Hse Officer

Applications are invited for the HSE Officer position. The position will be based in Nelspruit with travel within the Mpumalanga and Limpopo Regions essential. The individual will report to the Regional Network and Growth Manager.

**PURPOSE OF THE ROLE**: The HSE Officer will be responsible for the overall Health and Safety Act adherence, the maintenance and upgrading of the current OHS system/processes and regulatory compliance audits.

**Key Responsibility Areas**:

- To understand the full requirement of legislation regarding OHS in the business.
- Design all OHS activities. What do we all need to do every day, week or month to ensure we meet the requirements of legislation.
- National auditing and reporting.
- Provide Management with advice and support on all matters related to Health and Safety.
- Track all Health and Safety regulatory changes which will potentially impact the business.
- Conduct Health and Safety incident/accident investigations and report on accidents and incidents as per the requirements of the business.
- Plan and design audits to assess and address risks in order to reduce risk exposure and ensure compliance with all relevant legislation.
- Inspect and evaluate workplace environments, equipment and practices in order to ensure compliance with safety standards and regulations.
- Develop, implement and improve Health and Safety risk controls and develop current working practices.
- Ensure business and group safety procedures, policies and rules are adhered to.
- Incident plan, make certain that every site that is worked on by the technicians is assessed and that a risk assessment has been completed.
- Attend to all paper work and administration in accordance with Health and Safety procedures and plans.
- Advise and train employees on a regular basis on Health and Safety best practices (toolbox talks, etc.).
- Follow up and make certain that the risk assessments are received in good order.
- Maintain a high level of accuracy in following procedure and up to date paper work relating to the Health and Safety business requirements.
- That each team in the HUB is implementing the correct OHS system and OHS is part of MOS.
- Responsible for the OHS audit in the HUB. Confirming every team is correctly implementing and administrating OHS.
- Do incident investigation and management.
- Ensure the process of improvement is operational in the HUB.
- Tasks from Management which may not be highlighted in this related to OHS matters.
- High attention to detail
- A strong capacity for problem solving and critical thinking
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Proficient in MS Office suite
- A careful, accurate and methodical approach
- Excellent knowledge of potentially hazardous materials or practices
- The ability to work independently
- To be committed to health and safety principles and legislation.

**Qualifications**
- Grade 12
- Relevant Health and Safety qualifications/certifications.
- Thorough understanding of the Occupational Health and Safety Legislation of South Africa.
- Health and Safety experience.
- First Aid qualification.

**Application**:
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