Compliance Specialist
The Compliance Specialist is a catalyst for continuous improvement and the instilling of a Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality culture through the creation of awareness and the provision of training, the conducting of business audits and other monitoring and measuring activities and the rendering of implementation and other support to the company, its subsidiaries and suppliers.
The responsibilities of Compliance Specialists role can be summarized as follows:
• To ensure that an IMS (SHEQR System) is established that facilitates the business’s compliance with statutory requirements, ISO standards and the client’s constantly increasing demand for safe working practices on operational level.
• To continually improve the SHE System by measuring the SHE Performance of all contracts and providing feedback to the Section 16.1 and Section 16.2 appointments on the status of IMS and legal compliance on corporate and operational (work place) level.
2. MAIN OUTPUTS
• Establish and set IMS standards for the business to work towards and to achieve.
• Implement various client based standards where required.
• Conduct Integrated Management System (ISO9001, ISO14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 31001) and Legal Audits objectively
• Facilitate Management Reviews in conjunction with the Executives
• Facilitate work / training sessions to transfer IMS knowledge and to action corrective actions for addressing business risks.
• Establish a platform for Customer audits, conduct and / or support customer audits and action customer concerns.
• Manage, Monitor and Verify Preventative and Corrective Actions
• Continuously improve the IMS
• Provide document – and record management system and administration support
• Conduct accident and incident investigations when required, determine probable causes and make recommendations for corrective action.
• Ensuring that risk assessments are carried out and that Health, Safety and Environmental Plans are adhered to.
• Ensure that Method Statements are developed and implemented, and sign off on these when required
• Ensuring that all SHE files are compiled and approved by Management.
• Attend meetings and conduct site visits as may be required by the client
• Ensuring that task observations, workplace and IMS Self-Assessment Audits are conducted on a regular basis and that corrective actions are executed.
• Evaluate vendors for Health and Safety Compliance and report results of evaluation.
The right person must have the following competencies: -
• Trustworthy
• Initiative/Proactivity
• Deadline Driven & Highly Motivated
• Stress Tolerant
• Excellent Written Communication
• Customer Focus
• Negotiation & Analytical Skills
• Planning/Scheduling/Objective Setting
• Teamwork & Partnering
• Relationship Building
• Interactive Reasoning
• Excellent Oral Communication
Qualifications and experience:
Preferably Tertiary qualifications which may include some of the following:
• Any three-year technical tertiary qualification
• Quality Management Qualification
• Health & Safety Management Qualification
• Environmental Management Qualification
• Risk Management Qualification
• Business administration and knowledge management
• Quality and Environmental Management System Auditing (ISO 19011:2002)
• Matric (Senior Certificate)
• Valid SA Driver’s License
• SAIOSH would be an advantage
• Planning experience and understanding of business processes
• 3 years’ experience of SHEQR Management
Knowledge of OHS Act & Regulations;
Incident Investigation Training; Health, Safety & Environmental Risk Assessment; Environmental Legislation Facilities Management, CRM, Property
3 years’ experience in conducting improvement studies / investigations applying problem solving and improvement methodologies
• Excellent knowledge of the IMS; Document Management System Training; ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 31001 (Full course); Report writing; ISO 19011 QMS / EMS System Auditing; Documentation and Record Control knowledge; Knowledge of the Facilities Management domain; Relevant Regulatory / SANS standards Knowledge; SAMTRAC;
• Microsoft Office (Intermediate), SAP (RIMS, IOD, Vendor Non-Conformance System) Knowledge Management & Financial Management
• MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project & MS Outlook (Intermediate skill level), SAP knowledge
• Knowledge of OHS Act, ISO 9001 Quality Management, Risk Management Systems, Property Law & Contractual Law
Salary - R400 000pa CTC
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