Job Description

• Operational, Financial and Technical results
• Perform duties and responsibilities required by any other relevant legal appointment in terms of MHS Act, OHS Act appointment and other SHE Legislation (e.g., incident investigator, H & S committee member)
• Ensure there is compliance to site Safety Plans
• Ensure that work activities are in line with the Life Value Plan (LVP)
• Facilitate the identification of occupational SHE hazards, risks, Major unwanted events, and the associated preventive and corrective controls.
• Enable the implementation of controls within the operations.
• Facilitate workplace risk assessments (e.g., baseline, continuous and issue based)
• Facilitate the execution of risk-based workplace occupational safety improvement interventions.
• Identify non-conformances, including incidents, conduct investigations, root cause analysis, and the identification of personal, workplace and organizational factors to prevent incidents from occurring /recurring.
• Conduct regular inspections to identify at risk conditions and at-risk behaviors to prevent incidents and strive for zero harm.

Governance and assurance:

• Conduct focused safety audits.
• Conduct risk-based assurance audits with focus on group and critical controls
• Participate in the respective forums.
• Monitor, review and improve effectiveness of safety improvement initiatives.
• Monitor and respond proactively to hazards in the workplace.
• Lead workplace safety inspections and coach operations personnel
• Identify incident and injury trends and recommend and monitor mitigating and control measures.
• Participate in the roll out of the Safety Improvement Plans and report updates as required.
• Change management and communication
• Develop and communicate safety awareness and enablement material.
• Occasionally facilitate safety discussions (toolbox talks, safety meetings or stand downs)

Leadership and Values:

• Values behavior, personal development, and effectiveness. Leadership accountabilities to reach results.
• Maintain high performance and seek opportunities for personal growth monitored through structured performance contracts and development plans according to the talent management frameworks.
• Continuously develop extensive knowledge relating to the field of work and personal mastery in technical skills application
• Enable the achievement of sustainable SHE performance through sound Occupational Safety business processes.
• Share key business and organizational information.
• Facilitate sharing and learning of SHE matters.
• Relationship, Teamwork and Collaboration:
• Build and sustain positive internal and external stakeholder relationships to accomplish Ops SHE execution plan.
• Facilitate engagement and manage integration across sub functions, functions, and workplaces.
• Participate as member of Safety forums, natural working teams and other groups.
• Engagement with Operations and other stakeholders to ensure alignment with SHE requirements.
• Influence Operations and team members to implement the best practices.
• Identify and establish communication channels and mechanisms.
• Extract, benchmark, enrich, capture, and disseminate within knowledge management standards.
• Service Provider intervention to ensure alignment.

• Relevant 3-year qualification in the SHE/chemical/explosives industry xe2x80x93 BSc or National Diploma (Must)
• COMSOC 1 and COMSOC 2 (Wish)
• SQAS (Wish)
• ISO 14001 & ISO 45001 Implementation and Auditing courses (preferred)
• 5 yearsxe2x80x99 relevant experience, preferably in mining, or chemicals and/or explosives industry
• The candidate must be medical fit to work in mines (underground and/or open cast)
• Candidate must be able to travel to different customer sites and perform standby duties.
• Experience working with MS Office package like MS Power Point, MS Word, MS Excel.
• Preferences will be given to candidates residing in the in the Northwest and Gauteng area.