EHS Officer

CHART COOLER SVC CO INC; Middelburg; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Howden, a Chart Industries Company, is seeking an experienced EHS Officer for Middelburg to ensure SHE standards across maintenance and installation sites. You will manage safety administration, observations, and investigations, while rolling out safety requirements and conducting contractor audits.

The role requires 5+ years in EHS, relevant diplomas/certs, and strong risk assessment capabilities. A performance-driven, compliant safety professional will thrive in this industrial environment.

Qualifications

• National Diploma in Safety Management required.
• Grade 12 and SAMTRAC certification.
• SACPMP Registered safety officer.
• Minimum 5 years as an EHS Officer.
• Experience with incident investigations and risk assessments (HIRA).
• ISO 45000, ISO 9001, ISO 14000 certifications advantageous.
• Strong computer literacy and industrial environment exposure.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for HSE on the maintenance and GO sites to ensure legal compliance.
• Safety administration including job observations, recording requests, near misses, and investigations of incidents.
• Rollout of safety requirements to sites and feedback on implementation.
• Conduct audits on subcontractors before site entry and propose corrective actions.
• Assess risks on sites and write risk assessments and safe work procedures.
• SOX Compliance: Adhere to Sarbanes Oxley and AX controls.

Skills

EHS experience

Incident investigation

HIRA

SHE audit

Computer literacy

Ergonomics training

Education

National Diploma in Safety Management

Grade 12 & SAMTRAC

SACPMP registered safety officer

ISO 45000 certified

ISO 9001 safety & quality

ISO 14000 environmental

Job description

Howden, a Chart Industries Company, is a global leader in air and gas handling products, services, and solutions. Howden’s core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling and has over a century of experience in doing so.

Howden South Africa Division is looking for an experienced EHS Officer (Middelburg) to ensure that the customer sites where Howden staff perform maintenance and installations, comply with SHE standards (internal, client standards & statutory compliance).

What Will You Do?

• Accountable for HSE on the various Maintenance and GO sites to ensure Howden complies legally with its internal procedures.
• Responsible for the safety administration and doing job observations and recording of safety requests/complaints/ near misses and investigating all incidents.
• Accountable for the rollout of all safety requirements to sites and giving feedback about rollout to ensure we comply with our internal safety requirements
• Conduct audits on subcontractors before allowing them onto site, as to determine the level of compliance and suggest corrective action and implantation of action to ensure we compile with our and customer requirements.
• Assessing risk on sites and writing of risk assessments and written safe work procedures to enable work to be done
• SOX Compliance: Adhere to Sarbanes Oxley and AX controls

Your Experience Should Be...

• National Diploma in Safety Management
• Grade 12, SAMTRAC
• SACPMP Registered as a safety officer.
• 5 years of experience as an EHS Officer
• Incident and accident investigation course
• HIRA course
• Basic SHE audit course
• Extensive SHE exposure in industrial / manufacturing environment
• Must be computer literate.
• Added advantage - Ergonomics training, ISO 90001 Safety and quality certified, ISO 14000 environmental certified
• ISO 45000 certified.

Our Benefits Package...

This is an equal opportunity position. You will have the opportunity to work for a global engineering organisation in a challenging and dynamic role with great career development opportunities. We offer a competitive salary along with a benefit package.

Chart Industries, Inc. is a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the Energy and Industrial Gas markets. Our unique product portfolio is used in every phase of the liquid gas supply chain, including upfront engineering, service and repair.