institutionalize HSE governance across a group with multiple subsidiaries and geographies.
• Strong understanding of local and international HSE regulations, standards, and corporate policies.
• Experience in defining enterprise-wide HSE strategies, frameworks, and standards.
• Proven track record in proactive risk management, regulatory adherence, and crisis preparedness.

Work Type

This is a full-time position.