Boksburg: Environmental Health and Safety Officer posted by Chainlink Recruitment

About the Role

The EHS Safety Officer is a critical role that ensures a safe and legally compliant workplace through proactive risk management, compliance monitoring, employee training, and incident prevention.

Key Responsibilities

• Compliance & Legal Requirements:
• Ensure compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHS Act) and other applicable regulations.
• Ensure compliance with relevant environmental legislation, including the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA).
• Maintain mandatory safety and environmental documentation, registers, legal appointments, and permits.
• Assist with internal and external safety audits.
• Ensure contractors meet safety requirements before and during site work.

• Risk Management:
• Conduct regular workplace inspections and safety walks, and environmental inspections.
• Identify hazards and evaluate risks associated with tasks, processes, and equipment and environmental aspects.
• Develop, implement, and monitor risk assessments and safe operating procedures (SOPs) and environmental controls.
• Recommend and track corrective and preventive actions to reduce risk.

• Safety Training & Awareness:
• Conduct safety inductions for employees, contractors, and visitors.
• Deliver toolbox talks, awareness sessions, and refresher training.
• Ensure employees are trained and competent for their tasks.
• Promote a positive safety and environmental culture across all sites.

• Incident Management:
• Respond to injuries, near-misses, and incidents, and environmental events (e.g. spills)
• Assist in conducting investigations and root cause analysis.
• Compile incident reports and track corrective actions.
• Maintain injury, incident, and near miss statistics, and environmental statistics.

• Contractor & Visitor Management:
• Review and approve contractor safety files prior to work commencement.
• Monitor contractor compliance and enforce corrective actions where required.
• Ensure visitor compliance with site safety and PPE requirements.
• Authority to stop contractor work where safety or environmental non-compliance is identified.

• Emergency Preparedness:
• Support the development and maintenance of emergency procedures.
• Conduct drills (fire, evacuation, chemical spill, medical).
• Ensure emergency equipment is inspected and functional.
• Train emergency response teams (first aid, firefighting, evacuation marshals).

• Monitoring & Reporting:
• Maintain safety performance data and prepare monthly reports.
• Track leading and lagging indicators (e.g. incidents, near-misses, training completion).
• Communicate trends, risks, and improvement opportunities to management.

• Continuous Improvement:
• Participate in safety meetings and committees.
• Encourage reporting of hazards and near misses.
• Support implementation of new safety initiatives and projects.
• Support business in complying with OHS and NEMA ACT to ensure continuous improvement.