Safety Officer, Contractor Management at Exxaro Resources

PURPOSE:

• To assume duties and responsibilities of a safety officer in terms of regulation 2.19.1 of Mine Health and Safety Act.
• To coordinate and implement legal requirements and safety initiatives.
• To conduct and facilitate incident investigations.

Minimum Requirements    
QUALIFICATIONS:

• N Dip: Safety Management (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate First Line Management (Essential/Minimum)
• B Tech (Relevant) (Recommended/Desirable)

EXPERIENCE: 

• 3-5 years Relevant safety operations within a heavy industry, mining and production environment (Essential/Minimum) Operational

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted by Exxaro)
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted by Exxaro)
• MHS Act Reg 2.17.1 (Safety Officer) (Essential/Minimum)

Duties & Responsibilities    
Compliance, Governance and Assurance    

• Adhere to relevant legislation and Business Unit (BU) requirements
• Manage risk by assessing liabilities, reporting and monitoring standards and attending to problems
• Create awareness, conduct Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) interventions and address unsafe practices in timeous manner
• Implement and maintain an audit structure
• Conduct internal and external safety and environmental audits
• Compile statistical and legal monthly reports
• Ensure adherence to International Organisational Standards (ISO)/Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) requirements (Management of Change)

Customer and Client Relationship Management    

• Maintain good relationships with customers
• Understand customer needs and provide solutions
• Respond to customer queries as per Service Level Agreements (SLA’s)
• Address all customer complaints as per service management policies and guidelines
• Continuously endeavour to improve service delivery
• Ensure customer satisfaction is maintained within the service management targets
• Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) Representative empowerment (mentoring and coaching)
• Influence BU safety culture through Visible Felt Leadership (VFL)

SHEC Operations    

• Effective contractor management in terms of quality assurance
• Input into SHE induction material and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) requirements
• Coach internal staff as per corporate programmes
• Facilitate and monitor compliance in terms of training requirements
• Provide an expert advisory service to line and Head, SHE and present statistical findings and performance
• Chair relevant SHE Representative meetings, when required
• Facilitate HIRA process
• Conduct inspections as per legislation
• Incident investigation process as per Chief Safety Officer instruction
• Assist in the evaluation of discipline-specific standards, principles and practice to enable planning, design and implementation of safe outcomes that support business strategy
• Provide specialist safety training and support, as per legislative requirements
• Ensure effective management of sphere of control in terms of geographical area
• Effectively manage interdepartmental relationships
• Timeous closure of Department of Mineral Resources and Department of Labour directives, governance regarding Business Unit non-conformance
• Facilitating incident investigations outside of sphere of control/responsibility

Safe and Healthy Work Environment    

• Adhere to all health/safety practices and promote good housekeeping on an ongoing basis
• Appointment under section 74 and regulation 2.17.1 of the Mine Health and Safety Act