Chief Safety Officer

Company Description
- Join us as Chief Safety Officer and be responsible for the management of the Safety and Risk Department at our plant in Swartklip.

**You put safety first. That’s why we want you.**

Anglo American has a portfolio of world-class mining operations. We mine, process, move and market the essential ingredients that enable a cleaner, more connected world and that meet fast growing consumer-driven demands for products from smartphones to electric cars. Our basic materials build homes, offices, railways and airports, and our diamonds fulfil people's dreams.

**Platinum**

**Job Description**:

- The Chief Safety Officer is responsible for the management of the operational safety at the plant and the optimisation of the safety and risk control through design, implementation, evaluation, coordination and management of the safety and risk control systems, as well as for ensuring legal compliance at the Unit.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Lead / Participate in Site Safety inspections and manage Safety coordinators / officers
- Co-ordinate and participate in Safety audits for Operations / Sites
- Compile the annual Safety Improvement Plan ensuring plans are in place for Operations
- Co-ordinate and participate in Risk-Assessments for Operations
- Effectively manage people, ensuring that roles are well defined and clarified and that competencies and learning paths are developed to human capacity and capability
- Audit and inspection / PTO’s program and schedule for the operations
- Legal function of the chief safety officer

**This role is in the Safety Department at a Band 6 level reporting to Senior SHE Manager**

**Qualifications
- You will need the following**:

- Tertiary diploma in Safety and Risk Control (NADSAM)
- Quality Assurance
- Project management (advantageous)
- SAMTRAC or similar
- Courses in Safety management systems (9001, 45001)

**Experience**
- 5 Years relevant Process experience which should include developing, implementing, managing, and auditing of safety and risk control initiatives and programs.
- Smelters exposure (Advantageous)

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Computer literate (MS Power point, Word, Excel, Access and Projects)
- Occupational health and Safety Act
- Train the Trainer
- Auditors courses for Safety and Risk Control management
- Risk Assessment Techniques: (SWIFT, HAZOP and FMECA)
- Risk impact assessment
- Accident investigation (AICAT, RCAT or SCAT)
- Basic emergency management response
- Behaviour Based Safety
- First Aid
- **Additional Information
- What we offer**

When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package, but more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We are a large, successful multinational company - and we are still growing all the time.

**Who we are?**

Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

**How we are committed to your safety**

Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies - from drones to data analytics - that are helping to make mining safer.

**Inclusion and Diversity**

Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

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**How to apply**

**Closing Date: 28 **April 2023