Gauteng: Safety Officer – Contractor / Temporary posted by Primeserv Denverdraft

About the Role

The Safety Officer – Contractor position is a critical role that requires a highly skilled and experienced professional to ensure the implementation of Integrated Management System (IMS) and compliance with legal requirements, standards, policies, procedures, and other requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilise the self-assessment tool to ensure that all elements of IMS are implemented in areas of responsibility.
• Ensure that incidents are logged, verified and investigated on IsoMetrix.
• Monitor that the agreed upon actions in operations are implemented and escalated if overdue.
• Ensure that all users are trained on all relevant SHERQ systems.
• Inspect and ensure that PPE is relevant for the task and in good condition.
• Coach and train on relevant work instructions and compliance issues relevant to the plant.
• Facilitate hazard and critical task/activity identification (activity-based risk assessment)
• Facilitate the review of task procedures and work instructions applicable to the plant
• Facilitate and confirm PTO evaluations
• Ensure and confirm HIRA and clearance certificate (PTW) issued
• Ensure that audits are done on the PTW and all deviations escalated to relevant departments.
• Ensure that all contractors and sub-contractors comply with the Client’s contractor management procedure in the area of responsibility.
• Ensure that conversation cards, hazard tags, near misses and PTO’s are reported in the weekly SHERQ report and in the monthly SHERQ meeting in the respective areas.
• Analyse the indicators and associated risks and assist with the implementation of solutions to address the problem.
• Feedback to management on indicator status in order to ensure KPI improvement
• Identify and advise on training needs analyses and training recommendations, especially to resolve identified system and process competence shortfalls
• Monitor and report the status of training on the weekly report.
• Sustain SHERQ awareness through communication such as safety talks, weekly and monthly safety themes.
• Discuss the outcomes of Group Incident Learnings (GIL’s) in the daily departmental meetings.
• Assist in the review of SHERQ onboarding and plant specific induction.
• Conduct plant housekeeping inspections to identify legal non-conformances (including health, safety and environment).
• Schedule inspections in collaboration with the departmental managers.
• Ensure corrective actions are implemented and tracked on the weekly report.
• Follow up to ensure action effectiveness
• Plan, schedule and conduct internal audits in the area of responsibility. Ensure audits are logged onto IsoMetrix.
• Ensure reports are issued and findings captured in IsoMetrix
• Ensure findings and actions are closed-out appropriately
• Monthly/ weekly report to Departmental Management on status of findings and actions
• Participate and support on verification and external audits
• Lead and facilitate the assessment.
• Review the existing baseline risk assessment and ensure that the specific risk assessment for the department is still relevant.
• Ensure correct matrix is used
• Ensure good quality information is captured in IsoMetrix
• Ensure that all events (incidents and non-conformances) are raised and reported on IsoMetrix.
• Ensure that Group Incident Notification’s and Group Incident Learnings are generated for all incidents and submitted to the SHERQ Manager for review and approval.
• Be proficient in leading and facilitating incident investigations
• Ensure quality of incident investigations is of an acceptable standard.
• Ensure incident investigation is captured in IsoMetrix
• Follow up on the actions recommended in the Group Incident Learnings are implemented
• Continually identify opportunities for improvement based on Group Incident Learnings and incidents identified in the department.

Requirements

• Matric (Maths and Science)
• National Diploma in SHERQ related field.
• BTech in SHERQ / Safety (advantageous)

Qualifications

No qualifications mentioned.