Health And Safety Consultant at Aurecon

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Actively demonstrate H&S leadership and desired H&S behaviour;
• At least 80% field attendance (20% in the office at most);
• Continuously promote the Vopak’s H&S Policy and the project H&S objectives;
• Be familiar with H&S legislation (incl. the Project H&S Specifications), stay abreast of developments therein, and monitor compliance therewith;
• Be familiar with Vopak H&S requirements and monitor compliance therewith; with an emphasis on Vopak’s Fundamentals on Safety;
• Be familiar with the Principal Contractor’s H&S Management Plan & System, stay abreast of developments therein, and monitor the implementation thereof, and compliance therewith;
• Assist the H&S Manager with Principal Contractor H&S document reviews as directed;
• Perform H&S monitoring, observations, inspections, and audits as directed by the H&S Manager;
• Immediately report high risk deviations & non-conformances to the H&S Manager;
• Verify that the Principal Contractor takes action to respond to H&S deviations & non-conformances by developing and implementing appropriate action plans & programmes;
• Monitor the Principal Contractor’s implementation and compliance with, and the effectiveness of such action plans & programmes;
• Identify successes & failures, make recommendations, identify training needs & opportunities, and offer advice to the H&S Manager on appropriate/required H&S programmes & initiatives to ensure the continued suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness of H&S management on the project;
• Assist the H&S Manager with the establishment, maintenance, and analysis of project H&S statistical data;
• Based on the analysis of the project H&S statistical data, identify and highlight successes, failures, and emerging trends, and recommend associated opportunities for the improvement of the project’s H&S performance to the H&S Manager;
• Attend and participate in H&S meetings as directed by the H&S Manager and provide feedback to the H&S Manager following same;
• Participate in incident investigations as directed by the H&S Manager, and monitor and follow up the reporting, recording & investigation of incidents by the Principal Contractor;
• Develop & submit to the H&S Manager appropriate daily reports that accurately reflect observed conditions per area covered (incl. visual aids such as photos, diagrams, & sketches);
• Develop & submit to the H&S Manager weekly reports that summarize the week’s activities and incudes an analysis of the data gathered during the week’s monitoring, observations, inspections, and audits,
• Assist the H&S Manager with the development of monthly H&S performance reports, including H&S performance input into non-H&S reports;
• Perform any other instructions as issued by the H&S Manager from time-to-time.

Key qualities and skills

• Computer literate
• Good communication skills
• Must have a valid driver’s license

Qualification and Experience

• 3+ years' oil & gas / petrochemical construction experience as safety officer
• SAMTRAC or equivalent certificate
• SACPCMP registration (or in process) as safety officer
• Legal knowledge of the OHS Act and Construction Regulations (Legal Liability training preferred)
• Relevant further H&S training & development (e.g. Risk Management, Incident Management, BBS, Inspection, First Aid, Fire Fighting, etc.)
• Must be able to pass occupational medical fitness examination.
• Valid driver’s licence