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Young & Co (EA) is one of East Africa’s leading construction groups.
For over 50 years H Young & Co (EA) Ltd has been building East Africa's infrastructure in partnership with various international partners making it the contractor of choice in East Africa.
With very wide expertise and experience in Civil, Mechanical & Structural Engineering, H Young has a track record in operating in all industries.
The company applies its innovative and practical approach to both big and small projects.
Safety Officer
To be based in Pemba, Zanzibar, the Safety Officer will be responsible for offering advisory services to management on all Health, Safety and Environment issues.
These include and not limited to the following range of specialist areas; fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery and occupational diseases.
Responsibilities
For over 50 years H Young & Co (EA) Ltd has been building East Africa's infrastructure in partnership with various international partners making it the contractor of choice in East Africa.
With very wide expertise and experience in Civil, Mechanical & Structural Engineering, H Young has a track record in operating in all industries.
The company applies its innovative and practical approach to both big and small projects.
Safety Officer
To be based in Pemba, Zanzibar, the Safety Officer will be responsible for offering advisory services to management on all Health, Safety and Environment issues.
These include and not limited to the following range of specialist areas; fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery and occupational diseases.
Responsibilities
- Preparing and ensuring implementation of health and safety strategies and developing internal policies.
- Implementing the company Health and Safety Procedures and developing local work procedures to comply with legal obligations.
- Carrying out job safety analyses and considering how risks can be reduced or eliminated.
- Carrying out regular site inspections to check policies and procedures are being properly implemented and are working well.
- Overseeing safety audits and keeping records of inspections’ findings and producing reports that suggest improvements.
- Ensuring that staff is inducted according to the Safety Procedure.
- Keeping up to date with new legislation and maintaining a working knowledge of all environmental, health and safety legislation and any developments in the industry, and liaising with regulatory bodies to ensure compliance.
- Maintaining a system for recording, reporting and investigating injuries, accidents and dangerous occurrences in the site.
- Providing regular statistical summaries to Management and drawing attention to significant trends and occurrences.
Requirements
- Degree in Environmental Sciences.
- Professional Certification in Occupational Health & Safety.
- Proven record of at least 4 years HSE experience in a reputable organisation.
- Flexibility to varying working hours.
- Customer service oriented.
- A mature individual with high level of discretion and unquestionable integrity.
Interested
candidates should submit their application and detailed CV on or before 21st
December 2011 to Jobs@hyoung.co.ke clearly indicating Safety Officer – Pemba on
the email subject
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
