Manager: Occupational Hygiene Management at Transnet

Position Purpose

• Responsible for the design and development of risk based and proactive preventative and solution driven Occupational Hygiene programs for comprehensive occupational hygiene stressors in Transnet.
• Lead the development, implementation, management, and maintain effective policies, procedures, guidelines, programmes and ensure the provision of high-quality Occupational Hygiene service.
• Oversee the end-to-end implementation of Occupational Hygiene, research and development, training and human factors programs (Ergonomics), whilst providing direction and support to the Operating Divisions and Specialist Units.
• Lead the development and implementation of occupational hygiene management programme for cost effective occupational hygiene risk exposure management and comprehensive compliance risk exposure.
• Lead the implementation, monitoring and oversight of the Transnet Approved Inspection Authority (AIA).
• Drive organisational health and safety culture of hygiene exposure prevention and promote occupational hygiene, research and development and ergonomics practices with distinct focus in dominant hygiene stressors like Asbestos, Hazardous chemical agents, Hazardous biological agents, Noise, Radiation, Ergonomics, Thermal stress (Cold and heat stress), illumination, Lead and Ergonomics.

Position Outputs
PORTFOLIO LEADERSHIP

• Serves a head of Occupational Hygiene function at a Group level.
• Development and implementation of occupational hygiene programs and oversee the cascade thereof to the OD level.
• Oversee the effectiveness and relevance of occupational hygiene program, procedures, process, and initiatives. Facilitate and lead Occupational Hygiene Forums to cascade and share knowledge and learning of Occupational Hygiene matters.
• Establish interfaces and maintain integration with relevant stakeholders (internal and external) such as the Department of Employment and Labour, SANAS, SAIOH and others; to integrate Occupational Hygiene offerings into, Employee Value Proposition Strategy (EVP), Compliance with professional bodies and alignment with best practices.
• Manage the occupational hygiene and ergonomics service providers (Transversal Contracts) at Group level, by managing the SLA as well as contract performance and expenditure.
• Drive the compliance and awareness of the Occupational Health policy, strategy, and procedures of the organisation. Develop and implement control frameworks to ensure compliance.
• Facilitate the integration of the occupational hygiene, research and development, training and human factors programs with the Culture and Change function and provide a change expertise on all the Group-driven occupational hygiene projects.
• Establish the occupational hygiene research and development to review best practices locally and internationally to all occupational hygiene, research and development and human factors programs by constantly scanning the environment to improve requisite services at Transnet.
• Establish corporate occupational hygiene, human factors, and research and development performance measures, and evaluate progress on programs and initiatives reporting to various statutory forums for adoption as organizational position.
• Lead the design, development, implementation and communication on Health, strategy, procedures, and framework at Transnet.
• Develop and implement effective monitoring and evaluation systems and process across all OD’s.
• Ensure transversal alignment of the occupational hygiene function through the implementation of integrated and consistent Occupational Hygiene Management processes.

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT

• Promote alliances and partnerships with specialised knowledge areas to enhance execution of Projects and Programmes. Responsible for ensuring delivery of Occupational Hygiene Programmes and Projects within defined budget and schedule. Champion, elevate and promote the prevention of workplace stressors, ensuring that adopted policies and procedures enhance workplace hygiene standards. Lead the implementation of Training and Awareness programs Transnet wide. Conduction regular performance review of KPIs and expenditure on projects and programs.
• Promote and supporting the design and roll-out of Group wide Occupational Hygiene initiatives. Contribute to the development of annual plans, budgets and support the roll-out of Group Safety, Occupational Health and Wellness programmes. Oversee the effective provision and integration of occupational hygiene data to occupational medicine to enable the development of employees’ occupational risk exposure profile (OREP) to inform the risk-based medical surveillance program. Identify and facilitate the acquisition of all resources required for successful Programme implementation.

SUPPORT AND DIRECT THE TRANSNET APPROVED INSPECTION AUTHORITY (AIA)

• Provide strategic vision, leadership, and guidance to the AIA to harness the value proposition to the entire Transnet. 
• Establish an efficient and effective AIA strategy to achieve the following business imperatives: o To develop proactive incidents and emergency response management for occupational hygiene related challenges such as uncontrolled release of toxic chemicals, smoke, asbestos, temperature extremes and natural disaster negatively impacting Transnet operations. o Enhancing occupational hygiene and the AIA and establishing them as a business priority within the organization. o Lead and guide the establishment and maintenance of the AIA function with appropriate and required resources to enable the provision of strategic direction and effective occupational hygiene management within Transnet.

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE

• Develop and implement the governance framework on all Occupational Hygiene programmes and interventions, to enable compliance to regulatory requirements, internal Policies, Standards and to promote good governance. 
• Monitor risk metrics; Identify, manage emerging compliance issues, and recommend responses to trends and gap issues. 
• Assurance on quality, risk mitigation and compliance 
• Advisory on the compliant application of Policies, Procedures and Practices. 
• Provide assurance, ownership, and custodianship on internally and externally focused Occupational Hygiene programmes and governance matters impacting on Quality Management standards and systems. 
• Identify, manage and escalate non-compliance issues and recommend appropriate mitigation. 
• Report on risk management and compliance to the relevant governance committees.

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE COMMUNICATION

• Drive the occupational hygiene and human factors communication strategy through corporate affairs, communicate hygiene quarterly themes, advise on hygiene content development. Conduct benchmarking relevant policies and practices with similar organisation including desktop exercises. 
• Keep Management and Employees of Transnet informed on critical issues pertaining to occupational hygiene issues and drive knowledge, awareness, and learning. 
• Monitor and evaluate the performance and compliance to occupational hygiene policies, procedures, and guidelines.

STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS MANAGEMENT

• Proactively engage all key stakeholders on an ongoing basis and build trusted and valuable partnerships to establish sound relationships. 
• Team up with and build solid relationships with key stakeholders and other functional areas to enable insight, understanding and effective functioning.

Qualifications and Experience

• An Honors Degree (NQF 8) in Occupational Hygiene, Environmental Health (with focus on Occupational Hygiene) is required.
• A Master’s (NQF 9) in occupational Hygiene/public health/ occupational health is desirable/will be an added advantage.
• A postgraduate certificate or degree in Ergonomics will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of 8 – 10 years’ relevant experience as a manager for occupational hygiene, of which at least 3 – 4 years at a management level.
• Legal knowledge certificate in Occupational Hygiene.
• Be registered with the Southern African Institute for Occupational Hygiene (SAIOH) as an Occupational Hygienist.
• Requirement of trust and honesty in the handling of Finances as per the National Credit Act Amendment 19.

Competencies

• Sound knowledge of Occupational Health & Safety Act and Regulations. 
• Must be conversant with SANAS requirements for the accreditation of occupational hygiene inspection bodies 
• Have an in-depth knowledge of the quality management system implemented within the inspection body–SANS 17020. 
• Sound knowledge and experience in policy development. 
• Sound knowledge and Experience in Programme and Project Management. 
• Conversant with Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 and its Requisite Regulations. 
• Strategy & Sustainability 
• Inspirational Leadership 
• Business Performance and Delivery 
• Relationship Management 
• Corporate Governance & Compliance 
• Personal Mastery.

The closing date is on 20/03/2026.