SHEQ Systems Coordinator

We are looking for a meticulous and confident Integrated SHEQ Systems & Audit Specialist to act as the custodian of our Integrated SHEQ Management System. You will ensure continuous compliance, audit readiness, and best-in-class document control across all sites, while calmly steering both internal and external audits to successful outcomes.

To own, protect and continuously improve the company’s Integrated SHEQ Management System in line with FSSC 22000, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, SMETA, Export and Regulatory Requirements — ensuring that when auditors arrive, we’re already ready.

• Integrated Management System Ownership
• Maintain and administer the Integrated SHEQ Management System across all sites
• Ensure alignment with all applicable standards and regulatory requirements
• Support the SHEQ Manager with system improvements and Management Review inputs
• Document Control (Where Order Reigns Supreme)
• Control and maintain all SHEQ documentation, including policies, SOPs, specifications, HACCP plans, work instructions, forms, records and registers
• Ensure robust version control, approval workflows, change control, controlled distribution and withdrawal of obsolete documents
• Maintain master document registers per standard and per site
• Ensure site teams always work from current, approved documentation
• Manage supplier questionnaires, supporting documentation and maintain an up-to-date Approved Supplier List (ASL)
• Ensure Production Packs, Quality Packs and File 13 records are accurate, accessible and audit-ready
• Assign File 13 user access in collaboration with IT
• Maintain laboratory records for process‑related results (moisture, water activity, nutritional data)

• Develop, manage and execute the Annual Internal Audit Programme
• Conduct internal audits covering:
• Food Safety (FSSC 22000
• Quality & Quantity (e‑mark)
• Occupational Health & Safety (ISO 45001)
• Ethical & Social Responsibility (SMETA)
• Compile audit reports, communicate findings and track corrective actions to closure
• External Audit Coordination & Leadership
• Act as Audit Lead for all external audits, including
• FSSC 2200
• ISO 45001
• SMETA
• ZA Export
• EU, UK and FDA audits (Treats Plant)
• Prepare sites through gap assessments, documentation reviews and audit planning
• Host auditors with confidence and professionalism
• Manage audit close‑outs and certification maintenance
• Serve as the primary point of contact for auditors on system‑related matters
• Support mock recalls and traceability exercises by retrieving records, COAs, COCs and process documentation
• Corrective Actions & Compliance Monitoring
• Maintain CPAR registers and monitor non‑conformance trends
• Support departments with corrective action development and implementation
• Escalate systemic or high‑risk compliance issues to the SHEQ Manager
• Reporting & Communication
• Prepare audit summaries, compliance reports and Management Review inputs
• Report audit performance, risks and compliance status to SHEQ and Technical Management
• Liaise with suppliers (with Supply Chain) to manage and update all supplier documentation

Montego Pet Nutrition, a family business established in 2000 in the Karoo, is the leading independent pet food manufacturer in the African Market. As a pioneer in pet care, we have always been passionate about bettering pets, people and the planet. For 25 years, our genuine love of pets has been at the heart of our business and supports our brand promise of “Better Every Day”.

Today, pet owners in more than 20 countries across five continents trust us to produce world‑class products with the health and wellbeing of pets in mind.