Safety Officer

Position: Safety Officer (permanent) (EE)

Department: SHEQ

Area: Gauteng (Johannesburg South)

Industry: Manufacturing/ Building & Construction

**Salary**: R37 500 per month CTC and 13th cheque

Closing date: 19 September 2025

**Purpose of the job**

To ensure compliance with SHEQ for the company.

**Minimum qualifications and requirements**
- Grade 12
- 2-3 years work experience
- SAMTRAC/SHEMTRAC or NEBOSH
- Safety related courses e.g., investigation, HIRA etc.
- SACPCMP Registration

**Core functions**
- Conduct training for all risk assessments and method statements
- Review and update all risk assessments and method statements, creating new ones when required
- Ensure legal appointments are in place and related training/competency is required.
- Liaise with HR as and when training is required to maintain compliance
- Crisis management and incident/accident investigations
- Liaison with external and on-site contractors
- ensure files are vetted for compliance and kept updated
- Safety meetings and SHE Committee responsibilities
- Ensure ISO 45001 compliance, including implementation and maintenance of the system
- Ensure correct input and reporting data is uploaded to the SHEQ System on the Shared Drive
- Ensure correct upload of SOP’s, policies and any other documentation to SHEQ System
- Ensure the compliance and inspections of all fire equipment (oversee service provider)
- Oversee SHE Representatives, ensure they are carrying out relevant inspections as required
- Ensure Emergency Preparedness drills are planned and conducted in line with company process

**Health and Hygiene**
- Legal compliance with occupational health matters
- Liaise with the relevant departments to achieve legislative compliance and meet company objectives and mitigate risk
- Annual medicals for employees, follow ups as and where required in instances where employees may have been referred to their medical practitioners for further treatments required
- Facilitate hygiene audits (external provider), every 2 years
- Oversee First Aiders and ensure stock levels are maintained, ensure stock levels for refilling first aid room, and boxes are maintained
- Ensure First Aider training room is conducted and when required liaise with HR to ensure refresher training when required or new training as and when First Aiders leave and are replaced

**General**
- Assist with the develop of internal training material
- such as company induction
- Conduct induction sessions with all new employees
- Conduct induction sessions with all existing staff annually (refresher training)
- Manage performance and development of SHE Representatives
- Manage and consolidate all safety statistics monthly
- Develop and issue toolbox talks weekly, when incidents/accidents occur toolbox talks are generated to highlight these and to refresh employees’ minds as to safety protocols related to such incidents/accidents
- Ensure all documentation (processes, RA’s and MS etc.) within the SHEQ Management systems are reviewed for overall accuracy and punctuality
- Compilation of SHEQ Files as and when required for various client sites
- Assisting with the supply of required SHEQ information for Tenders

**Job Type**: Permanent

Pay: R37 500,00 per month

**Experience**:

- Safety Officer: 2 years (required)

License/Certification:

- SAMTRAC/SHEMTRAC or NEBOSH (required)
- SACPCMP Registration (required)

Work Location: In person