- Western Cape
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Contract
- Sectors: Entertainment Engineering
- Reference: 88475
Vacancy Details
Employer: Lesedi
The SHE Manager must ensure works to prevent workplace accidents and promotes health and safety awareness and education to fellow employees. The SHE Manager is accountable for leading a team of specialists to achieve a behavioural based safety culture, driving best practice and continuous improvement in line with business objectives. In this critical role, the SHE Manager will act as a key influencer and change agent to ensure full implementation and compliance of both global and local strategies, ensuring an excellent standard of health, safety and environment is achieved and sustained. As part of the leadership team, the SHE Manager will work in collaboration with senior management to implement an effective health, safety and sustainability culture across the business units.
Responsibilities
- Report on performance, achievements, compliance, incidents, trends and issues;
- Facilitate the management of key safety and environmental projects driving the success of Zero Harm;
- Develop and implement inspection policies and procedures, and a schedule of routine inspections;
- Prepares and schedules training to cover emergency procedures, workplace safety, and other relevant topics;
- Monitors compliance with safety procedures.
- Evaluate health and safety practice and procedures for risk assessment and following legal guidelines.
- Conduct accident prevention training and health and safety training.
- Investigate accidents and incidents to find cause and take prevention measures for further incidents.
- Handle worker's compensation claims in the event of a workplace accident.
- Suggest solutions, improvements and prevention steps for safety issues.
Authority:
- Regarding safety matters, the safety manager has direct access to the Accountable Executive and appropriate senior and middle management.
- The safety manager is authorized to conduct safety audits, surveys and inspections of any aspect of the operation.
- The safety manager has the authority to conduct investigations of internal safety events in accordance with the procedures specified in the safety management system of the organization.
- The safety manager has the authority to stop or prohibit any operation considered to be unsafe.
General:
- Support the management team in achieving Zero Harm.
- Good work practices & compliance of all Safety Requirements.
- Adherence to Legal Safety Regulations and International Standards for Safety requirements.
- Follow Departmental and Company Processes
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Management, Occupational Safety and Health, or related field required.
- Safety Management Diploma / Degree
Experience:
- Minimum of 10 year's experience as the Safety, Health and Environmental Manager.
- Extensive knowledge of health and safety systems from a leadership perspective within a heavy industrial environment.
- Breakthrough thinking and innovative ideas foster collaborative relationships across the various functions on site and contribute to the overall success of the organization.
- Experience at the corporate level implementing a strategic health, safety and environment framework ensuring quality systems are maintained.
Skills:
- Computer Literate (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Computer Systems (IFS, Project Management Collaboration Platforms)
- Be able to communicate clearly.
- Be technically competent.
- Problem solving and decision making.
Knowledge:
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of construction/installation/maintenance principals.
- Good knowledge of regulatory and safety governance, with specific focus on site requirements including QA systems and auditing principles.
- Knowledge of environmental approval and regulatory requirements relevant to the industrial environment
Should you not hear from us within 21 days of the closing of the advert, kindly regard your application to have been unsuccessful.
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