HSE Officer - Optipower Wolf at Murray & Roberts

Key Performance Indicators:

• Ensuring the company’s activities comply with local Health and Safety regulations and the best practices in the industry.
• Working in close relation with Site Management to set safety standards
• Carrying out risk assessments and identifying hazards
• Carrying out Safety Inspections and reporting to site management the corrective actions
• Ensuring preventive measures, hazard control and personal protective equipment are implemented, used, issued and procured
• Assisting to enforce Health and Safety Policies
• Maintaining the Occupational Health and Safety System, policies, procedures, manuals and arrange for awareness and training
• Assisting Site Management to improve all safety aspects of the project
• Recordkeeping of all safety related events
• Investigating and reporting of accidents and near misses
• Submitting of Monthly Statistics and supporting documentation

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with risk identification, evaluation and development of safe work procedures
• Conduct or have conducted a hazard analysis and take the necessary corrective action
• Ensure all accidents/incidents are properly recorded, reported and investigated
• Ensure Health and Safety Representatives conduct monthly inspections and submit the required reports
• Where it is not possible to remove any remaining hazard/s you are to inform employees thereof and what precautionary action is to be taken
• Assist with ensuring the appropriate restoration of areas affected by construction
• Detail mitigating measures required to be taken, and the procedures for their implementation to the Site Manager
• Maintain the reporting system to be undertaken during construction and ensure effective reporting to the SHEQ Manager on the deviations identified and required action to be taken
• Ensure EMPr compliance
• Ensure weekly and monthly Safety, Health and Environmental reports are submitted to the SHEQ Manager within the specified time frame
• Ensure the implementation of the Company’s System Procedures for Safety, Health and Environmental
• Ensure statistics are maintained and accurately recorded regarding accidents, injuries, man-hours, lost time, etc.
• Ensure training and awareness needs are identified and implemented
• Ensure that all inspection registers are kept up to date and conduct daily inspections on all activities
• Participate in the identification of the hazards and risks relevant to the project through regular coordinated site inspections
• Establish and maintain health and safety communication structures and systems and the distribution of health and safety specific documents to sub-contractors and employees
• Conduct site company inductions
• Oversee the reporting and investigation of project related incidents
• Manage reporting of non-compliance issues and take appropriate corrective and preventative action
• Assist with the electronic maintaining of all documents
• Review and update the Health and Safety Plan
• Compile and conduct toolbox talks
• Arrange all required medicals for the lifespan of the Project
• Maintain competency and legal information

Minimum requirements 

Qualifications:

• SAMTRAC or National Diploma in Health and Safety Management
• Incident Investigation
• Working at Heights
• Basic Rescue
• Fall Protection Planning
• Hazchem Handling
• Emergency Co-ordinator
• First Aid Level 2

Skills & Experience:

• 5 Years relevant experience
• Site operations and management exposure
• Construction environment
• High job demand in tight turnaround time requirement
• Highly developed organisational skills
• Risk Management
• Disaster recovery and contingency planning