Health and Safety Officers - Umhlanga at La Lucia Healthcare

KNOWLEDGE & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in Coordinating Health, Safety, Environment activities on sites.
• Assist in preparing emergency evacuation plans & practice runs.
• Assist with Investigations on incidents and accidents.
• Maintain liaison with client and other regulatory authorities on site.
• Assist in Inspecting, monitoring and evaluating HSE programs for value and effectiveness.
• Assist Monitoring and presenting toolbox talks and the completion of STA`s
• Conduct safety, health and environmental audits as per internal audit schedule
• Conduct daily/weekly/monthly inspection of the Plants and ensure that good housekeeping is maintained.
• Prepare and distribute SHE topics to employees and ensure that training registers are completed and filed
• Assist in Planning, conducting and producing reports for non-conformance & incidents, training, meetings and audits for health and safety activities
• Assist in conducting regular audits & inspections of the principle contractor and sub-contractors to ensure that all health and safety requirements are being met
• Ensures that principle and sub-contractors safety files are kept up to date with relevant and accurate records
• Attends health and safety meetings and effectively discusses and deals with relevant issues and do follow ups on SHE committee recommendations.
• Able to effectively identify potential health and safety risks and implements the necessary preventative measures
• Ability to ensure adherence to health and safety requirements for all workers, contractors and visitors on site
• Responsible to update information on the "DO JO area on daily basis.
• Update weekly/monthly SHE stats
• Contractor & Visitor Safety Induction Training
• Ensure that all mini risk assessment, safe work permits are received from all stakeholders and are kept on file

EDUCATION & WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Matric (NQF4),
• SAMTRAC or NEBOSH qualification is essential
• National Diploma in Safety Management will be advantageous
• SACPCMP registration essential
• HIRA (Hazard Identification Risk Assessment) training
• Incident Investigation
• Internal Auditing in accordance to OHS Regs
• Sound knowledge of Safety legislation, Construction Regulations, OHS Act 85 of 1993
• Knowledge and understanding of, ISO14001, ISO 45001
• Other related Health & Safety training is advantageous
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships
• Excellent time management
• Deadline driven
• Experience in writing reports and policies for health and safety
• Good computer literacy: Excel skill, together with working knowledge of Syspro 8 and other Office packages
• The ability to read, interpret and implement standard Safety procedures.
• Must be a team player with good communication skills that supports the vision and mission statement of the Company