Safety Officer - Contractor / Temporary

SUMMARY:
Safety Officer (Contractor / temporary assignment) required for our reputable and well-established chemical manufacturing client to be based in Sasolburg.  A minimum of 2 to 5 years' experience as a Safety Officer in a manufacturing environment is required to ensure that occupation health and safety practices in line with the OHS Act and other application legislation are implemented and maintained in all the facilities within your portfolio of responsibilities.

POSITION INFO:
Duties / Responsibilities:

Assist with the implementation of the Integrated Management System (IMS):

• Utilise the self-assessment tool to ensure that all elements of IMS are implemented in areas of responsibility.
• Ensure that incidents are logged, verified and investigated on IsoMetrix.
• Monitor that the agreed upon actions in operations are implemented and escalated if overdue.
• Ensure that all users are trained on all relevant SHERQ systems.

• Inspect and ensure that PPE is relevant for the task and in good condition.
• Coach and train on relevant work instructions and compliance issues relevant to the plant.
• Facilitate hazard and critical task/activity identification (activity-based risk assessment)
• Facilitate the review of task procedures and work instructions applicable to the plant
• Facilitate and confirm PTO evaluations
• Ensure and confirm HIRA and clearance certificate (PTW) issued
• Ensure that audits are done on the PTW and all deviations escalated to relevant departments.
• Ensure that all contractors and sub-contractors comply with the Client’s contractor management procedure in the area of responsibility.

• Ensure that conversation cards, hazard tags, near misses and PTO’s are reported in the weekly SHERQ report and in the monthly SHERQ meeting in the respective areas.
• Ensure all leading indicators are consolidated and submitted according to the deadlines.
• Analyse the indicators and associated risks and assist with the implementation of solutions to address the problem.
• Feedback to management on indicator status in order to ensure KPI improvement

• Identify and advise on training needs analyses and training recommendations, especially to resolve identified system and process competence shortfalls
• Monitor and report the status of training on the weekly report.
• Sustain SHERQ awareness through communication such as safety talks, weekly and monthly safety themes.
• Discuss the outcomes of Group Incident Learnings (GIL’s) in the daily departmental meetings.
• The toolbox talks and safety themes needs to be discussed, recorded and the attendance register signed off.
• Assist in the review of SHERQ onboarding and plant specific induction.

• Conduct plant housekeeping inspections to identify legal non-conformances (including health, safety and environment).
• Schedule inspections in collaboration with the departmental managers.
• Ensure corrective actions are implemented and tracked on the weekly report.
• Follow up to ensure action effectiveness

• Plan, schedule and conduct internal audits in the area of responsibility. Ensure audits are logged onto IsoMetrix.
• Ensure reports are issued and findings captured in IsoMetrix
• Ensure findings and actions are closed-out appropriately
• Monthly/ weekly report to Departmental Management on status of findings and actions
• Participate and support on verification and external audits

• Lead and facilitate the assessment.
• Risk assessment needs to be reviewed once a year unless there has been changes in the operations or an incident.
• Review the existing baseline risk assessment and ensure that the specific risk assessment for the department is still relevant.
• Ensure correct matrix is used
• Ensure good quality information is captured in IsoMetrix

• Ensure that all events (incidents and non-conformances) are raised and reported on IsoMetrix.
• Ensure that Group Incident Notification’s and Group Incident Learnings are generated for all incidents and submitted to the SHERQ Manager for review and approval.
• Be proficient in leading and facilitating incident investigations
• Ensure quality of incident investigations is of an acceptable standard.
• Ensure incident investigation is captured in IsoMetrix
• Follow up on the actions recommended in the Group Incident Learnings are implemented
• Continually identify opportunities for improvement based on Group Incident Learnings and incidents identified in the department.

• Matric (Maths and Science)
• National Diploma in SHERQ related field.
• BTech in SHERQ / Safety (advantageous)

• 2 to 5 years’ experience in the Manufacturing industry.

• Competent in MS Office
• SHERQ Electronic Systems

• Decision-making
• Teamwork
• Work standards
• Motivation of self and others
• Adaptable
• Problem-solving
• Integrity and trust
• Communication skills
• Planning and organization
• Stress tolerance
• Initiative
• Building relationships

• Coaching and Mentoring
• Facilitation / Meetings
• Project management
• Researching
• Effective change management
• Conflict management
• Product knowledge
• Root-cause analysis
• Excellent customer service

• Collaboration
• Functional integration (integration with ACTS and plant process)

• Drive for results
• Motivating others
• Strategic agility
• Managing vision and purpose
• Business acumen (will be an advantage)

• Effective communication skills
• Analytical thinking
• Problem-solving skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Sound technical knowledge
• Reporting writing skills
• Sound understanding of implementation, maintenance and auditing of ISO9001, 14001 and 45001
• Risk assessment strategy as prescribed by the group and division documents
• ISO45001 risk assessment requirements
• SAMTRAC
• NEBOSH
• Safety Diploma
• Health Diploma
• Environmental Health Diploma
• Safety Management Degree
• Operations and Quality Diploma