Health & Safety Officer

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Policies and Practicies:
  • Develop, monitor and continuously improve a Safety Policy and Procedures document for the company.
  • Develop, monitor and continuously improve an Environmental Policy and Procedures for the company.
  • Ensure company and customer safety and environmental procedures and safe working practices are strictly followed, with the aim of reducing lost time incidents to less than the industry standard.
  • Strive towards completion of comprehensive Safe Work/Operating Procedures for all Mantrac operations.
  • Implement a company wide strategy for completing Job Safety Analysis for each task.
  • Implement and tutor the usage of the 'Take 5' Handbook.
  • Carry out and delegate Risk Assessments to be carried out in each work area consistently.
  • Instigate, lead and complete all accident investigations within 24hrs of incident.
  • Analysis of accidents, maintain incident/accident register and make statutory reports returns to the director of occupation health and safety services.
  • Ensure and maintain procedures for managing hazardous substances and the disposal of chemicals, e.g. asbestos.
  • Assist individual departments with the updating of SOPs.
  • Keep up to date with new legislation.
Safety Awareness:
  • Ensure health and safety is considered as first priority within the company.
  • Instigate consistent toolbox talks at the start of each shift, ensuring content of the meetings are relevant.
  • Act as safety comitte secretary, lead all safety meetings and briefings, ensuring content is relevant and the correct message is delivered.
  • Ensure awareness of safety and environmental issues is prevalent through visual posters and aids, continuous monitoring, discussions, briefings, training, simulations and workshops.
  • Mediate between managers and operations to limit or eliminate conflict between production and safety considerations.
  • Ensure all EH&S Trainings are carried out viz. Health & safety committee trainings, fire marshals training, first aid trainings etc
  • Training of employees as required by HR Department – on issues of Health, Safety and Environment.
  • Ensure First Aid compliance amongst the workforce covers all areas of the company workforce comparable with OHSAS 18001 certification.
Audits, Reporting and Feedback:
  • Auditing of the implementation of company policies, plans and procedures relating to Health, Safety and Environmental with due cognizance of the requirements of Kenyan legislation.
  • Establish and maintain a Recordable Injury Reporting Process.
  • Establish and maintain safety KPI (Key Performance Indicator) data.
  • Provide suggested remedial action when safety KPI targets are not met.
  • Provide a process for Safety Information sharing across the dealership
  • Carry out periodic and spontaneous Planned Inspections of all work areas
  • Advice on a range of specialist areas; e.g. fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery and occupational diseases.
  • Keep updated, comprehensive registers on all safety and environmental related registers, ie. Ladders, Fire Extinguishers, Chains, Electrical Tooling etc.
  • Fully document any accident or near miss where required and present to the management.
Other:
  • Where the need arises carry out tasks assigned by the Managing Director to meet the needs of the business.
  • Coordinate servicing of fire-fighting equipment.
  • Ensure all fire-fighting equipment and first aid boxes are regularly serviced and contents are in order.
  • Facilities- Manages and monitors all sub-contractors, contracts staff and staff to ensure adherence to health and safety.
  • Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the immediate report/Territory Manager.
Job Specifications:
  • Where the need arises carry out tasks assigned by the Managing Director to meet the needs of the business.
  • Coordinate servicing of fire-fighting equipment.
  • Ensure all fire-fighting equipment and first aid boxes are regularly serviced and contents are in order.
  • Facilities- Manages and monitors all sub-contractors, contracts staff and staff to ensure adherence to health and safety.
  • Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the immediate report/Territory Manager.
Knowledge:
  • Clear understanding of Kenyan health and safety legislation.
  • H&S awareness
Skills:
  • Articulate and able to communicate well in both written and oral.
  • High level of integrity.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Independent thinker.
  • High attention to detail.
  • Ability to establish and maintain excellent mutually beneficial working relationships with staff and other departments to ensure smooth running of the section.
Job Specifications:
  • Degree in physical sciences with leaning towards engineering. Degree in health & safety will be preferred
  • Diploma in heath & safety or environmental sciencies
  • 3 years post academic experience in Health, Safety and / or Environmental Management
  • Proficiency in Microsoft office application

To apply, click on the link below

http://www.mantrackenya.com/index.php?pg=careers&current=careerForm&career_name=HEALTH%20&%20SAFETY%20OFFICER
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