Occupational Health and Safety Officer - Johannesburg

Requirements:

• • 2 years of experience as a Safety Officer or similar role
• • Excellent knowledge of legislations and procedures
• • Excellent knowledge of potentially hazardous materials or practices
• • 1 year of experience in producing reports
• • Experience with writing policies and procedures for health and safety
• • Familiarity with conducting data analysis and reporting statistics
• • Proficient in MS Office
• • Working knowledge of safety management information system
• • Outstanding organizational skills
• • Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• • Team player
• • Good time-management skills
• • Great interpersonal and communication skills
• • BSc/BA in safety management or similar field
• • Certificate in occupational health and safety

Responsibilities:

• • Plan and implement OHS policies and programs
• • Advise and lead employees on various safety-related topics
• • Prepare educational seminars and webinars on a regular basis
• • Review existing policies and procedures
• • Adhere to all the rules and regulations
• • Work with HR to set up a new employee on-boarding process for safety
• • Conduct risk assessment
• • Enforce preventative measures
• • Identify process bottlenecks and offer timely solutions
• • Check if all the employees are acting in adherence with rules and regulations
• • Prepare and present reports on accidents and violations and determine causes
• • Oversee workplace repair, installations and any other work that could harm employees' safety