Health and Safety Officer - Engineering

Minimum Requirements for the Role:

A National Diploma in Safety Management is essential for this role. Previous experience having worked as a Health and Safety Officer in a manufacturing environment is essential for this role. In-depth knowledge of all relevant SHE legislation (OHSA) is required. The successful candidate must be computer literate and proficient in risk assessment techniques, safety inspections, and auditing. They must also be able to compile safety files and all safety systems as per requirements.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

1. Initiating Safety, Health and Environment initiatives and programmes.
2. Reviewing and maintaining SHE policies and procedures.
3. Ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety guidelines and regulations.
4. Conducting regular workplace inspections and risk assessments to identify potential hazards, unsafe conditions, and non-compliance issues, and recommending corrective actions as needed.
5. Arranging for all SHEQ training and collaborating with department heads, supervisors, and staff to promote safety awareness, facilitate training programs, and ensure adherence to safety protocols and guidelines.
6. Advising managers on associated risks and ensuring that employees comply with PPE requirements.
7. Implementing ISO Management Systems and OHS standards, ensuring timely and accurate reporting of safety-related issues to the CEO and Factory Manager.
8. Maintaining standards for investigations and reports and conducting monthly safety audits and reports to determine safety aspects.
9. Analysing all accidents to understand safety trends and to minimise or eliminate accidents, monitoring and managing all work-related incidents and accidents, and closing out all action items regarding incidents and accidents.
10. Generating statistics for incidents and accidents for monthly reporting.
11. Organising training and induction programs appropriate to the risks assessed.
12. Ensuring site induction and medical compliance.
13. Arranging, chairing, and keeping records of all SHEQ meetings.
14. Attending to ad hoc tasks as and when required.

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