Safety Health & Environment Officer

The Key Recruitment Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A precision mechanical manufacturing leader seeks a Safety, Health and Environment Officer in Cape Town. The candidate should have a Grade 12 and a Samtrac/Degree/Diploma, with at least 5 years of manufacturing safety experience. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with safety regulations, conducting internal audits, and training staff. A competitive compensation package and opportunities for growth in a dynamic environment are offered.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects relating to health, safety and environment.
• Conduct internal HSE audits and risk assessments.
• Ensure legal compliance on safety and health permits.
• Train staff, contractors, and visitors on safety protocols.
• Respond swiftly to incidents and manage site security.

Skills

Safety management

Risk assessment

Incident investigation

Internal HSE audits

Education

Grade 12

Samtrac/Degree/Diploma in Safety management

Job description

Overview

Leader in the field of precision mechanical manufacturing seeks a Safety, Health and Environment Officer at their premises near Cape Town.

Description

SAFETY, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT OFFICER

Leader in the field of precision mechanical manufacturing seeks a Safety, Health and Environment Officer at their premises near Cape Town.

Educational and Experience requirements

• Grade 12 and Samtrac/Degree/diploma in Safety management or manufacturing/engineering related with extensive safety experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in a mass production environment (highly preferred).

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects relating to health, safety and environment.
• Internal HSE Audits.
• Creation and updating of relevant Safety Files.
• Generation, distribution, filing of Safety Meeting Minutes and presentation.
• Generation of relevant Reports (Annual, Monthly, Statistical, incidents, Near misses, etc.).
• Ensure Legal Compliance on SHE and all permits are kept up to date.
• Incident Investigation (Root Cause).
• Site Risk Assessments and planned job observations.
• Advise on effectiveness of SHE Management System where relevant.
• Administration of all relevant documentation.
• Conducting of Training (Staff, Contractors, Visitors).
• Maintenance of good housekeeping standards.
• Control, issuing and ensure compliance of PPE.
• Writing and updating SHE procedures.
• Document Control.
• Environmental Control in accordance with legislation.
• Ensure education of first aiders on emergency preparedness.
• Advise management on any conditions experienced by employees which pose a risk to the business, environment and employees.
• Ensure that all safety and risks are assessed working in conjunction with Occupational Health Practitioner.
• Initiate and implement safety programmes, such as ergonomics.
• Ensure that occupational hygiene surveys (illumination, noise, ventilation, HCS, etc.) are conducted as scheduled, with controls maintained and corrective action implemented where applicable.
• Ensure that contractor safety files are available, reviewed and compliant before work starts on-site.
• Conduct induction for staff and contractors.
• Respond swiftly to incidents.
• Facilitate removal of saleable and non-saleable waste.
• Management of site cleaning function.
• Management of hygiene and pest control.
• Ensuring firefighting and fire prevention equipment is serviced and available.
• Undertake additional reasonable duties based on the operational needs of the business.
• Management of site security (day to day issues).
• Ensure compliance to ISO45001.

Key Performance Indicators

• Ensure compliance to ISO45001 and applicable legislation.
• Implementation of SHE awareness programs.
• Ensuring incidents are investigated appropriately within acceptable timeframes.
• Completion of internal audits.
• Reduction in SHE risk.
• Effective monitoring and reporting of compliance status.
• On time completion of actions.
• Ensuring that all infrastructure in the interest of SHE is in good order.
• Further KPIs as determined annually.

Application

Please apply online or contact David on 021 – 531 2015 for more information.

Profile

Educational and Experience requirements:

• Grade 12 and Samtrac/Degree/diploma in Safety management or manufacturing/engineering related with extensive safety experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in a mass production environment (highly preferred).