Cummins Inc.

Health, Safety, Environment Director – Africa, Middle East

Cummins Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: South Africa

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead the implementation of regional HSE programs while integrating 6–8 disparate management systems to create a more cohesive, efficient framework.
  • Build strong, trust‑based relationships across the region to influence business leaders and senior managers to inspire meaningful change.
  • Partner with the Global HSE team to deliver core global objectives and be a key contributor to a global cross functional project focused on the mining sector.
  • Drive improvements in audits, reporting, and individual accountability to support the achievement of our HSE targets.
  • Coach and support a diverse team, fostering psychological safety, proactive behaviors, and a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Provides hands-on support to regional sites for the implementation of health, safety, environment, and sustainability programs.
  • Solves non-routine and or common HSE and sustainability problems across the region while driving standardization and best practice implementation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Health & Safety, Engineering, Technical, Scientific, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
  • Professional certification in an HSE‑related discipline strongly preferred.
  • Significant HSE leadership experience in a complex organisation, ideally with exposure to mining, power generation, or similarly high‑risk sectors.
  • Experience leading teams through cultural change, system integration, and performance improvement.
  • Auditing capability and experience improving audit quality, reporting standards, and compliance behaviours.
  • Demonstrated success in coaching diverse teams, building capability, and driving accountability at all levels.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
HSE programs implementationauditingreporting standardscompliancesystem integrationperformance improvementhealth and safetysustainability programsproblem solvingbest practice implementation
Soft Skills
relationship buildinginfluencingcoachingfostering psychological safetypromoting proactive behaviorsdriving accountabilityleading cultural changeteam supportcontinuous improvementbuilding capability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Health & SafetyBachelor’s degree in EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Technical fieldBachelor’s degree in Scientific fieldMaster’s degree in related fieldProfessional certification in HSE-related discipline