Safety Officer

Location: Maitland, Cape Town 

Salary: R40 200 CTC
Benefits: 

• Provident fund-benefit
• 13^th cheque benefit
• 15 days annual leave benefit

Formal Schooling / Degree:

• Grade 12 and Samtrac / Degree / Diploma in Safety Management or manufacturing/engineering-related field with extensive safety experience.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience in a manufacturing environment.

Languages:

• English.

JOB OBJECTIVES

• Implement and maintain programmes to ensure that The company complies with all relevant safety and environmental legislation and ISO45001.

• Inform management of all legal requirements.

• Implement and maintain awareness programmes related to health, safety, and environment.

• Conduct health, safety, and environment audits to ensure compliance with requirements, objectives, and standards.

• Conduct incident investigations.

• Ensure safety targets are met.

• Liaise with regulatory authorities (SAPS, DOL, DWAF, COCT, etc.).

MAIN TASKS / RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for all aspects relating to health, safety, and environment.

• Internal HSE audits.

• Creation and updating of relevant Safety Files.

• Generation, distribution, and filing of Safety Meeting Minutes and presentations.

• Generation of relevant reports (Annual, Monthly, Statistical, Incidents, Near Misses, etc.).

• Ensure legal compliance on SHE and all permits are kept up to date.

• Incident investigation (Root Cause Analysis).

• Site risk assessments and planned job observations.

• Advise on effectiveness of SHE Management System where relevant.

• Administration of all relevant documentation.

• Conducting of training (Staff, Contractors, Visitors).

• Maintenance of good housekeeping standards.

• Control, issuing, and ensure compliance of PPE.

• Writing and updating SHE procedures.

• Document control.

• Environmental control in accordance with legislation.

• Ensure education of first aiders on emergency preparedness.

• Advise management on any conditions experienced by employees that pose a risk to the business, environment, and employees.

• Ensure that all safety and risks are assessed, working in conjunction with the Occupational Health Practitioner.

• Drive continuous improvement of SHE conditions and system.

• Correspond with applicable government authorities, regulators, and service providers regarding SHE matters.

• Initiate and implement safety programmes, such as ergonomics.

• Ensure that occupational hygiene surveys (illumination, noise, ventilation, HCS, etc.) are conducted as scheduled, with controls maintained and corrective actions implemented where applicable.

• Ensure that contractor safety files are available, reviewed, and compliant before work starts on-site.

• Conduct induction for staff and contractors.

• Respond swiftly to incidents.

• Facilitate removal of saleable and non-saleable waste.

• Manage site cleaning function.

• Manage hygiene and pest control.

• Ensure firefighting and fire prevention equipment is serviced and available.

• Undertake additional reasonable duties based on the operational needs of the business.

• Manage day-to-day site security issues.

• Ensure compliance with ISO45001.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Ensure compliance with ISO45001 and applicable legislation.

• Implementation of SHE awareness programs.

• Ensure incidents are investigated appropriately within acceptable timeframes.

• Completion of internal audits.

• Reduction in SHE risk.

• Effective monitoring and reporting of compliance status.

• On-time completion of actions.

• Ensuring that all infrastructure in the interest of SHE is in good order.

• Additional KPIs as determined annually.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• Professional.

• Good communicator (verbal and non-verbal).

• Effective decision-maker.

• Conflict handling and resolution skills.

• Driven, confident, self-motivated, and results-oriented.

• Team player with good people management skills.

• Mature with the ability to tolerate stress.

• Displays initiative.