{"id":17541,"date":"2025-08-27T10:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/junior-safety-officer-fixed-term-contract-laboratory-assistant-fixed-term-contract-plant-assistant-fixed-term\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T00:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T00:24:10","slug":"junior-safety-officer-fixed-term-contract-laboratory-assistant-fixed-term-contract-plant-assistant-fixed-term","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=17541","title":{"rendered":"Junior Safety Officer &#8211; Fixed Term Contract \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Laboratory Assistant &#8211; Fixed Term Contract \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Plant Assistant &#8211; Fixed Term Contract &#8211; Local Community Advert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:<\/p>\n<p>Legislation\u00a0Implementation of:<\/p>\n<p>\tMine Health &amp; Safety act No 29 of 1996 and or;<br \/>\n\tOccupational Health and Safety act No 85 of 1993;<br \/>\n\tNational Environmental Management Act no 107 of 1998 and local Bi-Laws.<br \/>\n\tEnsure statutory compliance with respect to key plant equipment.<br \/>\n\tConfirm that work practices are safe and in compliance with legislative requirements.<br \/>\n\tCoordinate the availability of all legal appointments, reflecting the requirements of our clients and any other legal requirement and updated following changes.<br \/>\n\tEnsure compliance to the COID Act.<br \/>\n\tMaintain a valid copy of the Letter of good standing and ensure it is available to all interested parties.<br \/>\n\tCoordinate 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.<br \/>\n\tVerify that personnel are trained to perform their tasks and are inducted on the site HSE requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Heath, Safety and Environmental system<\/p>\n<p>\tImplementation and maintenance of the Health, Safety and Environmental systems<br \/>\n\tHSEC Online<br \/>\n\tIsometrix<br \/>\n\tImplementation of the Legal Compliance Registers<br \/>\n\tManage the completion of all relevant documents accurately and timeously by applicable stakeholders.<br \/>\n\tVerify that all client and Company policies and procedures are always adhered too.<br \/>\n\tProvide on the job training and coaching for all HSE related matters.<\/p>\n<p>Risk Assessment<\/p>\n<p>\tDevelopment and regularly review the site baseline risk assessment (BLRA), Issue base Risk Assessment (IBRA) in consultation with relevant stakeholders.<br \/>\n\tIn 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.<br \/>\n\tCo-ordinate and facilitate the development of issued-based and task specific risk assessments with the onsite team.<br \/>\n\tCo-ordinate and provide coaching to line managers to ensure regular pre-work risk assessment are conducted prior to commencing with activities.<br \/>\n\tFacilitate the training of all employees in the risk assessment and procedures.<br \/>\n\tConduct regular reviews of the application of the risk management process and the quality thereof through field verifications and correct deviations where they exist.<\/p>\n<p>Communication &amp; Development<\/p>\n<p>\tCoordinate the development of HSE related awareness material and these are communicated in the Toolbox talks to the workforce.<br \/>\n\tMaintain regular communication with stakeholders to ensure they remain abreast of successes and concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Client management<\/p>\n<p>\tKeep abreast of all Client requirements.<br \/>\n\tRespond timeously to Client requests.<\/p>\n<p>Site inspections<\/p>\n<p>\tConduct statutory and regular site inspections. Verify compliance to policies, procedures and the HSE system requirements.<br \/>\n\tConduct regular site inspections to identify any unsafe conditions or behaviour and reinforce safe behaviours.<br \/>\n\tEstablish a program for inspections and verifications and measure the achievement of the program.<\/p>\n<p>Administrative functions<\/p>\n<p>\tStatistics and SHE reports are accurately captured and reported weekly and monthly to the Site Manager and HSEQ Department.<br \/>\n\tLiaison with client on site reference documentation standards.<br \/>\n\tEnsure that a filing system is kept as per our minimum standards.<br \/>\n\tEnsure that reporting to the client on site is accurate and correct.<br \/>\n\tCoordinate that all equipment and tool are inspected by competent personnel and registers maintained and over inspected.<\/p>\n<p>Records<\/p>\n<p>\tKeeping records of inspection findings and action solutions.<br \/>\n\tMaintain an event register of incidents and accidents.<br \/>\n\tAnalyse trends and recommend suggested actions for implementation by the team.<br \/>\n\tCapture and report on leading and lagging indicators for site and recommend improvement actions where deviations are observed.<\/p>\n<p>Incident Investigations<\/p>\n<p>\tLead and direct all incident investigations, driving actions and outcomes through to final completion and closure.<br \/>\n\tPerform Root Cause Analysis.<br \/>\n\tEnsure correct reporting channels are followed on site as well as to Head Office Support functions.<br \/>\n\tEnsure investigations and associated reports are timeously completed<br \/>\n\tFollow up on corrective actions to be implemented and advise the site team on overdue actions.<br \/>\n\tLiaise closely with clients throughout the accident investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency preparedness<\/p>\n<p>\tEnsure the establishment and availability of an emergency preparedness procedure for the site.<br \/>\n\tSchedule and coordinate the execution of regular risk-based emergency preparedness drills, documenting findings and implement improvements<\/p>\n<p>Site HSE Audits<\/p>\n<p>\tEstablish an internal and external audit plan that is inclusive of own and contractor activities.<br \/>\n\tConduct audits in line with procedures.<br \/>\n\tParticipate in Head office quarterly audits and ensure findings are closed timeously.<\/p>\n<p>Occupational Hygiene<\/p>\n<p>\tEnsure site policies and procedures are being adhered to.<br \/>\n\tIdentify needs for hygiene assessment and monitoring programmes.<br \/>\n\tDevelop, implement strategies to reduce exposure to communicable diseases and Hazardous biological agents.<\/p>\n<p>Planned task observation<\/p>\n<p>\tEstablish a schedule for the execution of PTO\u2019s.<br \/>\n\tCoordinate the execution of Planned Task Observations on all staff in line with the planned schedule.<br \/>\n\tIdentify deviations observed during the observation process and implement actions in consultation with the team to close-out.<br \/>\n\tCorrect behavioural and procedural inefficiencies based on expected outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>SHE Representatives<\/p>\n<p>\tParticipate in client H&amp;S committee meetings on a periodic basis.<\/p>\n<p>Training<\/p>\n<p>\tFacilitate in-house and external HSE training.<br \/>\n\tEnsure safety training needs are identified and communicated to site management.<br \/>\n\tEnsure documented proof is kept of all Safety related training done.<br \/>\n\tEnsure safety training is in line with modern practices, procedures and legislation.<br \/>\n\tEnsure training statistics are forwarded timeously to site management and SHE Manager.<br \/>\n\tUpdate personnel files with relevant valid competencies.<br \/>\n\tMaintain a site training matrix.<\/p>\n<p>MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS<\/p>\n<p>QUALIFICATIONS<\/p>\n<p>\tMatric (Grade 12) or an equivalent qualification registered at NQF Level 4, including relevant NATED courses (e.g., N3 Certificate)<br \/>\n\tSAMTRAC\/Comsoc 1 or 2<br \/>\n\tISO certification (9001:2015; 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