Safety and Health Specialist at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Overview    

• Develop, maintain and continuously improve the Health and Safety (H&S) systems for the site in line with legislative requirements. 

Qualifications    

• Matric (Maths and Science)
• B.Tech or B.Sc in relevant field such as Environmental Health Safety Management

Experience    

• 5 – 8 Years experience in a Chemical Industry

Duties    
Design, implement, maintain and improve H&S management systems:

• Design, drive implementation, maintenance and improvement of ISO 45000 management systems (Including ISO compliance)
• Ensure adherence to Omnia Group risk methodology and practices
• Validate and verify the correct specifications, protocols and standards are applied in the implementation of H&S management systems
• Assist in development and revision of Health and Safety related documentation and ensure implementation and compliance thereto across site
• Promote continuous improvement of H&S management systems and processes
• Align H&S management systems with holistic IMS for site
• Provide support and coaching to SHERQ team and customers

Lead Health & Safety Business Risks Assessment and review:

• Determine, identify and review H&S risks
• Determine and review H&S trends 
• Assess and review risk ratings
• Determine priorities and actions
• Maintain risks on IsoMetrix
• Provide support to line management and SHERQ team on Baselines, Issue Based and Continuous risk assessments

Conduct IMS internal audits:

• Planning and scheduling of bi-annual IMS audits
• Conduct audits in order to ensure integrity of systems maintained
• Ensure reports are issued and findings captured in IMS
• Ensure findings and actions are closed-out appropriately
• Report to management on status of findings and actions
• Participate and support on verification and external audits

Verify effectiveness of  action management system:

• Verify action management system effectiveness through follow up on actions close out effectiveness
• Provide oversight and coaching on IMS action management to line management and SHERQ team

Conduct investigations:

• Ensure that all events (incidents and non-conformances) are raised and reported
• Be proficient in leading investigations
• Facilitate investigations
• Ensure quality of investigations by standardizing on investigation methodology and ensuring root causes and controls are adequate to remediate
• Ensure investigation is captured in IsoMetrix
• Ensure investigation actions are managed
• Make use of other events (incident & NC-learnings) to find opportunities for improvement

System Analysis & Reporting:

• Ensure expansion of H&S electronic data reporting system and capabilities thereof
• Ensure all data is submitted timeously
• Analyze, trend and maintain operational H&S data

Support and communication:

• Attend and communicate SHR requirements within operational meetings as needed and agreed to
• Develop/Update and deliver SHR training and awareness programs, in the plant as well as classroom training
• Ensure H&S topics are developed and shared with plants to improve H&S awareness
• Lead departmental meetings and ensure compliance to the business meeting structures and communication strategies

SHE Improvement and support:

• Through analysis of data, create a risk profile of the operations
• Facilitate, review and implement of H&S management plans for the SHERQ team as well as the plants and  as needed to reduce operational risk and improve efficiency
• Ensure improvement plans are tracked and closed out as per due dates

Legal Compliance:

• Identify legal requirements relevant to the operations
• Ensure that inspections are done so as to identify legal noncompliance
• Collaborate with and assist the operational teams in solving legal noncompliances
• Follow up to ensure the legal noncompliances are resolved or escalated to higher levels for resolution

Job Competencies    

Knowledge 

• Familiar / Competent in Microsoft Office
• AX and SHERQ Electronic Systems

Core Behavioral Competencies  

• Decision making
• Teamwork
• Work standards
• Reliability
• Motivation of self and others
• Adaptability
• Problem-solving
• Integrity and trust
• Communication skills
• Planning and organisation
• Stress tolerance
• Initiative
• Building relationships

Functional / Technical Competency

• Coaching and Mentoring
• Facilitation
• Project Management
• Researching
• Effective Change Management
• Conflict Management
• Root-cause analysis
• Excellent Customer Service
• Cross-Functional Competency 

Collaboration

• Functional integration

Leadership Competency  

• Drive for Results
• Motivating Others