Safety Officer - Khumani King at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Qualifications

• Diploma (Safety Management or equivalent)                                                                 

Experience

Essential Working Experince: 

• 3 years’ demonstrated experience in a Mining environment
• 2 years’ demonstrated experience in General Administration
• 2 years’ demonstrated experience in risk management and compliance

Job Related Skills: 

• Sound knowledge of applicable legislations such as; Explosives Act, OHS Act
• Mine Health and Safety Act.
• Extensive knowledge of SHERQ
• Excellent working knowledge of National and/or International Legislation (Employee/Employment Laws)
• Project Management
• Knowledge of Business Administration

Duties

Risk Mitigation and Reporting:

• Perform routine safety, health, environmental and quality inspections
• Identify and eliminate/minimise exposure to potential hazards
• Ensure that notice boards are correct / up to date and communicated to employees
• Identify and report on any non-conformances
• Report and follow up any unusual situation or condition
• Audit work areas and ensure house-keeping practises are implemented and adhered to
• Report, verify and co-ordinate the site statistical information
• Facilitate evaluation of the tasks identified for the purpose of determining critical tasks.
• Follow up on the implementation of the risk control measures and update action sheet accordingly.
• Monitor and trend analysis of identified key performance areas
• Conduct and capture all misfire investigations

Implemented SHERQ Policies and Procedures:

• Ensure that all the requirements of the mine health and safety act, OHS act, and statutory requirements are met on sites
• Ensure that staff working at the sites meet all the statutory, legal and BME SHERQ requirements
• Ensure that inspections are carried out so that risks are identified and that the necessary risk management is conducted
• Ensure that prescribed audits are conducted and that the recommendations are acted upon
• Ensure that the necessary incident investigation takes place
• Ensure that required staff training take place
• Conduct internal site SHERQ audits

SHERQ Documentation:

• Facilitate compilation and compliance to all standard operating procedures (sop’s).
• Ensure that the necessary documentation and administration of health and safety matters are accurate and up to date.
• Maintain and update electronic information systems
• Manage Sign off on all register files - monthly

Core Delivereables: 

• Ensure that regulatory processes and process changes are followed and updated and recorded
• Assess and monitor Safety Rep inspections
• Ensure Red file is updated at all times
• Capture and action all safety inspections and PTOs on client system

Operations enhanced SHERQ internal and external stakeholder relations:

• Action and communicate risk control measures.
• To build effective relationships with relevant external stakeholders to deliver on the mandate of the role
• Assist and provide full support to the site management with all SHERQ related problems.
• Ensures adherence to SHERQ requirements by all employees on site
• Cultivates a quality management culture on site
• Oversees the quality of products in line with statutory and company standards
• Communicate with the SHERQ manager with regards to all amendments and changes to processes and risk issues

Housekeeping: 

• Cultivates a culture among staff of neatness, cleanliness, and orderliness in line with sheq requirements
• Ensures that first-line supervision conduct regular inspections of sites, vehicles and equipment and that they ensure that standards are
• maintained
• Monitor safe usage of PPE
• Action deviations identified and communicate for the purpose of corrective action.
• Follow up on corrective action and update action sheet accordingly.
• Lead safety talks on sites

Job Competencies

• Conflict Management
• Customer Focus
• Timely Decision Making
• Functional Technical Skills
• Developing Direct Reports and Others
• Innovation Management
• Meeting Deadlines
• Motivating Others
• Problem Solving
• Drive for Results

Role impacts:

• Legal Compliance
• Cost control
• Client satisfaction
• Stakeholder satisfaction (internal and external customers)