Job Description

A position has come available at one of South Africa's largest and foremost black-empowered resources companies and one of the top five coal producers in South Africa, for a Safety Officer to be based at the Matla Mine, Kriel, Mpumalanga.

This is a 12-month contract and is open to South African citizens only.

The Purpose of the role:

• To assume duties and responsibilities of a safety officer in terms of regulation 2191 of Mine Health and Safety Act.
• To coordinate and implement legal requirements and safety initiatives.
• To conduct and facilitate incident investigations.

Major Challenges:

• Sphere of control in terms of geographical area.
• Skills scarcity.
• Interdepartmental relationships.
• Timeous closure of DMR and DOL directives, governance regarding Business Unit non-conformance.
• Facilitating incident investigations outside of sphere of control/responsibility.
• Personal litigation.

Minimum Qualifications & Requirements:

• National Diploma: Safety Management (Essential/Minimum)
• Chamber Of Mines Safety Officer Certificate (COMSOC) 1 & 2
• Certificate First Line Management (Essential/Minimum)
• B Tech (Relevant) (Recommended/Desirable)

Experience:

• 3 5 Years relevant safety operations within a heavy industry, mining and production environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

Best Practice and Knowledge Management

Assist in the evaluation of discipline-specific standards, principles and practice to enable planning, design and implementation of safe outcomes that support business strategy.

Compliance, Governance and Assurance

Adhere to relevant legislation and Business Unit (BU) requirements

Manage risk by assessing liabilities, reporting and monitoring standards and attending to problems

Create awareness, conduct hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA) interventions and address unsafe practices in timeous manner

Implement and maintain an audit structure

Conduct internal and external safety and environmental audits

Compile statistical and legal monthly reports

Ensure adherence to ISO/OHSA requirements (Management of Change)

Customer and Client Relationship Management

Maintain good relationships with customers

Understand customer needs and provide solutions

Respond to customer queries as per Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Address all customer complaints as per service management policies and guidelines

Continuously endeavour to improve service delivery

Ensure customer satisfaction is maintained within the service management targets

Safety Health an Environmental (SHE) Rep empowerment (mentoring and coaching)

Influence BU safety culture through Visible Felt Leadership (VFL).

SHEC Operations

Effective contractor management in terms of quality assurance

Input into SHE induction material and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) requirements

Coach internal staff as per corporate programmes

Facilitate and monitor compliance in terms of training requirements

Provide an expert advisory service to line and Head, SHE and present statistical findings and performance

Chair relevant SHE Rep meetings, when required

Facilitate HIRA process

Conduct inspections as per legislation

Incident investigation process as per Chief Safety Officer instruction

Safe and Healthy Work Environment

Adhere to all health/safety practices and promote good housekeeping on an ongoing basis

Appointment under section 74 and regulation 2171 of Mine Health and Safety Act

Training and Development

Provide specialist safety training and support, as per legislative requirements

The ICON Group