Health and Safety Superintendent - Ngodwana at Sappi

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Health and Safety Superintendent to implement Sappi’s Health and Safety strategies, policies, and procedures in ensuring compliance with relevant legislative requirements and reducing the mill’s risk profile.
As a Health and Safety Superintendent, you will be responsible for:

• Measure, monitor and report on health and safety legal requirements and certification system compliance and advise on action planning.
• Interpret and follow up on audit/inspection findings to ensure closure and implementation of corrective/preventive action
• Enforce compliance to life-saving rules, procedural, and all legal requirements. Recommend disciplinary action where applicable.
• Provide health and safety advice to management, contractors, and employees to ensure compliance with all legal requirements.
• Develop, review and update procedures in compliance with ISO standards.
• Monitor critical safety jobs to ensure that correct procedures are followed.
• Facilitate health and safety qualitative and quantitative risk assessments and advise on action planning.
• Co-ordinate/facilitate health and safety awareness campaigns and events.
• Perform standby and call-out related functions.
• Serve on Hazchem Committee.
• Coach line managers and employees in the BBS process
• Co-ordinate Occupational Health and Hygiene surveys
• Play an advisory role in the correct implementation of management of change
• Participate in various mill meetings such as MBU, MDT, SBT, Safety meetings etc
• Assist with contractor safety requirements.  Facilitate contractor management systems, including review of contractor health and safety plans.
• Act as a health and safety specialist or officer when requested.
• Coach and advise health and safety representatives on methods to improve their safety inspections and reporting.
• Perform individual investigations and work with the Department of Labour in investigations by gathering information to determine underlying causes for fatalities, injuries, illnesses, damage incidents, reportable incidents, toxic chemical releases, or spillages.
• Facilitate root cause analysis for injuries and assist in compiling reports as well as facilitating weekly incident review meetings.
• Liaise with the medical department to resolve occupational health issues.
• Ensure legal appointments are kept up to date.
• Compile weekly and monthly safety statistics reports and ensure accurate record keeping for all incidents.
• Maintain assets and equipment.
• Prepare SHE communication for publication in various mediums.
• Participate in HAZOP and SWIFT for MOC. 

What are we looking for?

•  National Diploma in Safety Management or relevant NQF Level 6 qualification.
• Certificates in HIRA, RCAT & SHEQ Auditing.
• Professional membership with SAIOSH.
• Knowledge of ISO and BBS Systems, Isometrix, PJO’s and VFL’s.
• 3 to 5 years’ experience in a Health and Safety discipline within the manufacturing environment.