Safety Advisor at Anglo American

Job Description:

• As Safety Advisor you will provide services as required and your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

Safety, Health and Environment

• Consistently apply safety and health principles in all site interactions within and beyond the site Supervisor's area of work
• Identify specific risks within the working area and adhere to discipline-specific plans/systems to avoid these risks

Performance and Delivery

• Develop and support shutdown procedures, standards, and management systems to ensure risks are effectively identified and managed appropriately
• Ensure that safety systems are developed, embedded, and maintained in all shutdown activities
• Provide expert safety advice to managers and supervisors (including contractors) regarding safety matters
• Legal compliance governance and assurance that legal safety inspections are conducted
• Oversee the work of all appointed Safety Officers
• Analyse safety trends and initiate preventative measures to address concerning trends
• Interpretation and application of the relevant safety-related legislation, regulations, and standards
• Continuous effectiveness monitoring of safety systems
• Work with discipline heads and other stakeholders to ensure that all safety risks across all shutdown functions are appropriately addressed

Conduct regular compliance audits

• Monitoring leading indicator trends to initiate action to prevent incidents
• Ensure visible and effective safety KPI reporting are available

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with external and internal governance requirements
• This role is in the SHEPS & Contractor Management at a Band 6 level reporting to the Section Manager Safety Engineering.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Diploma (NQF 6) in Safety Management with competency requirements as per MHSA OHSAS 18001 audit training
• Advanced Diploma/ BTech related qualification (preferred)
• SA Drivers License Code B

Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in safety management.
• Understanding of the key drivers and interdependence of the value chain within the discipline.
• Awareness of new technologies and their impact on operational activities.
• Knowledge of business acumen and commercial drivers affecting site performance.
• Familiarity with basic financial metrics and budgeting tools.
• Proficiency in computer literacy (MS Office, i.e. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Understand risk management techniques and critical controls.
• Familiarity with project management fundamentals.
• Knowledge of auditing procedures.
• Familiarity with safety systems and protocols.
• Awareness of safety, health, and environmental legislative, statutory, and regulatory requirements.