Safety Officer Re-advertisement - Hay Level 12 (Internal & External Advert) at NECSA

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Process Management

• Provide health and safety advice to line management and their personnel.
• Assist line management in ensuring compliance to the SHEQ system w.r.t. Occupational Hygiene and Industrial Safety
• Report Industrial Safety and Occupational Hygiene matters to management, senior Safety Officer and other relevant stakeholders.
• Assist the line management in the implementation of an Industrial Safety programme and compliance to the SHEQ system
• Provide input in the compilation of reports on the status and effectiveness of the Industrial Safety and Occupational Hygiene programme
• Present training on facility conventional safety programme (e.g. procedures, forms, templates and registers
• Assist in the management and chairing of Safety Committee meetings

Process Implementation 

• Perform on-the-job safety evaluation of projects, processes and procedures in order to identify, control and protect against hazards.
• Invigilate activities in the facilities to ensure safe operation
• Prescribe and control protective measures required on work permits and in work instructions (Written Safe Work Procedures and Safe Work Method Statements) for routine and low risk tasks.
• Assist line management with incident investigations
• Prescription of appropriate personal protective equipment and ensure that such equipment is provided and used correctly.

Process Management and Implementation (Specialization)

• Assist in the evaluation and selection of suitable contractor(s) based on their competencies, knowledge and resources to carry-out project work or construction work safely
• Assist in the preparation of contract documentation related to construction health and safety requirements (e.g. Section 37(1) Agreements).
• Evaluate contractor(s) health and safety plans to ensure compliance to Necsa standard health and safety specification.
• Invigilate activities of the contractor and ensure that means of controls exist between the client and contractors to stop any work that endangers or has the potential to endanger contactor(s) workers.
• Assist in the review all construction SHEQ-INS documents as subject matter specialist as and when the review dates are due.

Audits (Internal and External)

• Prepare for and attend inspections/audits (SHEQ, SABS, NNR etc)
• Close inspection/audit findings w.r.t conventional safety
• Assist line management with statutory and regulatory surveys, inspections and audits.
• Conduct internal audits on the implementation of the industrial safety programme. Carry-out SHEQ inspection and audits on a contraction site(s) to ensure compliance with Necsa SHEQ requirements.

Requirements

• Diploma in Safety Management or equivalent. Professional registration (e.g. Construction Health and Safety Officer) will be an added advantage.
• At least 3 years in the implementation of SHEQ systems.

The following would be advantageous:

• Formal safety management courses such as SAMTRAC and/or Occupational Hygiene certificate.
• Knowledge of quality management software.