HSE Officer - Johannesburg, East

SUMMARY:
Provide management with advice and assist in providing a healthy, safe, and environmentally sustainable business. Degree or diploma in occupational, health, safety or environmental.3 to 5 years’ experience.

POSITION INFO:

Driving, managing, and leading the performance of SHE activities.  
Reporting to world-class leaders for a metal tubing manufacturer of modern facilities - the largest in the African continent.

Position details:

Primary purpose: Provide management with advice and assist in providing a healthy, safe, and environmentally sustainable business.

Job description / core competencies:

Coordinate all the HSE and compliance activities.

Ensure compliance with the COID, NEMA, Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Monitor pollution & ensure environmental rehabilitation are conducted.

Conduct hazard identification, risk assessment, auditing and inspection.

Participate in SHE committee meetings and perform incidents investigations.

Manage the Safety Management System and ensure safety compliance.

Maintain and ensure compliance.
Review of risk assessments to ensure that they are specific to each operation.
Ensure that all legal compliances, regulations are being met, maintained and updated.
Involved in audits (customer & internal), audit processing.
Ensure that each employee and visitor is safe and free from harm.
Ensure that we maintain all requirements of the ISO/OSHAS Standards and ensure that we comply with all NEMA requirements.

Support operations and minimize process safety incidents by sharing process safety learnings from other operating entities.

Advisory support to other departments on EHS matters. Ensuring site EHS compliance.

Managing risk, mitigation of hazards and driving a zero tolerance level when coming to injuries.

Give management guidance in terms of Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Update management and employees regarding changes in the Act.
Implement health and safety management systems.
Conduct accident/incident investigation.
Review, update and maintain complete HSE integrated management system.
Ensure the ISO9002 Quality Management System is well established and audited on an annual basis.
Ensure highest standards are maintained for the test facility, and that all products are accredited with the SABS standardization mark.
Develop, implement, and maintain emergency preparedness and response plans for the head site and branch offices.
Analyse PPE needs.
Review and maintain contractor management programme.
Run awareness programmes for HSE and compliance.
Monitor statistics and report on findings.
Support sales, branch managers & procurement operations by liaising with customers on their HSE needs.
Immediate focus will be to pick up on the technical nuances of the business.

Location (country, city): Johannesburg, Gauteng

Job Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Degree or diploma in occupational, health, safety or environmental.
Passionate about safety, health & environment.
3 to 5 years’ experience in safety, health and environment in a manufacturing environment.
Strong interpersonal skills, EQ, leadership and motivational skills.
Focused, hard-working, results-driven, self-starter.
Good communication and presentation skills.
Good operational skills.
Good computer skills.

Company Description:

State of the art systems ensure the highest levels of service in getting the right product to customers, both locally and internationally, on time. SABS accredited.

World-class manufacturer of metal tubing, privately owned company, having been established for more than half a century.

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