Safety Officer

POSITION INFO:
The Role:

We are looking for an experienced Safety Officer for a 12-month fixed term contract for Kriel in Mpumalanga.

 

We are looking for 5 years relevant experience in relevant safety operations within a heavy industry, mining and production environment.

 

Minimum educational level:                                                      

• National Diploma in Safety Management
• Certificate Project Management
• B Tech in Safety Management

 

Purpose of the role:

• To assume duties and responsibilities of a safety officer in terms of regulation 2191 of Mine Health and Safety Act.
• To coordinate and implement legal requirements and safety initiatives.
• To conduct and facilitate incident investigations.
• Manage risk by assessing liabilities, reporting and monitoring standards and attending to problems
• Create awareness, conduct hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA) interventions and address unsafe practices in timeous manner
• Implement and maintain an audit structure
• Conduct internal and external safety and environmental audits
• Compile statistical and legal monthly reports

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in the evaluation of discipline-specific standards, principles and practice to enable planning, design and implementation of safe outcomes that support business strategy
• Adhere to relevant legislation and Business Unit (BU) requirements
• Ensure adherence to International Organisational Standards (ISO)/Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) requirements (Management of Change)
• Maintain good relationships with customers
• Understand customer needs and provide solutions
• Respond to customer queries as per Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Address all customer complaints as per service management policies and guidelines
• Continuously endeavour to improve service delivery
• Ensure customer satisfaction is maintained within the service management targets
• Safety Health an Environmental (SHE) Rep empowerment (mentoring and coaching)
• Influence BU safety culture through Visible Felt Leadership (VFL)
• Effective contractor management in terms of quality assurance
• Input into SHE induction material and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) requirements
• Coach internal staff as per corporate programmes
• Facilitate and monitor compliance in terms of training requirements
• Provide an expert advisory service to line and Head, SHE and present statistical findings and performance
• Chair relevant SHE Rep meetings, when required
• Facilitate HIRA process
• Conduct inspections as per legislation
• Incident investigation process as per Chief Safety Officer instruction
• Adhere to all health/safety practices and promote good housekeeping on an ongoing basis
• Appointment under section 74 and regulation 2171 of Mine Health and Safety Act
• Provide specialist safety training and support, as per legislative requirements

 

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