DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Legislation Implementation of:
Mine Health & Safety act No 29 of 1996 and or;
Occupational Health and Safety act No 85 of 1993;
National Environmental Management Act no 107 of 1998 and local Bi-Laws.
Ensure statutory compliance with respect to key plant equipment.
Confirm that work practices are safe and in compliance with legislative requirements.
Coordinate the availability of all legal appointments, reflecting the requirements of our clients and any other legal requirement and updated following changes.
Ensure compliance to the COID Act.
Maintain a valid copy of the Letter of good standing and ensure it is available to all interested parties.
Coordinate the attendance of medicals and training by all staff , verify all onboarding employees are fit to perform work and ensure follow-up or periodic medicals are timeously attended.
Verify that personnel are trained to perform their tasks and are inducted on the site HSE requirements.
Heath, Safety and Environmental system
Implementation and maintenance of the Health, Safety and Environmental systems
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Implementation of the Legal Compliance Registers
Manage the completion of all relevant documents accurately and timeously by applicable stakeholders.
Verify that all client and Company policies and procedures are always adhered too.
Provide on the job training and coaching for all HSE related matters.
Risk Assessment
Development and regularly review the site baseline risk assessment (BLRA), Issue base Risk Assessment (IBRA) in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
In consultation with the team, develop and maintain a register of upcoming activities to ensure the timeous development and finalisation of related risk documentation and procedures and the assignment of.
Co-ordinate and facilitate the development of issued-based and task specific risk assessments with the onsite team.
Co-ordinate and provide coaching to line managers to ensure regular pre-work risk assessment are conducted prior to commencing with activities.
Facilitate the training of all employees in the risk assessment and procedures.
Conduct regular reviews of the application of the risk management process and the quality thereof through field verifications and correct deviations where they exist.
Communication & Development
Coordinate the development of HSE related awareness material and these are communicated in the Toolbox talks to the workforce.
Maintain regular communication with stakeholders to ensure they remain abreast of successes and concerns.
Client management
Keep abreast of all Client requirements.
Respond timeously to Client requests.
Site inspections
Conduct statutory and regular site inspections. Verify compliance to policies, procedures and the HSE system requirements.
Conduct regular site inspections to identify any unsafe conditions or behaviour and reinforce safe behaviours.
Establish a program for inspections and verifications and measure the achievement of the program.
Administrative functions
Statistics and SHE reports are accurately captured and reported weekly and monthly to the Site Manager and HSEQ Department.
Liaison with client on site reference documentation standards.
Ensure that a filing system is kept as per our minimum standards.
Ensure that reporting to the client on site is accurate and correct.
Coordinate that all equipment and tool are inspected by competent personnel and registers maintained and over inspected.
Records
Keeping records of inspection findings and action solutions.
Maintain an event register of incidents and accidents.
Analyse trends and recommend suggested actions for implementation by the team.
Capture and report on leading and lagging indicators for site and recommend improvement actions where deviations are observed.
Incident Investigations
Lead and direct all incident investigations, driving actions and outcomes through to final completion and closure.
Perform Root Cause Analysis.
Ensure correct reporting channels are followed on site as well as to Head Office Support functions.
Ensure investigations and associated reports are timeously completed
Follow up on corrective actions to be implemented and advise the site team on overdue actions.
Liaise closely with clients throughout the accident investigations.
Emergency preparedness
Ensure the establishment and availability of an emergency preparedness procedure for the site.
Schedule and coordinate the execution of regular risk-based emergency preparedness drills, documenting findings and implement improvements
Site HSE Audits
Establish an internal and external audit plan that is inclusive of own and contractor activities.
Conduct audits in line with procedures.
Participate in Head office quarterly audits and ensure findings are closed timeously.
Occupational Hygiene
Ensure site policies and procedures are being adhered to.
Identify needs for hygiene assessment and monitoring programmes.
Develop, implement strategies to reduce exposure to communicable diseases and Hazardous biological agents.
Planned task observation
Establish a schedule for the execution of PTO’s.
Coordinate the execution of Planned Task Observations on all staff in line with the planned schedule.
Identify deviations observed during the observation process and implement actions in consultation with the team to close-out.
Correct behavioural and procedural inefficiencies based on expected outcomes.
SHE Representatives
Participate in client H&S committee meetings on a periodic basis.
Training
Facilitate in-house and external HSE training.
Ensure safety training needs are identified and communicated to site management.
Ensure documented proof is kept of all Safety related training done.
Ensure safety training is in line with modern practices, procedures and legislation.
Ensure training statistics are forwarded timeously to site management and SHE Manager.
Update personnel files with relevant valid competencies.
Maintain a site training matrix.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
QUALIFICATIONS
Matric (Grade 12) or an equivalent qualification registered at NQF Level 4, including relevant NATED courses (e.g., N3 Certificate)
SAMTRAC/Comsoc 1 or 2
ISO certification (9001:2015; 14001:2015, 45001:2018)
Mine Health & Safety Act Legal liability
Nebosh Certification IGC / National Diploma (NADSAM)
Risk assessment
ICAM / RCAT / TAP Root
Driver’s License for manual vehicle an added advantage
EXPERIENCE
At-least 3 years demonstrated HSE experience in an operational environment
At-least 2 years Mine Health and Safety Act knowledge and experience
Minimum 1 year ISO 9001 Quality Management training
Minimum 1 year ISO 14001 Environmental Management training
Minimum 1 year ISO4500 Training
At-least 3 years Knowledge of safety procedures
At-least 3 years Knowledge of legislative compliance requirements e.g. COIDA, OHSA, Legal Liability, Accident/Incident Investigation
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