HSE Officer – Umhlanga at IFS International Facilities Services

Key Purpose and Responsibilities:

• To coordinate and implement all site-based health, safety, and environmental (HSE) programmes and standards.
• To provide technical direction on all HSE decisions.
• To evaluate the work environment and ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• To inspect the environmental impact of all operations and advise on best methods to reduce safety, health and environmental hazards.
• Ensure compliance with the Health and Safety Legislation, regulations and Company standards, including environmental requirements, food safety and occupational health and safety.
• Emergency Preparedness: Ensuring that fire prevention and emergency procedures are formulated and implemented.
• Risk Management: Conduct work place and job specific hazard analysis to identify potential safety, health and environmental (HSE) hazards; determine the risks associated with these hazards; and develop and implement appropriate risk control measures.Evaluate the effectiveness of risk control measures and recommend changes.
• HSE Systems Coordination: Coordinate the development, implementation and management of a standardised and integrated HSE management system.
• Incident Investigation: Conduct post incident investigations in order to identify root causes and determine appropriate preventative and corrective action. Drive continual improvement in HSE performance by regularly monitoring site activities and assessing the implications of any new developments..

Required Knowledge and Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in health and safety, environmental practices or related field.

Relevant accreditation/ certification in safety practices.

• 6 years’ experience in an HSE related role:
•  Legislative and regulatory environment
•  Safety regulations and standards
•  Environmental health systems and guidelines
•  Workplace inspection methods
•  HSE training practices