SHEQ Manager

Listing reference: track_001647
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 15 April 2026
Position summary
Industry: IT & Internet
Job category: Others: IT and Telecommunication
Location: Johannesburg
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
Tracker requires the services of a SHEQ Manager . The SHEQ Manager is accountable for the integrity, effectiveness and operational excellence of Tracker’s Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) environment across all operations. The role ensures that employees, contractors and third parties operate within a disciplined, fit‑for‑purpose SHEQ framework that meets statutory, regulatory and governance requirements
Job description

Compliance, Governance and Statutory Assurance
  • Ensure full compliance with all applicable occupational health and safety, environmental and quality legislation, including the OHS Act, COIDA, relevant environmental laws and associated regulations.
  • Maintain ownership and oversight of all statutory registers, licences, permits, approvals and certifications, ensuring they remain valid, current and auditable.
  • Monitor regulatory and legislative developments, assess their impact on Tracker operations, and proactively implement required changes.
  • Provide SHEQ governance oversight across employees, contractors, fitment centres and third parties, including pre‑qualification, onboarding, monitoring and consequence management.
  • Lead internal and external SHEQ audits, including ISO‑aligned audits (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001), regulatory inspections and client or insurer reviews.
  • Maintain central custodianship of a comprehensive, auditable SHEQ file, ensuring all incidents, inspections, statutory reports, corrective actions and compliance evidence are accurately recorded, current and readily available for regulatory, insurance and audit scrutiny.
  • Provide formal SHEQ reporting to the Board and relevant Board Committees, including Ethics, Audit and Risk, with particular focus on health and safety performance, incident trends, material risk exposure and governance sufficiency.
  • Ensure emergency preparedness and evacuation plans are formally developed, approved, communicated and tested, with alignment to site‑specific risks, operational realities and legal requirements.
  • Provide independent assurance on the effectiveness of SHEQ controls through testing, performance trend analysis and objective review.
  • Ensure alignment of SHEQ controls with Tracker’s policies, enterprise risk framework and governance architecture.
  • Escalate material SHEQ risks, incidents and control failures to executive leadership with clear analysis, recommendations and decision‑support insight.
  • Prepare the organisation for evolving ESG‑related regulatory, insurance and stakeholder expectations by proactively identifying, managing and deflecting ESG‑driven risk.
  • Drive governance maturity progression from compliance‑driven activity to risk‑based, preventative and ESG‑aligned control environments.
  • Provide regular, concise and defensible SHEQ governance reporting to EXCO, Audit and Risk Committees.
  • Ensure business continuity and emergency preparedness plans are developed, tested and maintained in alignment with credible SHEQ risk scenarios and operational realities.
SHEQ Frameworks, Policies and System
  • Develop, review and maintain SHEQ policies, standards, procedures and SOPs to ensure clarity, legal compliance and operational relevance.
  • Implement, manage and continuously improve ISO‑aligned management systems, including ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environmental) and ISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety).
  • Embed SHEQ requirements into operational processes, project execution, contractor management and supply chain workflows.
  • Ensure consistent application of SHEQ standards and practices across regions, departments and business units.
  • Establish and maintain risk assessment methodologies, safe work procedures, job hazard analyses and method statements aligned to operational risk profiles.
  • Design and implement a holistic, enterprise‑wide SHEQ framework that integrates safety, health, environmental, quality and ESG considerations into a single, coherent management system.
  • Establish a formal SHEQ performance measurement model, including standardised metrics, dashboards and reporting disciplines that extend beyond incidents and injuries to include leading indicators, control effectiveness and behavioural risk.
  • Develop and enforce task‑specific safety protocols and critical risk controls, recognising the inherently high‑risk nature of operational activities and the need for non‑negotiable safety discipline.
  • Govern contractor, supplier and third‑party SHEQ compliance through structured controls, monitoring and reporting.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives informed by incident trends, audit outcomes, operational feedback and performance data.
  • Ensure SHEQ systems, tools and processes are understood, adopted and consistently applied by leaders, employees and contractors.
  • Promote standardisation while allowing practical adaptation where operational realities differ.
  • Support operational leaders with guidance, coaching and technical expertise to enable effective SHEQ ownership at line level
Incident, Risk and Crisis Management
  • Oversee incident, near‑miss and unsafe act reporting frameworks, ensuring accurate, timely and consistent reporting across the organisation.
  • Lead or oversee incident investigations, ensuring robust root cause analysis is conducted and systemic failures are identified.
  • Ensure corrective and preventative actions are appropriately designed, implemented, tracked and closed within agreed timeframes.
  • Manage COIDA cases, including liaison with insurers, medical service providers and regulatory bodies to ensure accurate claims processing and defensibility.
  • Monitor and analyse leading and lagging SHEQ performance indicators, identifying trends, emerging risks and control weaknesses.
  • Conduct proactive, risk‑based SHEQ assessments across operations to identify potential hazards before incidents occur.
  • Escalate material SHEQ incidents and risks to executive leadership with clear context, impact analysis and recommended interventions.
  • Embed learning from incidents, audits and external events into policies, procedures and training to prevent recurrence.
  • Support crisis management and emergency response activities, ensuring readiness, clarity of roles and effective communication during adverse events.
Financial Impact, Risk Deflection and Business Continuity
  • Deflect fines, penalties, legal claims and regulatory sanctions through robust SHEQ governance, compliance and preventative control.
  • Reduce injury frequency, severity and lost time incidents to minimise human, operational and financial impact.
  • Prevent operational disruption and downtime through proactive identification, mitigation and management of SHEQ risks.
  • Protect and strengthen the organisation’s insurance position by improving claims defensibility, supporting insurance optimisation and reducing loss exposure.
  • Quantify, monitor and report SHEQ‑related financial risk exposure to executive leadership using credible data and analysis.
  • Embed SHEQ controls into procurement, contracting and third‑party engagement models to reduce downstream and residual risk.
  • Inform and influence prioritisation of SHEQ investments, initiatives and resource allocation based on risk, exposure and business impact.
  • Support business continuity planning and resilience by integrating SHEQ risk scenarios into preparedness, testing and response frameworks.
  • Contribute to sustainable cost control by shifting from reactive incident management to preventative, risk‑based investment.
  • Drive sustained reduction in accident rates and safety‑related losses, ensuring health and safety performance improves to levels consistent with leading practice and stakeholder expectations.
People Management
  • Deflect fines, penalties, legal claims and regulatory sanctions
  • Establish and maintain an appropriately structured SHEQ team (Quality, Health & Safety, Environment and Champions) with clearly defined roles, responsibilities and accountability aligned to Tracker’s risk profile and operational footprint.
  • Ensure that all SHEQ team members possess the required technical competence, certifications and experience, supported by structured development plans and continuous professional development aligned to regulatory and ISO requirements
  • Set clear KPIs, output measures and performance standards for SHEQ Specialists and Champions, and conduct regular performance reviews to drive accountability, delivery excellence and consequence management
  • Provide ongoing coaching and technical guidance to SHEQ Specialists and Champions, strengthening professional judgment, investigation quality, audit capability and risk‑based decision‑making
  • Develop and maintain succession plans for critical SHEQ roles to ensure continuity of compliance, governance assurance and operational resilience.
  • Establish, enable and govern a network of SHEQ Champions within operational teams to drive frontline ownership, behavioural change and early risk identification.
  • Oversee the design and delivery of SHEQ training, inductions and refresher programmes, ensuring consistent understanding and application of SHEQ requirements across all levels of the organisation.
  • Lead the SHEQ team through organisational, regulatory and operational change, ensuring alignment, engagement and effective adoption of new frameworks, systems and controls.
  • Ensure effective collaboration between SHEQ team members and Operations, HR, Finance, Risk, Audit and external stakeholders, positioning SHEQ as an enabling and value‑protecting function rather than a policing role.
Financial Management
  • Prepare annual OPEX and CAPEX budgets on behalf of the Department for executive review
  • Responsible for the strategic planning and development of departmental annual budgets that align with the strategic objectives of the Operations department.
  • Responsible for the strategic planning and execution of applicable cost-reduction initiatives.
  • Responsible for determining and implementing relevant best practices to create efficiencies in every process.
  • Manage monthly expenses and investigate all excessive costs to drive budget compliance.
  • Manage and ensure accountability for wastage, theft and non-compliance.

