Health, Safety and Environment Coordinator

Candi Solar; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Candi Solar is hiring an ambitious Health, Safety and Environment Officer to lead HSE across our South Africa operations. You will implement policies, monitor incidents, and drive training and reporting across sites from Johannesburg to Durban.

You will coordinate regulatory compliance, liaise with contractors, and maintain safety records while ensuring proactive risk management and stakeholder alignment in a growing solar portfolio.

Qualifications

• Relevant HSE/Safety qualification required
• SAMTRAC / relevant equivalent qualification essential
• Incident investigation experience required
• ISO 45001 experience preferred
• ISO 14001 experience beneficial
• Minimum 3-5 years of HSE experience
• Experience with HSE documentation and reporting
• Good report-writing and communication skills
• Valid driver’s license required
• Willingness to travel nationally

Responsibilities

• Support development, implementation, and maintenance of HSE policies and procedures
• Track, record, and report incidents, near-misses, and safety violations
• Coordinate safety training programs for employees
• Prepare and disseminate safety communications (newsletters, bulletins, posters)
• Maintain safety records, permits, and logs
• Submit regulatory reports and documentation to agencies
• Assist HSE Representative with meetings and initiatives
• Compile and review EPC and contractor HSE files
• Coordinate Asset Management HSE administration
• Oversee Contractor & Service Provider HSE management
• Conduct site inspections and ensure HSE assurance
• Manage incidents and emergencies
• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance
• Generate HSE reports and KPIs
• Promote training and awareness
• Manage stakeholder relationships

Skills

Incident investigation

Report writing

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

HSE/Safety qualification

SAMTRAC / relevant equivalent qualification

ISO 45001 experience

ISO 14001 experience

3-5 years’ HSE experience

Job description

Company Profile

Candi is a dedicated solar partner for businesses across Asia and Africa. Combining the international capital of our Swiss-based platform with local expertise in these regions, we’re able to provide a unique offering to this underserved sector. In doing so, we aim to have a big social impact, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, increase energy access, and save money for businesses of all sizes in emerging markets.

Our approach is to take the risk so our partners don’t have to, providing businesses with flexible, end-to-end solar and battery solutions that are built to last. Our shared value model leverages our experience in customisable finance and performance offerings, quality engineering, and data-enabled asset management to help guarantee optimised systems, lowering the barrier to entry and maximising returns. www.candi.solar

Job Summary

The company is looking to recruit an ambitious and energetic Health, Safety and Environment Officer, who will help Candi to lead the revolution of solar. The HSE Officer will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation, coordination and monitoring of Health, Safety and Environmental requirements across the company's operational solar asset portfolio in South Africa.

Specifically, the job requires taking ownership of the following for the South African team:

• Supporting the development, implementation, and maintenance of health, safety, and environmental (HSE) policies and procedures
• Tracking, recording, and reporting all incidents, near-misses, and safety violations
• Coordinating safety training programs and ensuring that all employees are adequately trained in HSE policies and procedures
• Preparing and disseminating safety-related communications, including newsletters, bulletins, and posters
• Maintaining and updating all necessary safety records, certifications, permits, and logs
• Preparing and submitting regulatory reports and documentation required by environmental and occupational health agencies
• Providing support to the South African HSE Representative in organising safety committee meetings and implementing initiatives for employees
• Compiling and reviewing EPC and contractor HSE Files
• Asset Management HSE Administration
• Contractor & Service Provider HSE Management
• Site Inspections & HSE Assurance
• Incident & Emergency Management
• Legal & Regulatory Compliance
• HSE Reporting & KPIs
• Training & Awareness
• Stakeholder Management

Location

Johannesburg / Durban, combined with working from home

Hours

Full time.

Job Requirements

• Relevant HSE/Safety qualification.
• SAMTRAC / relevant equivalent qualification.
• Incident investigation experience.
• ISO 45001 experience.
• ISO 14001 experience.
• Minimum 3-5 years' HSE experience.
• Practical experience conducting workplace/site inspections.
• Experience working with contractors/service providers.
• Good understanding of South African OHS legislation.
• Experience with HSE documentation and reporting.
• Good report-writing and communication skills.
• Valid driver's licence.
• Willingness and ability to travel nationally.

Working Culture

• You agree to live out the Candi values every day of your employment: this includes to put empathy before ego, being authentic no matter what, that we get it done as one and follow the Candi principle that less is more.
• A dynamic, cross-functional team player, willing to take initiative on projects in the context of a multicultural scale-up trying to execute big, bold ideas.
• Having experience working for an international company, or having studied or worked abroad, is considered a plus.
• You must be open, honest, trustworthy, a strong communicator, and understand that what we get done as a team surpasses what we get done individually.
• Candi is an equal opportunities employer.

Candi is unique because...

• We focus on helping businesses of all sizes in emerging markets get access to cheap, clean rooftop solar energy.
• We have a strong emphasis on a client-centric & innovation-driven working culture.
• We are an international team where remote working is commonplace, where we trust our team members to actively carve out a role for themselves according to their skillset.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted.