Safety Health & Environment Manager (m/f)

Description

• Job Title: Safety Health & Environment
• Job Grade Patterson: D-Lower Department Health & Safety
• Purpose statement: To be responsible for ensuring that health, safety and environmental requirements (legal and company) are upheld through all operational activities of the Country
• To be responsible for implementing and upholding the quality management system throughout the company. This will include the documentation and set up of standard operating procedures within the organization - ISO - 9001 To provide consultation and expertise and assist managers with functional authority over all staff in essential matters of safety and health
• Key performance areas (to translate into a measure of success): Safety System Management; Regulatory Compliance; H&S Training; Audit Facilities and site inspections; Investigations; WCA; Safety Committee;  Quality Management System and Leadership and Management

Duties

Safety System Management

• Ensure manage and ensure system requirements and structure are adhered to, Management reports, System Reviews, Lead 6 monthly internal audits, Manage all safety incidents, Ensure availability of safety as an incident facilitator and service provider, Enact safety implementation plan
• Work through company organogram to establish requirements (Assign appointments, training requirements, Safety appointments, Establishment of SHE committee)
• Review in-house rules and regulations (employees, visitors, and contractors)
• Outline responsibilities per department, develop training material
• Provide managers with safety related requirements (Supports stakeholders in safety implementation and understanding)
• Develop system schedule for safety department (All cycles for Admin, SO and SSO)
• Develop, implement, and maintain a safety awareness plan
• Identify and ensure required and planned safety training is done and documented as per system
• Develop, coordinate and supervise the implementation and maintenance of a comprehensive National Occupational H & S programme, designed to prevent injury, occupational illness and damage to property
• Draft and recommend National health & safety directives
• Maintain safety related manuals, including preparation and distribution of appropriate updates

Regulatory Compliance

• Determine applicability of administrative and regulatory requirements and other health & safety laws
• Implement applicable regulations and safety standards
• Maintain current knowledge of legislations, regulation and practices in safety and health
• Advice national management regarding the impact on operations
• Ensure compliance with relevant bodies H & S Training
• Establish and implement safety training objectives
• Plans & Schedules training in the area of health and safety
• Maintain records and data base of employee safety training, medical examinations, licenses and certifications
• Control, Library, admin & Records for staff training. Audit and Facilities & Site inspections
• Develop, manage, and maintain audit standards and process for safety staff in accordance with system
• Manage, maintain, and communicate audit schedule
• Conduct audit on work completed by safety staff
• Conduct facilities and site inspections
• Compile job hazards analyses and other evaluations to identify hazards and potential risks
• Make recommendations to managers as required and implement appropriate corrective actions
• Conduct audits of corrective actions to ensure compliance with regulations and corrective action. Investigations
• Conduct post-accident investigations
• Develop and chair accident review committee
• Make recommendations for changes in equipment and or processes to correct unsafe conditions
• Assess incident statistics to determine requirements for new or modified training WCA
• Manage the WCA program, including case and claim management, leave tracking and adherence to the Leave act provisions Safety Committee
• Identify best practices and lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce work process risks, raise safety awareness, and improve safe work practices (Reviews internal and external safety standards)
• Ensure ongoing research on new and changed legislation
• Ensures safety regulation compliance (In-house)

Quality Management system

• Responsible for the roll out and implementation of applicable ISO standards companywide that would enable the organization to obtain ISO certification

Leadership and Management

• Ensure that employees have clear and understood work/role descriptions, targets and goals to perform their functions, and that client needs, and requirements are integrated into all work-related practices
• Ensure that employees have the right resources, skills, tools, equipment, and information to successfully execute on their responsibilities
• Effectively manage employee performance and create opportunities for them to gain the competence for the work required and to grow
• Accountable for maintaining effective leadership and management practices within personal sphere of influence
• Direct report performance appraisals and IDP
• Project manage branch and site set up as and when required in Mozambique and other countries on a project support basis Any other lawful and reasonable outputs and responsibilities that may be required

Requisites

• Minimum: Grade 12
• Applicable safety qualification - Recommended
• Applicable safety qualification - ISO certified
• 10 Years professional experience in workplace and operator safety
• 5 Years as senior safety officer on projects
• Experience in dealing with customers, not just contractors
• Willing to travel locally and internationally
• Knowledge: Rental industry
• Knowledge of work of height machinery and equipment
• Safety Certification
• Internal Safety system
• Incident Investigation
• OSHAS 18000
• Working knowledge of WCA and relevant processes
• Comprehensive safety and accident prevention programs
• Quality Management ISO Standards
• Administration skills
• Problem Solving skills
• Verbal skills
• Facilitation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail
• Planning and organizing skills
• Integrity, Creativity, Logical and Analytical, Interpersonal Skills, Resilience, Persuasiveness , Energy and Drive, Quality Orientation and Planning and Organizing

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
• Only CV’s submitted in English will be considered applicants must be fluent in Portuguese and able to communicate functionally in English