Safety Health and Environment Manager

Netcare; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Netcare invites applications for the Safety, Health and Environmental Manager role to enhance a safe, healthy workplace by implementing OHS and Waste initiatives across sites.

You will identify key risks, develop controls, train staff, and lead the SHEQ risk management program, ensuring compliance with SA laws.

Join Netcare to drive continuous improvement in safety, health and waste management across facilities.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing OHS and Waste programs within a corporate environment.
• Ability to identify risks, assess controls and monitor SHEQ performance.
• Strong training design, delivery and evaluation skills.
• Knowledge of applicable South African health and safety laws and policies.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and monitoring of OHS and Waste Management Systems and policies.
• Facilitate and drive the organizational culture toward OHS & Waste maturity.
• Coordinate development and maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment and lead the SHEQ Risk Management team.
• Coordinate monitoring, measuring and evaluation of SHEQ performance.
• Apply data management to collect and validate information for SHEQ improvements.
• Advise on compliance with SHEQ laws and regulations.

Skills

OHS Management

Risk Assessment

Training Design

Stakeholder Engagement

Job description

ROLE SUMMARY

The key purpose of the Safety, Health and Environmental Manager role will be to contribute and support the development and maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment, by implementing and monitoring OHS and Waste activities to continuously improve OHS (Occupational Health and Safety) and Waste Management. This includes but are not limited to:

• The identification of key risks and critical risk controls;
• Identifying and analysing training needs,
• Designing, conducting and evaluating training and
• Coordinating and/or Managing OHS and waste administrative processes
• Effectively using a range of OHS tools and processes to implement OHS and Waste programs and drive compliance
• To design, develop and implement innovative site-level activities to improve OHS and Waste Management.

KEY WORK OUTPUT AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

The key work outputs include:

• Supporting the implementation and monitoring of OHS and Waste Management Systems, policies and procedures, whilst supporting and motivating line management and supervisors to provide Safety, Health and Environmental Leadership.
• Facilitate, monitor and support management practices and projects aimed at achieving an organizational culture focused on OHS & Waste. Recognize and support the increase in the maturity of the organization’s culture and its effect on how to function effectively as an OHS Practitioner/Professional.
• Coordinate and support the development and maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment by ensuring identification of key risks, implementation and maintenance of critical risk controls and leading the SHEQ Risk Management team.
• Co-ordinate and lead processes for monitoring, measuring and evaluation of SHEQ performance
• Use data management systems for collecting and validating information relevant to SHEQ, as well as interpreting information to develop business cases for SHEQ improvement strategies and activities at operational level.
• Communicate, engage with and influence line management and workers to mitigate risk and optimize effective waste management as well as optimising health and safety of workers and others at the workplace.
• Apply legal, professional and ethical standards to practise to promote compliance with applicable laws and regulations relating to SHEQ.
• Provide the necessary Technical Leadership and support in terms of Safety, Health, Environment(Waste)

DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION

Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality(SHEQ) Programme

• Compile and revise the annual SHEQ Programme with the relevant Facility Manger to ensure the Business and Strategic SHEQ objectives for the facility will be met.
• Advocate, monitor and drive the protection and promotion of workers’ health, the protection of the environment and contribution to a safe and sustainable development.
• Provide technical support, coaching and mentoring to drive current OHS and Waste practices to ensure Company goals and objectives are achieved.
• Co-ordinate the required SHEQ Risk Assessment and Management Processes at facility level
  • Ensure Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Risks assessments are conducted and reviewed as per Legislative requirements and Group Policy.
  • Advise line managers on the recognition, evaluation and control of environmental factors or stressors arising in or from the workplace.
  • Support identification and implementation of critical controls for effective OHS risk management and OHS risk minimization.
  • Advise Line managers and workers on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and clothing, based on appropriate Risk Controls.
  • Monitor, evaluate and report on the effectiveness of hazard and risk controls with an emphasis on critical controls, including the identification of actual and potential failure in controls.
  • Conduct and co-ordinate workplace inspections/walkthrough surveys to evaluate effectiveness of risk controls.
• Advise on Occupational Hygiene Survey requirements.
• Implement, monitor and evaluate processes and procedures to investigate, analyze and report on incidents and nonconformities indicating failures or inadequacies of controls.
• Provide facility management and operations with legal compliance advice on strategy requirements for Safety, Health and Waste related acts and legislation.
• Coordinate and Facilitate Health, Safety and Integrated Waste Committee meetings in line with legislative requirements and best practises.
• Participate and/or coordinate Major Incident Committee Meetings; provide input into the Major Incident Plans, training and drills required.
• Evaluate and manage emergency and disaster preparedness in line with Netcare policies.
• Coordination of annual employee wellbeing days/initiatives in conjunction with HR and/or the Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner, including referral of employees when needed to ensure optimal physical and mental wellbeing.