Safety Officer

Are you a person who loves the order of policies and procedures?  Then we have the job for you!
With a growing fleet of trucks, Health and Safety is always important. We are looking for someone who can assist our Safety Department as ;

Position: Safety Officer

Job brief:

1. Overall Purpose

• To oversee all HSE activities and programs across the regional sites.

2. Accountability & Responsibility Areas.

• To promote continual improvement and safety across the organization.
• Assist in compliance reviews, general risk assessments and other safety assessments.
• Manage HSE Programs, Policies and Procedures and maintain relevant logs and documentation, Incident Notification , Incident reports.
• Perform Safety Inspections and prepare applicable Safety reports as required.
• Provide assistance and advice on safety issues to make recommendations to the company.
• Participate in detailed incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis.
• Promote incident prevention for the benefit of employees and visitors.
• Assist in the development and presentation of relevant HSE training.
• Observe safety regulations, wears all required safety equipment, encourages safe working practices, corrects obvious hazards immediately or reports them to the supervisor.
• Maintain positive and proactive relations with managers and employees, as well as customers and regulatory agencies.
• Ability to evaluate PPE and ensure proper use and maintenance of PPE.
• Ability to oversee Hazardous Waste Storage area and ensure regulatory agency compliance i.e. labeling, containment, proper disposal, documentation, etc.
• To help develop a Hazard Analysis (HA)
• Perform other work related tasks as required as assigned
• Ability to work with employees and achieve cultural change in the face of potential resistance.

3. Knowledge, Skills & Qualifications

• Grade 12 certificate
• Diploma in occupational health and safety and or bachelor’s degree will be an added advantage.
• Extensive knowledge of quality improvement systems.
• 2- 3 years experience as a safety officer
• Computer literate
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written report writing skills
• Conversant with all statutory regulations governing occupational health and safety in Zambia

Interested candidates should forward their current applications and CV’s to The following ;

[email protected] and [email protected]

NB. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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