Occupational Health and Safety Administrator

- Review, develop and manage all company health and safety policies and objectives and be familiar with the applicable laws and regulations.
- To support and coach the staff with the latest health and safety legislation and regulations, and increase H&S awareness at all levels within the Company.
- To act as a liaison with all government related bodies and regulating agencies.
- Arrange regular meetings with Health and Safety representatives. Ensure policies are adhered to. Ensure training is adequate and up to date.
- Give monthly reports on incidents, near misses, injuries, and corrective actions taken to avoid the same incident to occur in future.
- Responsible for developing OHSA. COIDA, reporting.
- Work with appointed 16.1 and 16.2s in all areas.
- Perform SHE internal compliance audits. Review and document non- conformances.
- Align policies with international standards ISO14000 and ISO18000 where applicable to the organization.
- Manage and assist external audits by customers or authorities as required.
- To assist in investigation and report on all person injuries and critical incidents occurring to staff, contractors, visitors, identify route course and corrective actions where necessary.
- Ensure incident corrective actions are followed up on and completed
- Ensure new employees are inducted on health and safety regulations.
- Ensure safety boards with postings including but not limited to: Health and safety policy, inspection and audit results, project hazard assessment, location of first aid, etc. are maintained
- Communicate, coach, and assist the field staff to ensure all safety expectations are understood and met.
- To assist with emergency preparedness and communicate any emergencies which can occur, e.g. fire, contact the necessary emergency organisations immediately
- Perform internal audits and ensure compliance with the documented processes
- Review the process documents and update and upgrade in coordination with the Management Executive
- Take responsibility for the development, co-ordination, management of processes and implementation of one or more specific areas of the quality assurance system.
- To manage a range of quality assurance procedures and provide advice and guidance to staff concerning quality assurance systems and their implementation.
- Able to attend to after-hours queries or matters
- And any other reasonable requirements and instructions which might be requested or given by senior management.


Qualifications
- Grade 12 (Matric), Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Safety Management and SAMTRAC certificate
Experience
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years relevant experience (in a corporate environment advantageous) in Occupational Health, Safety and Environment
- To perform this job successfully, an individual should have extensive knowledge of Computer Skills: Microsoft Word; Excel, strong proficiency in relevant computer packages (MS Office) and software packages
- Review safety obligations of the clients, contractors and ensure they are carried out as per the terms of the agreement,