Mantrac Health & Safety Officer Job in Kenya

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