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o lead and drive the Workplace, Health & Safety function across API manufacturing operations, ensuring compliance with applicable statutory regulations, environmental standards, process safety requirements, and corporate EHS policies. The role will be responsible for developing a proactive safety culture, strengthening process safety management, preventing workplace incidents, ensuring environmental sustainability, and driving continuous improvement across manufacturing blocks, utilities, engineering, warehouse, solvent recovery, and other plant operations.

- Key Roles &

Responsibilities A. EHS Strategy & Leadership - Develop and implement the plant-level EHS strategy aligned with organizational objectives.

- Establish annual EHS goals, KPIs, budgets, and improvement plans.
- Drive a proactive safety culture through employee engagement and leadership involvement.
- Conduct regular EHS reviews with Plant Heads and functional leaders.
- Lead EHS initiatives across all manufacturing blocks and support functions.
- Ensure accountability of departmental heads for EHS performance. B.

Process Safety

Management (PSM) - Drive Process Safety Management across API manufacturing operations.

- Ensure implementation and review of HAZOP, HIRA, What-If Analysis and Risk Assessments.
- Review process hazards associated with chemical reactions, solvent handling, distillation, drying, filtration and material handling.
- Ensure implementation of Management of Change (MOC) procedures.
- Monitor critical safety systems, interlocks, alarms, emergency shutdown systems and safety instrumented systems in coordination with Engineering.
- Ensure compliance with process safety recommendations and closure of identified gaps.
- Conduct process safety audits and ensure corrective and preventive actions. C.

Occupational

Health & Industrial Safety - Ensure safe working practices across production, quality control, engineering, warehouse and utility areas.

- Implement permit-to-work systems, including:




- Hot Work Permit - Confined Space Entry Permit - Work at Height Permit - Electrical Work Permit - Excavation Permit - Line Breaking Permit - Ensure proper implementation of LOTO procedures.
- Monitor PPE compliance and workplace safety practices.
- Conduct workplace inspections, safety audits and behavioural safety assessments.
- Drive near-miss reporting, unsafe act and unsafe condition identification.
- Investigate incidents, accidents and occupational injuries and ensure CAPA implementation. D. Chemical & Process Safety - Ensure safe storage, handling and transportation of hazardous chemicals.
- Monitor chemical compatibility, segregation and storage conditions.
- Ensure availability and accessibility of MSDS/SDS.
- Review safety measures for reactors, centrifuges, dryers, micronizers, filters, condensers and solvent recovery systems.
- Ensure adequate fire protection and explosion prevention systems.
- Monitor static electricity hazards, grounding and bonding arrangements.
- Ensure appropriate controls for flammable solvents, toxic gases and hazardous chemical exposure.
- Drive compliance with chemical handling and emergency response procedures. E.

Environment

Management - Ensure compliance with environmental regulations and applicable GPCB and CPCB requirements.

- Monitor operation and compliance of:
- Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) - Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) - Air Pollution Control Systems - Hazardous Waste Management Systems - Solvent Recovery Systems - Ensure proper hazardous waste storage, handling, disposal and documentation.
- Monitor air emissions, wastewater discharge and environmental parameters.
- Ensure timely submission of environmental returns and statutory reports.




- Drive initiatives for reducing water consumption, energy usage, emissions and waste generation.
- Coordinate with GPCB, CPCB and other regulatory authorities during inspections and audits. F. Fire & Emergency Management - Develop and implement plant-level emergency preparedness and response plans.
- Ensure readiness of fire hydrants, fire extinguishers, fire alarms, detectors and firefighting systems.
- Conduct periodic mock drills for fire, chemical leakage, toxic gas release and other emergencies.
- Ensure emergency response teams are trained and adequately equipped.
- Review emergency preparedness for critical process areas and hazardous chemical storage.
- Coordinate with external emergency response agencies wherever required. G.

Statutory

Compliance & Regulatory Management - Ensure compliance with applicable provisions of:

- Factories Act, 1948, and applicable Gujarat factory rules, as amended or replaced by prevailing law.
- Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
- Water Act, 1974.
- Air Act, 1981.
- Hazardous and Other Wastes Rules, 2016.
- Chemical Accidents (Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules, 1996.
- MSIHC Rules, 1989.
- Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991.
- Applicable fire safety and electrical safety regulations.
- Maintain statutory registers, licences, approvals and compliance records.
- Coordinate statutory inspections and regulatory audits.
- Ensure timely renewal of environmental consents and statutory permissions.
- Track regulatory changes and implement necessary compliance measures. H. Training & Safety Culture - Develop an annual EHS training calendar.
- Conduct training on chemical safety, fire safety, PPE, emergency response, confined space and work permits.
- Organize safety awareness campaigns and toolbox talks.
- Conduct safety induction for new employees, apprentices, contractors and visitors.
- Develop safety competency among employees and contract workforce.
- Drive monthly safety committee meetings and employee participation.

📌 Manager (Ankleshwar)
🏢 DigiCAD
📍 Ankleshwar