Health and Safety Officer

**Packaging World** is a growing flexible packaging specialist business which offers high-quality printed flexible packaging. Packaging World has been operational since 1995 and is driven by a passionate and motivated team.

Our head office with manufacturing, warehousing and distribution is based in Pinetown. We are BRC (Global British Retail Consortium) certified.

We have a vacancy for a **Health and Safety Officer**.

The successful incumbent will be expected to perform the following duties, not limited to:
Monitoring health and safety risks and hazards in the workplace. Advising employees on how to minimize or ultimately avoid risks and hazards in the workplace. Ensuring the business is legally compliant with all health and safety legislation.

**Duties**:

- Establish and promote maintenance of safe and healthy working conditions in a business through formulating general safety, fire prevention and health policies and measures
- Devise and coordinate safety programs that will increase proficiency in safe practices and promote safety consciousness
- Assist line management personnel in meeting their obligations under the relevant Occupational Health & Safety legislation, such as ongoing safety education, hazard identification and elimination
- Coordinate ongoing training for safety and environmental awareness at all levels of the workforce and regularly verify that tasks are correctly executed
- Coordinate training for employees
- Inspect the workplace regularly in cooperation with client agencies to audit safety and environmental procedures, and report findings to line management and client agencies as appropriate
- Investigate accidents, prepare and maintain required reports. Identify countermeasure to prevent reoccurrence
- Provide new hire orientation outlining the company’s high expectations regarding safety rules and regulations (inductions)
- Promote a proactive safety culture focused on incident prevention and regulatory compliance
- Organize and participate in safety committee activities (chair the health and safety committee meetings and ensure standards are met)
- Develop specific safety objectives and create actions plans to meet those objectives
- Maintain, review and report safety performance, identifying opportunities for improvement along with implementing preventative and corrective actions as required
- Organizing occupational health and safety medicals on-site as and when required
- Create and implement workplace health and safety plans and procedures
- Evaluate health and safety practice and procedures for risk assessment and following legal guidelines
- Conduct accident prevention training and health and safety training
- Inspect equipment for unsafe workplace conditions
- Monitor employee conformity to safety laws and policies
- Investigate accidents and incidents to find cause and take prevention measures for further incidents
- Handle worker's compensation claims in the event of a workplace accident
- Suggest solutions, improvements and prevention steps for safety issues
- Ensuring that facilities meet government regulations and environmental, health and security standards
- Overseeing building projects, renovations or refurbishments
- Drafting reports and making written recommendations.

**Qualifications**
- Certified in risk management and health/safety management
- Thorough knowledge of health and safety laws and guidelines
- Extensive attention to detail to distinguish safety hazards
- Ability to provide detailed reports and develop safety procedures
- Good understanding of data analysis and risk assessment
- Good organizational and planning skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to recognize when safety conditions need improvement
- Ability to prioritize tasks especially when handling an accident or incident
- Organisation, time management, prioritizing and the ability to handle a complex, varied workload

**Terms and Conditions**:

- The above overview is not intended to be all inclusive and shall include other related tasks as necessary

**Education**:

- Diploma (required)

**Experience**:

- Health and Safety: 3 years (required)