Safety Officer needed at Booyco Electronics

Main Purpose of the Job

• To assist the company in complying with current health and safety legislation and/or regulations with the objective of ensuring that all reasonable and proper measures are taken to protect the safety and health of staff.

Education, experience and competencies

• Diploma/Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (SHE related qualification/Degree)
• 1 – 2 years’ experience in safety management or safety auditing (preferably in the mining industry)
• Technically strong in the field of health, safety and environment (SHE), attention to detail, analytical and interpersonal
• Valid Driver’s License and willing to travel across South Africa.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel)

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal customers by professional conduct and service delivery that meets deadlines
• Proactively deal with SHE queries from customers to ensure that issues are resolved, and relationships strengthened
• Write and implement internal health, safety and environmental (SHE) policies/strategies
• Draw-up and implement SHE operational procedures
• Review all service procedures to ensure SHE practises are applied to all procedures.
• Develop mine safety files for each of the sites
• Undertake risk assessments to identify potential hazards to reduce risk.
• Plan safe working practices and making necessary changes
• Keep up to date and ensure compliance with current health and safety legislation
• Coordinate the training of personnel in areas of safety, including first aid, CPR, etc
• Investigate/record incidents, accidents, complaints and cases of ill health
• Arrange for Occupational Health and Safety evaluations of the workplace by external agencies
• Receive reports from and respond to orders issued by Department of Labour inspectors
• Coordinate the company’s emergency procedures and act as the company’s emergency on-site coordinator
• Write reports, bulletins and newsletters on safety
• Develop safe metrics and report monthly on performance
• Adhere to all company policies, rules and regulations in all activities
• Manage safety documents through the Quality Management system.
• Perform any reasonable ad hoc tasks and duties required by management