Health and Safety Officer vacancy at Discovery
Job Highlights
Discovery is hiring! Applications are invited for the Health and Safety Officer vacancy.
Location: Sandton – 1 Discovery Place, Gauteng, ZA
Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery.
Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.
Job Purpose
The Health & Safety Administrator ensures compliance with health and safety regulations, policies and procedures within Discovery.
The Health & Safety administrator (Contractors) is responsible for coordinating, reviewing and issuing safety work permits and induction to ensure that the health and safety measures are adhered to create a safe working environment for Discovery employees.
Requirements
- Certification in occupational health and safety or related field.
- Professional certification in health and safety eg. SCAPCMP, NEBOSH, IOSH.
- Prior experience or internships in a health and safety related role is a plus.
- Familiarity with conducting risk assessments, incident investigations and safety audits
Key Performance Areas
1. Data management and documentation
- Assisting in assessing the health and safety file for all off-site and on-site contractors to ensure compliance with the occupational health and safety Act and sub-regulations.
- Collaborate nationally with cross-functional teams and tenants to ensure compliance.
- Risk Assessment and Hazard Identification
- Assist in conducting regular risk assessments and hazards identification activities (major installations/projects) to identify potential risks and implement measures to mitigate them.
- Collaborate with relevant departments to ensure appropriate risk controls are in place and regularly reviewed.
3. Awareness, Training and Education
- Assist in organizing and coordinating health and safety training programmes for contractors and service providers, ensuring understanding and compliance with health and safety protocols and procedures.
- Help maintain training records and schedules for contractors, tracking their progress and certification.
- Coordinate and facilitate emergency response and evacuation drills to enhance preparedness and awareness for contractors and lifestyle services.
4. Incident and Accident Reporting
- Assist with the non-conformance reporting of workplace incidents/accidents and near misses’ investigations for contractors and lifestyle services.
- Prepare detailed incident/accident reports, including analysis and recommendations for preventive measures to mitigate future occurrences for contractors and lifestyle services nationally.
- Safety Compliance, Audits and Inspections
- Assist in conducting routine safety inspections and regular audits in the workplace to identify potential hazards and ensure compliance with regulations and company policies for major projects and installations.
- Collaborate with relevant departments to address any non-compliance issues and implement corrective actions.
- Engage with local authorities around safety requirements for major projects and installations.
- Issuing of non-conformance notices with recommendations and recommended action plans.
- Evaluating health and safety files for procurement for potential new providers.
- Emergency Response and Preparedness
- Ensure emergency response plans, including evacuation procedures, first aid, fire safety and crisis management plans are in place for contractors and lifestyle services.
- Assist in organizing drills and training exercises to evaluation emergency preparedness and response for contractors and lifestyle services.
- Health and Safety communication
- Assist in creating and distributing health and safety communications to contractors and lifestyle services to promote a culture of safety.
- Respond to employee enquiries and concerns regarding health and safety matters related to contractors and lifestyle services.
- Communicate health and safety updates related major projects and installations, guidelines and relevant information to health and safety reps through various channels.
- Administration of the function
- Planon Health & Safety work permit system on Planon is managed for Discovery nationally.
- Maintain accurate training, health and safety records as to contractors onsite.
- Stakeholder feedback/satisfaction and improvement plans as required.
- Monitor and track inventory levels of safety related items and reorder when necessary.
- Travel required to regions with major installations.
How to Apply
You can APPLY HERE.