Minimum requirements

  • Essential: Matric (NQF Level 4)
  • Essential: National Diploma in Safety Management, Occupational Health & Safety, Risk Management or a related discipline,  providing a strong foundation in (Occupational Healthy and Safety Legislation(OHS Act), COIDA Requirements and Claims Management, Incident investigation, reporting and regulatory engegement.
  • Desirable : A recognised professional Health & Safety certification such as  ( SAMTRAC, NEBOSH (gernarl Certificate or equivalent) Comparable internationally recognised qualification.
  • Essentail: A minimum of 8 years’ progressive experience in a SHEQ, Safety, Risk or Compliance role within a regulated operational environment.
  • Essential : A Minimum of 2 years managerial experience.
  • Desirable: At least 5 years' experience in a senior or managerial SHEQ role, with accountability for governance, policy implementation and enterprise- level risk management
  • Essential : Demonstrated experience operating within a multi‑site, regional or national operational environment, with the ability to standardise controls while accommodating operational complexity.
  • Essential : Proven exposure to field‑based and higher‑risk operational activities, such as: (Technical installations and field services Fleet, Logistics or mobile workforce operations, Facilities, Infrastructure or asset- intensive environments).
  • Essential : Experience engaging with regulators, auditors, insurers and external stakeholders, including inspections, audits, investigations and formal reporting processes
  • Essential : Demonstrated ability to design, implement and govern fit‑for‑purpose SHEQ frameworks, systems and controls in complex operational environments
  • Essential:   Demonstrated ability to analyse SHEQ data, identify trends and translate insights into clear, practical and defensible recommendations
  • Essential: Strong leadership presence, with the confidence and credibility to operate as a visible, authoritative and influential custodian of SHEQ standards across the organisation

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