Roles & Responsibilities
- Promote occupational health and safety within his organization and develop safer and healthier ways of working.
- Make sure that the organization is aware of, and complies with, all legislation in relation to the use of its plant, equipment, and substances, as well as in all workplace activities.
- Participate in Safety & Environmental Audits and manage site safety management systems.
- Ensure that all Non-conformances are closed quickly and effectively.
- Work areas Inspected (routine and planned) develop action tracker and update the section head.
- Ensure that company safety and environmental policies are adhered to
- Attend to safety issues from Safety representatives.
- Ensure that all new employees and contractors are inducted, and records are retained.
- Develop Training matrix and training needs and come up with training schedules
- Cascade Learning from Incidents, best practices, drive consistency and standardize Safety & Environmental practices in Development Teams according to Hitachi’s Safety standards.
- Ensure that Safety related communication is communicated and regularly and filed accordingly
- Make weekly & monthly reports on Safety & Environmental indicators.
Risk Assessment
- Maintain and update the hazards identification and risk assessments records.
- Ensure that the controls in place are coherent, necessary and sufficient.
Operational control, certification & training
- Promote JHA for non-routine activities and ensure they are understood and applied.
- Identify risks for each step of those non-routine activities.
- Ensure SOP are done for routine activities and that they are created with the assistance of the technical team.
- Participate in the periodical SOPs review.
- Train and sensitize all personnel on various SOPs.
- Ensure the execution of weekly inspections.
- Make weekly & monthly reports on Safety & Environmental indicators.
Incidents, accidents, non-conformity
- Report incidents / accidents and non-compliance
- Participate in investigations following accidents, incidents & propose corrective and preventive actions.
Qualifications & Experience
- Grade 12 Certificate.
- Minimum of Diploma in a Safety related field
- Advanced Diploma or Degree will be an added advantage.
- Minimum experience of 3 years in Mining/Factory/Industrial environment.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Member of the relevant professional body.
Job Specific Competencies
- Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
- ISO 45001:2018 & ISO 14001:2015
- Incident Cause Analysis Method (ICAM)
- Computer literacy (MS Office)
- Team player
- People Management Skills
- Communication & Listening Skill
