shtSafety Officer Job Vacancy in Kwale Kenya

Safety Officer

To be based at the Coast, 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 7 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 9th March 2012 to willemgons@gmail.com clearly indicating Safety Officer on the email subject

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.