DSC _ SHEQ Specialist at DHL Supply Chain

Job Purpose:  

Execute health, safety, quality and environment plans and processes to provide employees a safe and healthy work environment. Implement health and safety frameworks and standards, ensuring compliance and adherence to internal and external safety standards, quality standards and relevant regulations. Recognize and mitigate potential workplace hazards, unsafe equipment, work practices and working conditions within the workplace and external environments Undertake inspections of grounds, facilities, and premises, analyze, and suggest corrective measures to reduce the risks of injuries and job-related threats. Draft reports and conduct investigations on job-related injuries and fatalities, quality non conformities and determine measures to avoid any recurrence Prepare and examine records of workplace injuries, illness and absences to identify areas of concern and provide information required by regulatory agencies.

Conduct investigations for accidents, identify cause for accidents with management and health and safety regulatory authorities and prevent their recurrence. Participate in development of solutions for the transportation of hazardous material. Coordinate orientation activities and daily inspections in the operations facilities, grounds and administrative areas, changes in lay-out and installation of new equipment in order to meet safety rules and standards.

Draft training material and content, and train employees on safety and quality protocols and safety-conscious work performance. Study and resolve issues in day-to-day health, safety and environment operations and execute practices focusing on increasing effectiveness and efficiency.

Key Accountabilities:

• DSC SA Performance Target – Injury Frequency Rate
• Implementation, Maintenance, and continuous improvement of the OHSA standard
• Maintenance of policies and procedures.
• Global Minimum Standards
• Health and Safety
• Quality Assurance
• Environment
• Risk identification process.
• Investigations
• Evaluate security technologies and economic processes.
• Compliances to Standard Operating Procedures
• Measuring and Maintaining all aspects of Health and Safety
• Monitoring of SHEQ statistics
• Recording of PPE issue and monitoring their use.
• Training of employees in all safety protocols as well as standard refresher training
• Execute health, safety, quality and environment plans and processes to provide employees a safe and healthy work environment.
• Execute health, safety, quality and environment plans and processes to provide employees a safe and healthy work environment.
• Implement health and safety frameworks and standards, ensuring compliance and adherence to internal and external safety standards, quality standards and relevant regulations.
• Recognize and mitigate potential workplace hazards, unsafe equipment, work practices and working conditions within the workplace and external environments.

Qualifications, Experience & Attributes:

• Matric (Grade12)
• Relevant degree or equivalent qualification in Risk Management and Health and Safety
• SAMTRAC /NOSA qualification (Desirable)
• 3 – 5 Practical Risk Management experience
• Excellent organization skills
• Ability to build relationships at all levels.
• Knowledge of client and customer needs                                                                                                                                                 
• Person should be able to enforce health and safety procedures and identify hazards.