Safety Officer

4 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Mogatso Trading Full time

Work description
OHS Officers are responsible for planning, implementing and overseeing the employees’ safety at work. Their main duty is to ensure that the company complies and adheres to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and its regulations prescripts. The OHS officer also provides advice on measures to minimize hazards, unhealthy or unsafe situations and must establish a safe workplace according to legal standards and foster a culture of attention to health and safety. The role direct report will be to the company Snr Safety Officer operational lead for OHS in Aurum.
Technical responsibilities
Plan the implementation of company OHS policies and procedures
Provide advice and lead employees on various safety-related topics by preparing educational toolbox talks on a regular basis
Take responsibility for the management and implementation of the organisation’s OHS under the guidance of the Snr OHS Officer and OHS management rep.
Work with HR and the senior OHS officer to set up and maintain a new employee on-boarding system for OHS.
Address OHS risks by managing identified risks and consistently undertaking site risk assessments.
Ensure that the provision of the OHS Act and its regulations pertinent to the Company and its processes are complied with in workplaces.
Conduct job hazard analysis, involving potential dangers in the workplace assessing the risk of those hazards. This is to determine how dangerous a task is before employee engages and how much control employees have over their actions.
Enforce preventative measures where any risks have been identified
Inspect sites regularly and check if all employees are acting in adherence with rules and regulations
Ensure that annual, bi-annually, quarterly, monthly checklists and inspections are conducted reports to be provided accordingly.
Ensure contractor compliance including induction, s37.2 Mandatory agreements on all sites of responsibility.
Audit and review of contractor files and safety plans on all sites of responsibility.
Assist with scheduled/ ad hoc internal and external audits
Document and data control for OHS.
Ensure emergency preparedness and response in all sites under responsibility.
Ability to work under pressure and work on different projects and sites coordination.
Prepare and present reports on accidents/incidents and violations and determine causes and corrective actions.
Carry out inspections of workplaces and take necessary action to ensure compliance.
Respond to and investigate safety concerns/complaints from employees and assists in taking appropriate action
Investigate accidents or injuries that occur in the workplace
Oversee the establishment and maintenance of workplace safety and health committees
Oversee workplace repair, installations and any other work that could harm employees' safety and health, including infection control.
Review existing OHS policies and procedures
Drafting of factual reports, presentations, procedure or policy documents or training material
Ensure overall OHS compliance of the allocated regions.
Assume other duties that may be assigned by the senior OHS officer.
Education

Diploma in safety management/risk management or relevant equivalent qualification
Experience

Minimum three years’ experience in Health and Safety role
Other requirements
Must be computer literate on MS Excel, PowerPoint, MS Word and Outlook and have business reporting and presentation skills.
Skilled in incident investigation and report writing.
Office Environment Local Travel Required
Outdoor exposure to the elements involved

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