Our client has an opportunity available for a Safety Officer .
Requirements:
- Certificated Safety Practitioner and in possession of at least a National Diploma in Safety Management or equivalent.
- 5 years similar work experience within a similar heavy-duty plant and machinery environment.
- Experienced in Safety Management and Accreditation processes.
- Experience in MS Office.
- Above average communications skills with different levels of Management and Employees.
- Work comfortably at heights and walking on gratings several stories high.
- Free of asthma and related illnesses.
- Must be physically fit.
Responsibilities:
- Attend, arrange, plan and maintain regularity of Safety meetings in Maintenance and Operations Departments.
- Obtain the MSDS’s for the different raw materials handled and used in plants and ensure the safe use thereof.
- Carry out inspections, record and assist the different departments in the use of the safety equipment.
- Ensure the safety equipment complies with the requirements of the OHS act.
- Investigate, inspect, draw up safety procedures and train the employees in the methods for handling raw materials.
- Monitor the application and execution of safe work procedures by all employees.
- Record Safety Audits and Inspections carried out on plants and submit to Management on a three-month basis.
- Establish an alphabetic and numeric logical numbering system for the Safety Department.
- Plan and arrange that all employees are trained in the safe use of equipment, machinery, and plant.
- Ensure that employees' safety training records are up to date.
- Work closely with the HR Department with regards to the arrangements of training and record keeping of such training.
- Ensure that all contractors and employees have undergone induction training and arrange refresher courses when necessary.
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