Job Opportunities at Anglo American

Job Description

As Senior Occupational Hygiene Technologist your responsibilities will include:

• Performing occupational health risk assessments (under guidance of the appointed Occupational Hygienist) and recommend on controls for risk mitigation.
• Conduct surveys of workplaces with potential occupational health hazards in the form of chemical hazards, physical hazards, ergonomic hazards, biological hazards or psychological hazards.
• Evaluate and quantify the levels of the different hazards present by making use of specialized equipment and instrumentation.
• Organize the taking of samples for water and airborne pollutants, noise and thermal stressors. And identify risks and controls in the public health and occupational hygiene monitoring programmes.
• To analyse findings correctly and to compare findings to recognized national as well as international standards where available.
• Study in depth occupational hygiene impacts. Formulate and submit recommendations for the correction of hazardous exposures through the correct application of the hierarchy of controls, improved housekeeping, and substitution of hazardous substances with less hazardous substances, isolation of processes, which are the sources of hazardous substances and as a last possible resort, providing PPE.
• Assist in regularly communicating progress of Operation against occupational hygiene targets and objectives via a design communication, supervisory and management forum to all concerned.
• Implement and maintain applicable occupational hygiene Regulations, Acts, Codes of practice and standards.
• Encourage co-operation and teamwork between maintenance and production personnel regarding occupational hygiene matters.
• Implement and maintain applicable occupational hygiene Regulations, Acts, Codes of practice and standards.
• Liaise with Risk Management team and Occupational Hygienist for Operation risk assessment.

This role is in the Project and SHE - Health OPS department at a Band 7 level reporting to the Occupational Hygienis

Qualifications

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Degree or Diploma in Occupational Hygiene, Environmental Health or equivalent or,
• At least three subjects completed of the Chamber of Mines Certificate in Mine Environmental Control. (A Completed Chamber of Mines Certificate in Mine Environmental Control will be advantageous.)
• Registered as an associate with the Mine Ventilation Society and/or registered with the Southern African Institute for Occupational Hygiene [SAIOH] on an Occupational Hygiene Technologist Level
• Occupational Hygiene Legal knowledge will be advantageous.

Experience

• At least 5 years of Occupational Hygiene experience in a mining and/or processing environment

Knowledge And Skills

• Computer literate, with specific reference to the MS Office Suite (MS Excel, Power Point and Word)
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• A valid drivers licence

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Job Description

Your responsibilities will include:

• To Implement and execute operationally against the integrated risk management framework operational risk management processes, systems, standards and procedures.
• To implement and coordinate the implementation of ORM to all aspects of the operational risk profile.
• To report, monitor and track operational risk performance to role holders and operational management leaders.
• To Advise the operation on required skills development to enhance the skills and competencies of employees and contractors to achieve excellence in operational risk management.
• To Provide risk based operational input to operation to ensure management of material risks, audit results and learning from incidents at real working conditions.
• To Support required integration of operational risk management into the leading operational practices and programs such as Operating model, incident investigation and assurance practices.

This role is in the Operational Risk Management department and will report to the Operational Risk Coordinator

Qualifications

• Essential requirement educated to a minimum of a national diploma level in a relevant discipline or equivalent (such as science, engineering or other related careers)
• Preferable requirement: Courses in management systems (9001, 14001,45001) risk qualification and audit qualification

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years relevant operational mining, processing, and engineering related experience
• An understanding of the operational aspects associated with mining and mineral processing operations
• Demonstrated understanding of risk management within a technical environment
• Knowledge and experience with risk assessment techniques such as JRA, WRAC, Bow-tie Analysis, HAZOP/HAZAN and other industry recognised techniques and tools.
• Track record of interfacing with and influencing colleagues and coordinating disciplines relevant to risk management.
• Strong facilitation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Translate recommendation into tangible operational outcomes
• Collaborative, excellent communication skills, proactive teamwork, orderly work assertive negotiation, conflict solving, influence and persuasion in decision-making
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail
• Computer literacy
• Valid driving license- code 08
• Medical Fitness