Safety Officer

Overview

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Location

Maitland, Cape Town

Salary

R40 200 CTC

Benefits

• Provident fund-benefit
• 13th cheque benefit
• 15 days annual leave benefit

Formal schooling / Qualifications

• Grade 12 and Samtrac / Degree / Diploma in Safety Management or manufacturing/engineering-related field with extensive safety experience.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience in a manufacturing environment.

Languages

• English

Job Objectives

• Implement and maintain programmes to ensure that the company complies with all relevant safety and environmental legislation and ISO45001.
• Inform management of all legal requirements.
• Implement and maintain awareness programmes related to health, safety, and environment.
• Conduct health, safety, and environment audits to ensure compliance with requirements, objectives, and standards.
• Conduct incident investigations.
• Ensure safety targets are met.
• Liaise with regulatory authorities (SAPS, DOL, DWAF, COCT, etc.).

Main tasks / Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects relating to health, safety, and environment.
• Internal HSE audits.
• Creation and updating of relevant Safety Files.
• Generation, distribution, and filing of Safety Meeting Minutes and presentations.
• Generation of relevant reports (Annual, Monthly, Statistical, Incidents, Near Misses, etc.).
• Ensure legal compliance on SHE and all permits are kept up to date.
• Incident investigation (Root Cause Analysis).
• Site risk assessments and planned job observations.
• Advise on effectiveness of SHE Management System where relevant.
• Administration of all relevant documentation.
• Conducting of training (Staff, Contractors, Visitors).
• Maintenance of good housekeeping standards.
• Control, issuing, and ensure compliance of PPE.
• Writing and updating SHE procedures.
• Document control.
• Environmental control in accordance with legislation.
• Ensure education of first aiders on emergency preparedness.
• Advise management on any conditions experienced by employees that pose a risk to the business, environment, and employees.
• Ensure that all safety and risks are assessed, working in conjunction with the Occupational Health Practitioner.
• Drive continuous improvement of SHE conditions and system.
• Correspond with applicable government authorities, regulators, and service providers regarding SHE matters.
• Initiate and implement safety programmes, such as ergonomics.
• Ensure that occupational hygiene surveys (illumination, noise, ventilation, HCS, etc.) are conducted as scheduled, with controls maintained and corrective actions implemented where applicable.
• Ensure that contractor safety files are available, reviewed, and compliant before work starts on-site.
• Conduct induction for staff and contractors.
• Respond swiftly to incidents.
• Facilitate removal of saleable and non-saleable waste.
• Manage site cleaning function.
• Manage hygiene and pest control.
• Ensure firefighting and fire prevention equipment is serviced and available.
• Undertake additional reasonable duties based on the operational needs of the business.
• Manage day-to-day site security issues.
• Ensure compliance with ISO45001.

Key Performance Indicators

• Ensure compliance with ISO45001 and applicable legislation.
• Implementation of SHE awareness programs.
• Ensure incidents are investigated appropriately within acceptable timeframes.
• Completion of internal audits.
• Reduction in SHE risk.
• Effective monitoring and reporting of compliance status.
• On-time completion of actions.
• Ensuring that all infrastructure in the interest of SHE is in good order.
• Additional KPIs as determined annually.

Interpersonal skills

• Professional.
• Good communicator (verbal and non-verbal).
• Effective decision-maker.
• Conflict handling and resolution skills.
• Driven, confident, self-motivated, and results-oriented.
• Team player with good people management skills.
• Mature with the ability to tolerate stress.
• Displays initiative.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Business Consulting and Services

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