Health and Safety Officer

**Health and Safety Officer**

**Purpose of Position**:
To protect the employer and its employees’ health and safety by ensuring Health and safety (HSE) standards and procedures are implemented, monitored and managed including the identification of risks and hazards in the workplace.

The incumbent is involved in risk management, managing construction documentation, managing subcontractors and project closing.

**Requirements**:

- Matric / Grade 12
- Advanced computer literacy
- Safety Management Training Course (SAMTRAC), Safety Officer (SHETRAC), Hazard identification & Risk Assessments, Legal Liability courses
- Course on incident investigation in the workplace
- Basic knowledge of hazardous chemical substances
- Minimum of 1-3 years’ Health and Safety experience in the construction industry
- Thorough knowledge of relevant local safety, and environmental legislation
- Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) ACT and Compensation Occupational Injury and Disease (COID) Act
- Full Registered with South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP)
- Working at heights competency (Ideal)

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Carry out compliance with Company safety regulations and adherence to safety standards, including safety induction and training.
- Conduct site inspections and audits as required identifying and minimizing the risk to company and employees.
- Identify unsafe acts, conditions, and hazards, investigate root causes and identify corrective and preventative actions.
- Conduct workplace Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (HIRA).
- Inspect the place of work to determine whether any machinery, plant, equipment, substance, appliances or process is of such nature liable to cause bodily injury to any person working in the place of work.
- Investigate any accident, near-miss incident, dangerous occurrence or occupational disease that occurred in the place of work.
- Compile and submit health and safety related reports to management and third parties.
- Submitting HSE reports identifying, non-conformances, shortcomings etc.
- Conduct site specific Risk Assessments, Safe Operating Procedures, Safe Work Procedures.
- Conducting Health and Safety Inductions/toolbox talks etc.

**Construction documentation and management**:

- Assist with the preparation of a construction health and safety plan.
- Confirm necessary documentation was submitted to the relevant authorities.
- Attend project planning meetings.
- Assessments and approval of contractor(s) health and safety plans.
- Attend the contractors site handover.
- Attend regular site, technical and progress meetings.
- Facilitate site health and safety meetings.
- Identification of the hazards and risks relevant to the construction project through regular coordinated site inspections.
- Establish and maintain health and safety communication structures and systems, distribution of health and safety specific documents to sub-contractors.
- Compiling project specific emergency response and preparedness plans.
- Testing the effectiveness of the emergency response plans.
- Conduct site safety inductions.
- Do the reporting and investigation of project related incidents.
- Oversee the maintenance of all records.
- Participation in management reviews of the health and safety systems.
- Use of trends analysis to identify system deficiencies and incident trends, outline relevant improvements.
- Review and update the health and safety plan.
- Managing and ensuring compliance with the Coega Development Corporation (CDC), and/or any similar procedures and practices.
- Approved project specific health and safety plans.
- Risk profile for specific construction works.
- Toolbox talks to address specific hazards and risks in relation to the construction Project.
- Emergency preparedness plan for a specific construction project and define the key approval, rehearsal and implementation steps.
- Inspection check lists and registers.
- Accident and incident reports.
- Statistical report.
- Risk assessments.

**Managing Subcontractors**:

- Evaluate the levels of compliance of subcontractors to the project specific health and safety plan and client specifications through inspections and audits.
- Implementation and administration of safety systems for subcontractors.
- Audit subcontractor files.
- Maintain files to be audit ready for Department of Labour.
- Managing subcontractor’s health and safety.
- Review and approve subcontractors Health and Safety Plans and Files.

**Project close out**:

- Review, discuss and approve contractors’ consolidated health and safety file with the contractor(s).
- Monitor site health and safety during the defect’s liability period.
- Prepare the consolidated project health and safety file for the client.
- Record of audits during defects liability period.
- Consolidated health and safety file as per project specifications.
- Records of health and safety operations and maintenance reports.
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