Safety Specialist – Contractor and Supplier Specialist needed at Astron Energy Ltd.

Develops and maintains OMS processes: Compliance with Occupational Health and Safety Act and Contractor Management System.

• Provides specialist safety advice and guidance and support across the organization including:
• Develop and implement OHS Compliance standards to align with OHS Act and Regulations.
• Monitor and ensure adherence to local regulatory requirements, organisational standards, policies and procedures in particular OHS Act and Construction Regulations.
• Plan and implement safety inspections and audits in line with the requirement for Safety Management System in accordance with ISO45001
• Provide support to incident investigations
• Assisting company in ensuring continued compliance with all current safety legislation and company standards.
• Convene and facilitate the Health and Safety Committees.
• Convene and facilitate the Site Safety meetings.
• Provision of dedicated or ad-hoc safety support as requested
• Providing support on setting health and safety objectives and targets
• Legislative awareness and compliance
• Technical guidance and assistance on company safety processes
• Champions Leadership Team OHSAct Audits

Act as Process Advisor for Contractor Management System within the Company by:

• Demonstrate visible leadership in Contractor Management
• Work with Element Owner to ensure efficient and effective implementation of Contractor Management System
• Conducts HES review on Contractor during tender phase and execution phase.
• Ensuring the process, procedures, roles & responsibilities are current, measured, reported and implemented
• Support Contract Owners during process execution – define and monitor appropriate process KPI’s / Targets
• Conducting annual assessment of process effectiveness and develop improvement plan as required
• Work with supply chain to ensure efficient Contractor Management System implementation across all key contracts.

Training

• Develops and conducts health and safety training programmes and material. Train Supervisors so they understand their role in the Occupational Health and Safety as well as train Contract Managers on their roles on Contractor Management System
• Steward and coach colleagues in all aspects of the execution of LPS in the Field. This includes the following:
• Conduct Field Observations (TSPA’s)
• Use and Re-enforce the use of Stop work Authority in the field
• Raise NLI/LI’s in ISOMETRIX
• Conduct Field LPO’s and addressing LPS findings ensuring questionable items are dealt with swiftly
• Reinforce the use of LPSA’s in the Field
• Address LPS findings immediately with relevant Stakeholders
• Be first Point of contact for Emergencies and Incidents
• Ensure First Aid Notifications are Sent out Timeously by providing required incident information
• Report and address (if possible) any Adverse/Unsafe conditions noted on-site (e.g. Environmental spills; unsafe steam leaks; etc.) to the Relevant Stakeholders or Departments for actioning
• Partake or/and Assist in Incident Investigations as and when required

Administration

• Capture safety related information on a daily basis, consolidate and report to Safety Team Lead on a weekly basis, discussing trends, themes and risks, and making recommendations for improvement / change.

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

• Diploma/BTech in Environmental Health/ Safety Management or equivalent

Work Experience:

• 5years and more years Operational Experience in Occupational Health and Safety or Compliance
• Experience in Construction Industry will be an added advantage

Knowledge and skills:

• Analytical thinking, Building partnerships
• Effective communication, Assertiveness
• Influencing, Self-motivated
• Trustworthiness, Goal/achievement orientated
• Has a strong sense of urgency in addressing Occupational Health and Safety related issues
• Strong Drive for Compliance
• Analysis, integration and reporting of data
• Occupational Health and Safety legislation
• Professionalism and ethics
• Stakeholder engagement
• Computer literacy (Microsoft and other relevant systems)

Application deadline:

14 December 2025