Safety Officer (Hay Level 13/C2) ( Internal & External ) needed at NECSA

Key Performance Areas

• Provide health and safety advice to line management and their personnel.
• Assist line management in ensuring compliance to the SHEQ system w.r.t. Occupational Hygiene and Industrial Safety.
• Report Industrial Safety and Occupational Hygiene matters to management, senior Safety Officer and other relevant stakeholders.
• Assist to develop, implement and monitor safety control measures and tools to prevent safety risks and hazards in the workplace
• Participate and approve Risk Assessments. Observe all high-risk activities and stop all unsafe acts and conditions.
• Present training on facility conventional safety programme (e.g. procedures, forms, templates and registers.
• Assist in the evaluation and selection of suitable contractor(s) based on their competencies, knowledge and resources to carryout project work or construction work safely.
• Assist in the preparation of contract documentation related to construction health and safety requirements (e.g. Section 37(1) Agreements).
• Facilitate on site audits and inspections for both internal and external audits and maintain ISO Management systems.
• Monitor and develop trend incidents of safety, air and water Pollution via monthly reports.
• Evaluate contractor(s) health and safety plans to ensure compliance to Necsa standard health and safety specification.
• Invigilate activities of the contractor and ensure that means of controls exist between the client and contractors to stop any work that endangers or has the potential to endanger contactor(s) workers.
• Maintain Major Hazard Installation- implementation and monitoring for all plants.
• Execute measures in place to achieve a Disabling Incident Injury Rate (DIIR) and Total Injury Rate (TIR) to be below the target.
• Building Emergency Plans- Approve emergency plans and maintain plans for all buildings according to SHEQ-INS procedures and requirements.
• Emergency Planning and Preparedness- Plan execute and observe emergency exercises.
• Maintaining a register of accidents and injuries and provide an analysis on a monthly basis and participate in all incident investigations.
• Assist in the review all construction SHEQ-INS documents as subject matter specialist as and when the review dates are due.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Minimum Qualifications:

• National Diploma in Safety Management or equivalent.
• Professional registration (e.g. Construction Health and Safety Officer) will be an added advantage.

Minimum Experience:

• At least three (3) years in the implementation of SHEQ systems.
• The following would be advantageous:
• Formal safety management courses such as SAMTRAC and/or Occupational, Hygiene certificate; and
• Knowledge of quality management software.