Health & Safety Officer

The Safety & Health Officer will be responsible to advise and monitor all Departments so as to ensure they operate as per set procedures and instructions.

As the Safety and Health Officer, you will be responsible for ensuring the safety of workers and visitors on the work sites of FairStone Ltd and FairStone Support Services Ltd. You will develop and implement safety plans, conduct site inspections, and provide training on safety procedures. You will also investigate accidents and injuries that occur for both of the companies under your care.

Your duties and responsibilities will include – inter alia – to:

• Carry out regular occupational safety and health audits to identify risks to safety and health.
• all queries and occupational safety and health complaints made by an employee.
• 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 a predetermined period.
• 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.

• 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 OSHA 2005 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.
• 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.
• Exercise adequate supervision to ensure the effective implementation of arrangements made, and preventive measures taken, by the employer.
• Enquire into:

 You may be required to perform any other cognate duties incidental to your job.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

 Qualifications  : Degree in Safety & Health

 Experience : 1-2 years  (exposure to construction site will be an advantage)

 Knowledge and skills :-

 Construction site exposure

• Proactive 
• Good Communication skills
• Positive Attitude
• Time Management Abilities
• Problem Solving Skills