SHE Officer at Unique Personnel

Job Purpose:  

• To act as the representative of SHE Policies, Procedures, Standards, Work instructions, SOP/SWPs and ambassador on each work shift and render excellent SHE services to all employees for the duration of your respective shift. The go-to person for SHE on the shift.

Key Performance Areas

• Business Protection (20%)
• Health & Safety Management (20%)
• Environmental Management (25%)
• Energy Management (10%)
• Risk Management (10%)
• People Management 0%)
• Other (5%)

Key Performance areas:

Business Protection:

• Maintain and drive compliance with current regulatory, ISO and Legal Compliance Audit Requirements for all company sites.

Health & Safety Management;

• Provide a comprehensive SHEE consulting service and advice to the manufacturing plants in consultation with the SHEEQ
• Participate, Investigate and report on incidents in the workplace and devise and implement strategies for preventative measures 
• Conduct regular HIRA (Hazard Identification & Risk Assessments) and take actions to Eliminate, as well as environmental aspects and impact assessments and update SWP’s and SOP’s; set up regular meetings to close-out such findings towards continuous improvement.
• Assist with annual SHEE induction on all employees and do incidental SHEE Induction throughout the year/ as well as training of employees.
• Compile and participate in new safety programs to continuously improve the SHEE standard and culture of all areas.
• Practice safe working techniques and implement such via safety bulletins, toolbox talks, etc.
• Implement and maintain health and safety standards on a continuous basis to reduce the likelihood of incidents
• Set an example by maintaining and enforcing compliance with all safety regulations.
• Standardize health and safety in order to remain consistent.
• Compile and maintain all relevant compliance registers to ensure compliance.
• Perform regularly inspection of equipment in line with HSE, e.g. ladders, racks, forklifts, PPE, machinery,  equipment, facilities, tools, etc and take precautionary measures to eliminate injury.( Daily, Weekly, Fortnightly and Monthly inspections.)
• Request, enforcement, and inspection of contactor Health and Safety Files readiness and drive compliance.
• Issuing of work permits to staff and contractors.

Environmental Management:

• Ensuring that the processes needed for the Environment Management System are implemented and maintained as per legislation and in accordance with ISO

Energy Management:

• Support the plant energy efficient plan to continuously reduce the overall consumption of energy.

Risk Management:

• Compliance with current legislation, standards, and Legal Requirements
• Ensure risk assessment for all departments are validated as part of the planned monthly HSE inspections / walkabouts.
• Ensure Risk Assessments for all contractor jobs are reviewed and complied with before commencement of actual work

People Management/Support:

• Support people management initiatives to facilitate the readiness of information, storage, meeting SHEEQ deadlines, consolidating training

Inherent Requirements    
Minimum Qualifications:

• Grade 12 Certificate
• National Diploma in Safety Management (preferable) or equivalent and / or at least SAMTRAC
• OHS Act, ISO, Environmental, Noise & Energy– knowledge of requirements
• Knowledge of all relevant safety systems and procedures

Advantageous:

• Tertiary studies in SHE field, i.e.  Safety Management or Environmental  or equivalent
• OHS Act, ISO, Environmental, Noise & Energy related training or work experience

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years work experience in a manufacturing or related field.

Advantageous:

• Previous working experience in a battery manufacturing facility 

Technical Competencies:

• Knowledge of OHSAct
• ISO 9001/14001/45001 System Knowledge (preferably)
• Qualifications in ISO 9001/14001/45001 (advantageous)
• National Regulations and ByLaws – working knowledge (advantageous)

Skills/Attributes/Abilities:

• Computer Literate – MS Office at least
• Able to work under pressure
• Organising skills
• Team player
• Hard working, ability to think and be innovative; with ideas generation
• Work effective without supervision
• Drive for results
• Working with all types of people / attitudes