Health & Safety Officer

  • Full Time
  • Lusaka
  • Applications have closed

Yalelo

Health & Safety Officer

Yalelo Ltd seeks to hire an experienced and qualified Health & Safety Officer who will be responsible for implementing the Yalelo Ltd Health and Safety Management Systems and ensure that there is a safe working environment in the workplace for employees and other interested parties.

The Right Fit candidate will :

Maintain & Monitor the OHS Management System.

Conduct and document Hazard Identification, Risk Analysis, and management on site.

Ensure Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) Legal register is in place and timely updated by maintaining and documenting compliance to all safety regulations on site.

Implement the OHS system in the organisation and conducts daily inspections to monitor compliance.

Induct contractor/Visitor as well as safety monitoring and management on site.

Implement and maintain health and safety standards according to establish SOP’s.

Monitor, & evaluate OHS goals, targets, and statistics.

Compile and maintain relevant SHE registers on updated database.

Logs all Health & Safety (H&S) related complaints and makes updates in respective database.

Champion OHS Best Practices

Implement the change management register.

Perform weekly departmental checks on Fire Equipment, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) adherence, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Contractor checks, permits check etc.

Promote safety initiatives through toolbox talks, H&S awareness emails and posters.

Track closure of near misses and safety observations.

Implement lessons learnt from all incidents and accidents and shares with all staff, visitors & contracts on site.

Deliver Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSMS) training programs and monitors training matrix.

Implement safe working techniques.

Conduct all the required H&S Drills e.g., Fire and Chemical

Monitor Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) replenishment, management and use on site.

Essentials:

Excellent communication skills

Strong problem-solving skills

Very sound understanding of Health and Safety Management Systems

Strong understanding of laws and regulations governing safety of employees in workplaces

Qualification:

Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

Management, Risk Management, Safety Management, or related discipline

Two (2) minimum relevant work experience.

Interested candidates should send their CVs

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