Principal VOHE Engineer at Seriti Solutions

The role: 

• The role is responsible to ensure legal and best practice compliance to ventilation and occupational hygiene standards, through maintenance of engineering solutions, in underground, opencast, surface plant and general surface areas and giving guidance and assurance to operations. Solutions must be based on relevant occupational exposure standards to eliminate or minimise potential health risks and catastrophic events.  

Responsibilities will include but not limited to: 

• Ensure that VOHE legal requirements, standards and policies are adhered according to legal Ventilation, Occupational Hygiene & Codes of Practices.   
• Interpret and communicate changes to legislation and policies to ensure legal compliance as well as proactively advise management on the identification of risks and develop mitigation plans. 
• Contributes to research, identify, and implement best practices, technologies with in the VOHE risk management.  
• Develop Policies and Procedures in accordance with Seriti requirements.  
• Develop systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of the MHSA - Section 9. 11. 12.13.14. and Regulations Chapter 5. 16. 21.22 & 23 by conducting inspections, audits, and reports.   
• To monitoring, reviewing ensuring compliance and enable proper implementation of health measures to eliminate, control and minimise the risk health and safety in the operations.   
• Review required by Section 11(4) of the MHSA, should be reviewed, and updated after every altered circumstance or if significant changes are introduced to procedures, mining, and ventilation layouts.  
• Advices or supports ventilation engineering process for the operations. 
• Identifies, reports and advise on key ventilation and occupational hygiene risks, opportunities and trends and impact thereof on the operations/projects.  
• Act as the internal Seriti technical expert on Occupational Hygiene issues.   
• Conduct Ventilation and Occupational Hygiene trend analysis, incident investigations, report, and document findings.  
• Provides oversight and assurance on group governance.  
• Compile, monitor and control the Functional VOHE budget so that spending is in line with Seriti requirements.   

Requirements: 

• B Tech, B Sc, B Eng orNational Diploma / Degree with Chamber of Mines Certificate in Mine Environmental Control - MEC  
• 7 Years experience in the mining / engineering field with a minimum of 3 years as VOHE Superintendent with relevant and comprehensive Occupational Hygiene experience 
• Data analysis skills and in-depth knowledge of all relevant legislation pertaining to MHSA  
• Management Development Programme (MDP) or equivalent 
• Proficiency in Ventsim Design and Simulation Software  
• Project Management  
• Coaching and Mentoring  
• Valid driver’s license 
• In possession or able to obtain a valid Certificate of Fitness

Advantageous: 

• Registration with the South African Institute of Occupational Hygiene – SAIOH