Safety Coordinator at De Beers Group

Job Description:
As the Safety Coordinator your responsibilities will include:

• Executes the function of Safety Coordinator applying and enforcing legal compliance and management systems conformance
• Develop tactics and strategy for the annual Safety Improvement Plan and ensuring plans are in place for Operations.
• Tracking, Measuring and analysis of leading and lagging indicators and developing improvement plans.
• Presenting current status of indicators of performance and crafting future improvements
• Leading a team of Safety Officers and Safety Reps at the designated areas as part of a larger SHEQ Team.
• Participate, lead, coach, mentor, and drive site safety inspections.
• Co-ordinate and participate in Safety VFLs, and audits for Operations/Site.
• Co-ordinate and participate in various types of Risk-Assessments for the Operations.
• Manage the quality of PTO’s, JRA’s, action close-out, and other Isometrix tools
• Drive proper incident investigations for the operation.
• Advises and review of safety policies, procedures and standards.
• Recommends and implements safety and risk controls.
• Manages external and internal safety audits with the team.
• Consistently apply Safety & Health principles in all team interactions and take personal responsibility for safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities as well as low energy incidents.
• Identify specific risks within working area and adhere to discipline-specific plans/system to avoid or mitigate these risks.
• Hold individuals to account in line with their role authority and accountability structures
• Adhere to external local compliance requirements as a minimum level of site performance
• Adhere to Anglo American compliance requirements and ensure compliance of team
• This role is in the Safety Department at a Band 6 level reporting to SHE Manager

Qualifications:
You will need the following:

• Tertiary diploma (degree preferred) (M+3) in SHE, or Safety, or Health, or SHE Risk Management Control

The following courses are advantageous

• Occupational Health and Safety Act (85 of 1993)
• Implementation of ISO 45001
• Auditing of ISO 45001/ ISO9001/ ISO 14001
• Incident/Accident Investigation
• Project management
• SAMTRAC or similar
• SHE Reps Training
• Isometrix or similar systems training
• Behaviour Based Safety
• Quality Assurance
• Managing others
• Presentation and facilitation courses

Experience Essential

• At Least 5 years experience as a Manager or Officer in Safety /Health / Risk / Environmental in Chemical Manufacturing/Process/ Mining environments

Knowledge and Skills preferred:

• Computer literate (MS Power point, Word, Excel, Access and Projects)
• Managing Others
• Managing projects
• Train the Trainer
• Presentation and Facilitation skills
• Auditors courses for Safety and Risk Control management
• Risk Assessment facilitation
• Root cause analysis: (5 Why, Fault Tree Analysis, RCAT, etc)
• Accident investigation
• Basic emergency management response
• Behaviour Based Safety