Job Description

Our client, a well-established, long-standing industrial property management and development concern, seeks your safety experience to take up this 12-month contract, based in Port Elizabeth.
Role Purpose:

• Improve, protect and sustain the health and safety of all people on construction projects.
• Ensure compliance of various issues relevant to occupational health and safety activities and site-specific health and safety plans.
• Prepare inspection reports using the Mango system.
• Promote a health and safety centric culture.
• Oversee all Junior level Safety Officers are compliant.
• Manage safety representatives and check their paperwork.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Grade 12.
• SHERQ related qualification.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years relevant experience.
• First aid / Fall Protection Planner / Risk Assessor / incident investigation.
• SAMTRAC / SHEMTEC, an added advantage.
• Must be a self-starter, high attention to detail and assertive.

Responsibilities:
Compliance Management:

• Ensure both internal policies, rules and procedures as well as legislation and best practice principles are complied with.
• Assist Management in the achievement of objectives of the organisation's SHERQ policies.
• Keep updated on relevant legislation relating to construction sites.
• Assist with improving performance in line with internal and external audit findings.

Training Management:

• Train personnel in the implementation of procedures.
• Prepare for and run weekly toolbox talks with staff, and ensure that all staff attend.

Reporting:

• Assist Management to take corrective action emanating from reports.
• Ensure all incident reports are thorough, accurate and submitted timeously to the HSE Manager / relevant internal stakeholder(s).

Compliance:

• Ensure site is compliant in terms of SHERQ.
• Any other adhoc tasks as required.

Skills Required