Safety & Sustainable Development Co-Ordinator at De Beers Group

Job Description:

The role is responsible for leading and supporting implementation and coordinating the Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental policies, management plans, standards and systems at all In-Ports sites. The role also ensures implementation, co-ordination and maintenance of Group Standards and is responsible for overseeing incident investigations. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Proactively identifies immediate environmental risks and opportunities in own area and applies knowledge to suggest solutions 
• Develop plans for auditing of Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental performance at In-Ports sites, emergency response and Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental related training 
• Creates and embeds solutions to positively impact safety, minimise future risk and encourage individual accountability 
• Co-ordinate and participate in Risk Assessments for the In-Ports operations. 
• Lead / Participate in relevant incident investigations.  
• Report on all incidents externally and internally. Track, monitor, investigate and analyse Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental statistics and other information to ensure risk areas are identified 
• Proactively addresses health risks in own area and promotes key health management activities.  
• Understands activities that encourage health and wellbeing within the company and communities 
• Applies tools and techniques to identify the key factors that contribute to risk and harm.  
• Empowers line management to contribute to risk management 
• Manage and supports the line on implementing Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Policies and standards and oversee the development and implementation of Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental improvement plans 

Applies project management techniques to effectively manage project activities 

• Gathers accurate performance data and promotes the value of effective reporting and data management systems. 
• Ensures effective monitoring of performance data within own area Challenges and escalates issues to ensure accurate data collection. 
• Applies data analysis to identify opportunities for improvement 
• Implement Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental reporting requirements. 
• Monitor and report on Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental performance to the In Port management team, S&SD Leads and the business unit 

Understands key operational processes and the impact of S/H/E practices on mining production 

• Ensure legal compliance in terms of Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Management is maintained. 
• Comply with OHSAS requirements as required for role. 
• Ensures adherence to the company's policies, procedures and programmes :

Qualifications:

• Degree or Diploma or similar in Safety/ Risk Management

Additional Courses (Preferred)

• Contractor Management, Risk Assessments and Incident Investigation
• OHSAS 45001 certificate 
• ISO14001 / Environmental Management Training 

Experience (Essential):  

• 5 years’ experience in Heavy Engineering or related fields 
• 2 years’ experience in contractor management and legal compliance auditing (safety)