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Health & Safety Officer - Yalelo

Date Posted: Nov 28, 2023
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Job Detail

  • Location:
    Siavonga, Southern, Zambia
  • Company:
  • Type:
    Full Time/Permanent
  • Shift:
    Morning Shift
  • Career Level:
    Operational level
  • Positions:
    1
  • Experience:
    3 Year
  • Gender:
    No Preference
  • Degree:
  • Apply Before:
    Dec 05, 2023

Job Description

The Right Fit candidate will perform among others, the following functions:

Maintains & Monitors the OHS Management System.

  • Conducts and documents Hazard Identification, Risk Analysis, and management on site.
  • Ensures Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) Legal register is in place and timely updated by maintaining and documenting compliance to all safety regulations on site.
  • Implements the OHS system in the organisation and conducts daily inspections to monitor compliance.
  • Inducts contractor/Visitor as well as safety monitoring and management on site.
  • Implements and maintains health and safety standards according to establish SOP’s.
  • Monitors, & evaluates OHS goals, targets, and statistics.
  • Compiles and maintains relevant SHE registers on updated database.
  • Logs all Health & Safety (H&S) related complaints and makes updates in respective database.

Champions OHS Best Practices

  • Implements the change management register.
  • Performs weekly departmental checks on Fire Equipment, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) adherence, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Contractor checks, permits check etc.
  • Promotes safety initiatives through toolbox talks, H&S awareness emails and posters.
  • Tracks closure of near misses and safety observations.
  • Implements lessons learnt from all incidents and accidents and shares with all staff, visitors & contracts on site.
  • Delivers Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSMS) training programs and monitors training matrix.
  • Implements safe working techniques.
  • Conducts all the required H&S Drills e.g., Fire and Chemical
  • Monitors Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) replenishment, management and use on site.

The Health & Safety Officer Must Have:

  • The people excellent communication skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Very sound understanding of Health and Safety Management Systems
  • Strong understanding of laws and regulations governing safety of employees in workplaces

Qualifications Requirements for the Health & Safety Officer are:

  • Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management, Risk Management, Safety Management, or related discipline
  • Three (03) minimum relevant work experience preferably acquired from construction and mining industries
  • Valid competency certificates

If this, is YOU, we would like to hear from you today!!! Send us your CV and qualifications at careers@yalelo.com

Benefits

To be discussed with succesful canidate

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