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Safety Officer

Pretoria North
Salary: R22 000.00 - R28 000.00 Per Month
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Health & Safety
Reference: PTA025608/CR

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Employer: Dante Group (Pty) Ltd

We are looking for a Health and safety officer in Pretoria North area for a Logistics company

Minimum requirements:

Matric
SAMTRAC or related (required)
2 to 4 years’ working experience within
- transport and logistics (advantage) or mining (desired)
- booking medicals and inductions (required)

Key Responsibilities:

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA)

Assist management in compiling HIRA’s for their areas
Assist management in updating of HIRA’s & Risk profiles every 2 years or after incidents when required.
Ensure compliance to the various safety acts (e.g. OHSA, MHSA) and other related legislation and put in place measures to address/mitigate risks.
Provide inputs into any Modifications, Works Programs & Authorisations required.

Road Transport Management System (RTMS)

Maintaining compliance with RTMS
Review audit finding and recommendations
Assist in the closing of findings and recommendations
Participate in audits & inspections

Emergency Preparedness

Respond to all emergencies, as required
Ensure emergency plans and co-ordinators are in place

Compliance with the internal Safety Management System (SMS)

Conduct site and workplace audits and inspections to ensure compliance
Follow-up and close out of any audit/inspection findings
List findings on the follow-up system
Non-conformances and deviations are identified and corrected
Unsafe acts and conditions identified and reported to management
Ensure that deviations are raised in order to prevent incidents
Processes stopped when required, e.g. safety risk or non-compliance with legal requirements

Incident management

Investigate incidents
Reporting of incidents to relevant stakeholders (e.g. DoL).
Compile incident investigation reports, as per SMS reporting standards
Ensure Corrective/Preventative Actions are implemented to prevent recurrence

Communication and Awareness

Attend safety meetings on behalf of Company
Issue Safety Alerts & Infograms
Investigate suggestions prior to implementation to ensure feasibility and make recommendations where required.
Investigate and follow up on complaints from employees, as well as from outside the company.
Communicate legal updates to the relevant plants and management
Assist with the preparation of statistics for safety meetings
Communicate statistics and trends to employees at various platforms
Inform Management of safety issues
Relevant management and employees informed of latest changes in legislation
Ensure that complaints are properly addressed and that action is taken where required

Medical Inductions & Exits

Liaise with clients and service providers to make bookings
Ensure that required entry/exit medicals packs are completed correctly and all required documents are attached

Safety Documentation

Update and assist with update of Safety standards and procedures.
Provide inputs and comments for any Safety related policies & procedures that are being reviewed/updated
Ensure latest Safety documentation are available
Ensure that Company’s safety files are up to date as per client’s requirements and standards.

Legal

Ensure all legally required permits, licenses, certificates, authorisations required to operate are in place and up to date
Ensure compliance to the requirements of any permits, licences, certificates or authorisations.
Ensure Legal compliance audits are conducted and all findings addressed
Ensure that all legal appointments are made and up to date.
Updated licences and permits register

Client Relations

Build effective relationships with clients and service providers
Ensuring compliance with client’s safety and work protocols

Consultant: Celine Robberts - Dante Personnel Pretoria Silver Lakes
Apply via our website www.dantesa.co.za

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About Dante Group (Pty) Ltd

Danté Personnel Recruitment (Pty) Ltd, established in 1996, is a national leading recruitment-consulting firm. We offer specialized services to effectively manage the entire recruitment process, for companies based in South Africa and abroad. We service different Business diversities like Mining, Engineering, Technical, Information Technology and Finance.

Our exclusive database of candidates, for all various business verticals, is valuable tool to start the recruitment process. We take up the challenge in finding the right candidate through our extensive network of resources and understanding of the hiring trends.
Our expertise lies in identifying and selecting candidates at all positions, especially middle and senior management. We take pride in our ability to provide all your human resource requirements.