Chief Safety Officer

SUMMARY:
Our well-established client involved in the future electrification of South Africa requires a Chief Safety Officer to assist them on a fixed term contract basis with duties and responsibilities as indicated below.  Candidates are required to have a minimum of a National Diploma in Safety Management plus competency requirements as per the Mine, Health and Safety Act as well as COMSOC (1,2,3) or SAMTRAC

POSITION INFO:

• Driving the Safety Management system and Risk Management process continuously in sections
• Ensuring investigations are up to date and of good quality and SHE officer legal inspections are up to date and on standard
• Coaching SHE officers on quality inspections
• Facilitating investigations
• Implementing ORMP (Operational Risk Management Process) and LFI (Learning from Incidents) in sections
• Providing guidance and advise to HOD’s on what should be done within the current Safety Management system to address trends identified
• Participation in in-the field safety coaching and ensuring that middle managers drive the safety Management system.
• Ensuring that weekly reporting is accurate timeous reporting to DMR
• Implementing contractor Management according to Exploration Standards.
• Assisting in the development of the Departmental safety objectives and targets and monitor the implementation
• Facilitation of tactical implementation initiatives
• Planning and co-ordinating the workload per SHE officer to ensure optimal coverage.
• Overseeing the process of safety audits for the operations
• Tracking quantitative KPI’s to measure safety risk, trends and control effectiveness
• Assisting and guiding contractor during the tender phase as well as the on mine on boarding phase

• National Diploma in Safety Management plus competency requirements as per the Mine, Health and Safety Act (where applicable)
• COMSOC 1, 2, 3 or SAMTRAC
• National Driver’s License
• Valid medical certificate - To be obtained prior to appointment:
• ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 audit training
• A2 and A3 Risk Management Training

• At least 5 years’ experience in daily SHE management in a mine environment (preferable open cast).
• Experience as Chief Safety Officer will be an added advantage
• Experience in internal auditing
• Experience in developing, implementing, managing and auditing Risk Control initiatives and programs
• Experience in leading and facilitating baseline, issue-based, job-task, pre-job, and personal risk assessments

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