Health & Safety Officer

Responsible for designing policies and procedures that help prevent harm to workers and property. Inspects machines and air quality, designs safe work spaces, and creates policies for workers to follow that minimize job-related hazards.

Role of the Safety and Health Officer (SHO).

• The SHO will identify risks to occupational safety and health and report same to the Manager concerned.
• The SHO will initiate and follow implementation of measures with the Manager concerned.
• Authority to act - the SHO has full authority to take any action required in all situations pertaining to safety and health including disciplinary measures (in collaboration with the HR Manager).

Your scope of duties and responsibilities will include:

• Carry out regular occupational safety and health audits to identify risks to safety and health.
• Assess the need for preventive measures to safeguard the safety and health of employees and any other person not in the employment of the employer.
• Advise the employer in writing on practicable measures and appropriate techniques to be implemented to minimise any risk in any process in the undertaking of his employer.
• Design and implement appropriate training programmes including safety induction to meet the requirements of this Act and any other enactment dealing with occupational safety and health, and keep proper records thereof.
• Review any measure, method, procedure or technique adopted to ensure occupational safety and health at intervals of not more than 2 years or at such intervals as the Permanent Secretary may direct in writing and keep proper records thereof.
• Recommend in writing to the employer appropriate occupational safety and health programmes, where the circumstances so justify.
• Develop effective communication systems on occupational safety and health between the employer and any employee.
• Inspect all places of work under responsibility of the client at least once every month and record his findings in the register provided by the employer.
• Exercise adequate supervision to ensure the effective implementation of arrangements made, and preventive measures taken, by the employer.
• Enquire into (i) all queries and occupational safety and health complaints made by an employee (ii) occupational accidents and dangerous occurrences at any place of work and make a report thereon, and recommend in writing any safety and health measures to be implemented by the employer.
• Assist management to set up a safety committee and act as its secretary at every one of its meeting held at least once every two months.
• Endorse minutes of meeting together with the chairman and employee representative, a copy of which to be sent to the inspectorate within 10 days of the meeting.
• Act as adviser to executive and supervisory staff and employees in all matters concerning prevention of accidents, injury, hazard, disease and the promotion of safety and health.
• Monitor and inform on legislation and award provisions relevant to health and safety.
• Review, monitor and update health and safety manuals, rules and procedures.
• Encourage compliance with safe work practices through distribution of training resources such as literature, posters and warning signs.
• Evaluate health and safety products and systems and advise management on their suitability and application to the organisation.
• Perform administrative tasks related to Health & Safety.
• Attend all meetings of health and safety committees or management committees when health and safety matters are discussed or considered. At the inception of new projects, during the development and implementation phases
• Develop measures to enhance organizational awareness of environmental protection
• Review environmentally friendly trends in the industry for implementation.
• Formulate environmental protection policies and procedures.

Qualifications: minimum BSC Occupational Health and Safety

Experience: minimum 3 years in a manufacturing environment

Profile: Team Player/Proactive/Good communication skills

Conditions: Full Time

Reports to : Managing Director