About the position
A leading global player in the defence and manufacturing sector is seeking a highly skilled and safety-focused Explosives Manager to join their dynamic team. This is a critical leadership role for a seasoned professional who is passionate about developing a world-class explosives safety culture and ensuring stringent regulatory compliance.
Requirements:
- Essential: A minimum of the UNISA SLP-1 to SLP-4 qualification, with specific completed modules (full list available to qualified candidates).
- Highly Advantageous: An Engineering degree
- A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in the development, manufacturing, usage, or destruction of explosives, ordnance, or ammunition
- Proven experience in ordnance manufacture, usage, storage, or testing
- Strong decision-making skills, self-discipline, and excellent verbal/written communication abilities
- Knowledge of SHE/OHS and Quality Systems is a significant advantage
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the designated legal appointee for the site, ensuring full compliance with all statutory explosives regulations
- Develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive explosives safety policies, procedures, and protocols
- Foster and cultivate a robust explosives safety culture across the entire manufacturing site
- Manage all aspects of explosives operations, including magazine management, inter-site movements, and waste destruction
- Serve as the primary technical authority for all explosives safety matters, including incident investigation and audits.
- Liaise with key regulatory bodies and represent the company at industry forums (e.g., NIXT, SAFEX)
- Ensure adherence to ISO standards related to Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality
Desired Skills:
- Auditing
- Compliance
- Ethical Decision-Making
- Inspection
- People Development
- Project Management
- Regulations
