Chief Safety Officer at GIBB Engineering and Architecture

Responsibilities:

Health & Safety

• Develop all necessary systems and documents for the site.
• Ensure all Contractors comply with the requirements to be onboarded.
• To ensure full compliance of the Safety pack requirements for which a permission to work will be issued.
• Assist the Project Manager, Construction Manager, Site Engineer and the Client with compliance with all requirements of the Mine Health and Safety Act and the OHS Act.
• Ensure all Contractors comply with the minimum Sasol Safety File requirements to be onboarded and work permits to be issued.
• Assist the Project Engineer with all regulatory requirements of the Mines, Health and Safety Act and OHS Act.
• Create a positive HSE culture on site, working with the Contractors to achieve zero harm
• Implement GIBB and Client HSE policies, plans and procedures and ensure Contractor policies, plans and procedures meet or exceed the requirements.
• Ensure cooperation and coordinate contractors on site
• Participate in design review/ change meetings to ensure H&S aspects of design changes are adequately considered by the various design teams
• Undertake daily site inspections and weekly site walks with the Sasol representatives
• Conduct regular joint Contractor and Subcontractor inspections of the sites, including assessment of the daily ‘toolbox’ talks in terms of content relative to the tasks at hand
• Chair monthly H&S meetings with Contractors, ensuring accurate meeting minutes are recorded
• Facilitate monthly H&S Agent audits and aligned with requirements of the Mine Health and Safety Act and OHS Act and ensure findings are closed out as soon as reasonably practicable
• Monitor all construction works and ensure compliance with site permits, relevant legislation, contractual requirements, and industry best practices
• Assist with the inputs and approval of method statements and job safety risk assessments (Job Safety Analysis)
• Ensure that all equipment coming to site complies to Sasol’s requirements prior to being inspected by Sasol representatives
• Ensure that equipment daily inspections are carried out by operators prior to such equipment being used on site
• Ensure plant operators are in possession of valid competency certificates for the plant to be operated
• Ensure site inductions are developed, implemented, reviewed, and updated
• Ensure all Contractors are operating in accordance with relevant permit to work requirements (e.g. excavation, hot works etc)
• Maintain HSE risk registers for the site
• Lead incident and accident investigations
• Track and analyse non-conformances, near misses, and incidents on the project and ensure suitable resolution by the Contractors
• Maintain accurate and up to date safety statistics per construction Contractor and for the project
• Share lessons learned with the wider project team and internal stakeholders
• Monitor condition and availability of safety equipment (e.g. PPE)
• Coordinate the issue of PPE to internal project staff
• Review and update relevant Project HSE documents arising from changes to standards, codes, and legislation
• Liaising with the relevant emergency services during the development and implementation of the emergency preparedness/ response plan for each project within the projects being executed.
• Ensure all legally required appointments are in place and up to date
• Review HSE training requirements for GIBB Mining employees working on the projects
• Review site specific Risk assessments and method statements
• Approve Contractors HSE files prior to contractor’s work commencing on site
• Review all Contractors Risk assessments and method statements prior to activities commencing
• Advise Project and Site Managers of HSE concerns and resolutions
• Attend all weekly construction meetings,
• Ensure all access control measures to the site are diligently applied and enforced
• Ensure occupational health surveillance is carried out to comply with appropriate regulations.
• Ensure First aid equipment requirements are suitable and sufficient.
• Ensure fire safety requirements are suitable and sufficient.
• Identify and implement health and wellbeing initiatives and improvements.

 Environmental

• Support the Project Manager, Construction Manager and Appointed Engineer and contractors to ensure compliance with the relevant environmental legislation, contractual requirements and industry best practices
• Supervise HSE function of contractors and all consultants on site.
• Comply with the Client’s Environmental requirements.

 Document management

• Prepare any health and safety related method statements or documents that cannot be sourced from Sasol and are required in respect of environmental authorisation/ EMPr conditions to be discharged prior to construction or the application for the Construction Work Permit
• Oversee and manage site generated HSE documentation.

 Communication

• Effectively communicate company values and objectives on site.
• Initiate and manage site safety awareness campaigns.
• Obtain regular Safety communication from the Client for distribution and communication.

Reporting

• Ensure all incidents, near misses and general statistics are recorded on the Corporate system and ensure their investigation and close out
• Prepare monthly reports analysing incident statistics, proposing action plans to address trends, and describing HSE activities for the preceding month
• Prepare monthly safety topics and interventions to ensure the culture of safety is maintained throughout the project.

 Quality

• Oversee construction HSE processes
• Raise, investigate and resolve any HSE NCRs observed by the project teams including the HSE team, ensuring all HSE NCRs are issued to the relevant contractors.
• Ensure all HSE issues related to site designs are correctly implemented and that designer’s risk registers accompany drawings issued for construction on site.

 Planning

• Assess the compliance of potential contractors’ HSE systems with Sasol requirements at tender stage
• Support the Construction Manager and project team to ensure key project milestones like Cold and Hot Commissioning are met safely and timely.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

• Minimum qualification equivalent to NQF Level 6 in the HSE field
• Compulsory registration with SACPCMP as HSE Manager
• Mine, Health and Safety Act knowledge/experience is essential

Certified training in:

• Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
• Incident Investigations
• Legal Liability
• Valid driver’s license
• NEBOSH International Certificate in Construction Health & Safety or SAMTRAC (Preferred but not essential)

 Experience:

• 10 years’ relevant experience in the construction sectors
• Excellent working knowledge of Mine Health and Safety Act and Regulations
• Excellent working knowledge of Occupational Health & Safety Act and Regulations
• Excellent working knowledge of labour laws