Sustainability Graduate

Are you ready to embark on a rewarding and enriching internship experience, with a one-of-a kind company? Are you a dynamic and exceptional individual ready to learn and discover countless learning opportunites growing with a team of exceptional professionals? Then Belgotex is looking for you! We are inviting suitable candidates to apply for the SHE Intern role within Belgotex's Sustainability department. The successful candidate will support the implementation of the sustainability, and HSE goals and objectives of the Sustainability Team, and Belgotex, with particular focus on waste management, safety communication and visual management. The role will report to the Chief Sustainability Officer. About the Company Belgotex is Africa’s leading carpet and artificial grass manufacturer. As a soft flooring specialist we design, make, and distribute high-quality broadloom and modular carpets with custom solutions available to the commercial market. Our extensive product portfolio includes luxury and specialist vinyls and artificial grass. Corporate Values: Better Together: We believe that people inspire greatness. It takes a team to achieve our world class standards, and we can’t do any of this alone. We Tread Softly: We are a recognised world leader for sustainability practices, asking less of the planet in all that we do. Deep Focus: We are on a journey of vertical growth to deliver specialised flooring solutions to Africa and the world. Curiosity: True innovation starts with a desire to explore and achieve the unimaginable. Courage:We’re not afraid to ask big questions, even if it means asking more of ourselves. Key Responsibilities: Position Duties and Responsibilities: • Perform all admin and adhoc duties as defined and assigned by the SHE Officers and Sustainability Co-ordinators, under the guidance of the CSO. • Participate in team meetings, KPI reviews, SHE Committee meetings and Management Reviews • Prepare minutes of meetings and Genchi Genbutsu’s and circulate them to stakeholders timeously. • Participate in internal and external SHEQ and legal audits and work with the relevant managers and monitor and report to SHE Committees and management on the implementation and closure of corrective and preventative actions. SHE Performance Communication • Develop a mechanism through which near misses, incidents, and audit findings, as well as preventative actions and best practices, can be shared with the business in order to improve the consciousness and understanding of SHE performance. SHE Visual Communication • Conduct a site assessment of current safety signage and communication methods. • Develop a new SHE Communication standard for visual communication, and work with relevant stakeholders to implement it, using the site assessment outcomes as a baseline for improvement. • Ensure that the implementation of the standard is monitored, and improvements made. • Guide relevant managers on visual communication requirements on monthly basis. • Develop and co-ordinate a Monthly Management Walkabout/Genchi Genbutsu schedule and ensure it is implemented. Waste Management • Support the Sustainability Co-ordinator on the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the waste segregation system in production, logistics and admin areas. • Report on compliance with waste segregation standard on a weekly/monthly basis. • Guide relevant managers on the transition to the new waste management requirements for the factory, as defined by the Sustainability Co-ordinator and Circularity Specialist.