Health and Safety Officer

Operational Delivery:

Monitor and assess hazardous and unsafe situations and develop measures to assure personnel safety.
Recommend health & safety policies and ensure awareness and implementation of same.
Conduct health & safety inductions & hazard awareness campaigns.
Facilitate & assist with hazard identification & risk assessments.
Carry out & assist with admin related accident investigations legal documents & registers.
Implement incident prevention programs.
Support managers with contractor & construction health & safety management on site.
Inspect the workplace and workplace equipment to ensure they conform to health and safety regulations and legislation.
Participate in external audits as well as conduct occupational health safety and environmental related surveys and provide recommendations.
Implement review and train staff on emergency plans.
Monitor and analyse HSE performance on site and identify and communicate lagging and leading indicators.
Enforce safe behaviour and continuously address.
Ensure compliance with legal requirements.
Maintain an efficient recording system to ensure that all training and licencing of operators and any other HSE incident records are kept safely.
Maintains a visible presence in the worksite to ensure effective HSE management is in place.
Provides assistance to line management for risk management activities including hazard identification and task risk assessments.
Conduct periodic walkthroughs and inspections at worksite and other designated locations as needed.
Liaise with Management and Supervisors to determine the corrective remedial actions to be taken and estimated completion dates.
Ensure that all employees who carryout identified hazardous tasks have received the correct training to enable them to carry out the tasks safely.

Customer Focus:

• Work with teams to develop and maintain a customer-focused attitude toward activities
• Handle general queries regarding HSE issues within the working environments
• Interact with clients to provide and process information in response to enquiries concerns and requests
• Work with processes and procedures in such a way that operational efficiencies and performance are enhanced
• Attend to and resolve all client queries timeously or escalate when necessary
• Follow up and follow through on all escalated queries timeously
• Manage conflict

Reporting:

Report & present monthly safety statistics & trends
Follow up on completion of Accident Report documentation to be sent to WCA (Liaise with HR)
Conduct incident investigations and establishe facts for Root Cause Analysis reviews and completes reports in a timely manner
Prepare weekly/monthly reporting within set timeframes for submission to your Manager as requested

Code of Conduct:

Work in a flexible way when the occasion arises so that tasks which are not specifically covered in the job description are undertaken
Take responsibility for ones own performance
Promote TFSs image and corporate citizenry through deliberate and co-ordinated activities
Adhere to the TFSs Safety Health Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) Management Systems Policies & Procedures as applicable to this position
Ensure TFS ethical values are adhered to