Safety Officer - Hout Bay

The purpose of the role is to safeguard the health, safety, and wellbeing of employees, contractors, and all stakeholders on construction sites by ensuring compliance with applicable health and safety legislation, regulations, and company standards. The role is responsible for implementing, monitoring, and managing Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) systems, including the identification, assessment, and mitigation of workplace risks and hazards.

The Health and Safety Officer support effective risk management practices, oversees construction health and safety documentation and compliance requirements, ensures subcontractor adherence to safety standards, and contributes to the safe and compliant execution and close-out of construction projects.

Requirements:

• Matric / Grade 12
• Advanced computer literacy
• Safety Management Training Course (SAMTRAC), Safety Officer (SHETRAC),
• Hazard Identification & Risk Assessments,
• Legal Liability
• Course on incident investigation in the workplace
• Basic knowledge of hazardous chemical substances
• Minimum of 5-10 years’ Health and Safety experience in the construction industry
• Thorough knowledge of relevant health, safety, and environmental legislation
• Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) ACT and Compensation Occupational Injury and Disease (COID) Act
• Full Registered with South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP)
• Fall Protection plan developer training (Ideal)
• Training in ergonomics (Ideal)
• Driver’s License (and own transport)

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with safety regulations.
• Prepare a Company Standard HSE File as per client requirements.
• Conduct site inspections and audits as required identifying and minimizing the risk to company and employees.
• Identify unsafe acts, conditions, and hazards, investigate root causes and identify corrective and preventative actions.
• Conduct workplace Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (HIRA).
• Inspect the place of work to determine whether any machinery, plant, equipment, substance, appliances or process is of such nature liable to cause bodily injury to any person working in the place of work.
• Investigate any accident, near-miss incident, dangerous occurrence or occupational disease that occurred in the place of work.
• Compile and submit health and safety related reports to management and third parties.
• Submitting HSE reports identifying, non-conformances, shortcomings etc.
• Conduct site specific Risk Assessments, Safe Operating Procedures, Safe Work Procedures.
• Conducting Health and Safety Inductions/toolbox talks etc.

Construction documentation and management:

• Preparation of a construction health and safety plan that is complying with the OHS Act and the client specification.
• Attend regular site, technical and progress meetings.
• Facilitate site safety meetings.
• Identification of the hazards and risks relevant to the construction project through regular coordinated site inspections.
• Establish and maintain health and safety communication structures and systems, distribution of health and safety specific documents to sub-contractors.
• Compiling project specific emergency response and preparedness plans.
• Testing the effectiveness of the emergency response plans.
• Conduct site safety inductions.
• Do the reporting and investigation of project related incidents.
• Maintain all records and registers.
• Participation in management reviews of the health and safety systems.
• Use of trends analysis to identify system deficiencies and incident trends, outline relevant improvements.
• Statistical report.

Managing Subcontractors:

• Assessments and approval of contractor(s) health and safety files
• Evaluate the levels of compliance of subcontractors to the project specific health and safety files and client specifications through inspections and audits.
• Managing subcontractor’s health and safety on site.

Project close out:

• Consolidated health and safety file as per project specifications.
• Archive Safety files.

Key Behavioural Dimensions and Skills:

• Responsible
• Reliable
• Cautious and observant
• Good time management
• Planning skills
• Problem solving skills
• Good communication skills (written & verbal)
• Hard working and willingness

Pay: R10 000,00 - R36 000,00 per month

Application Question(s):

• Indicate salary expectation

Education:

• Certificate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Safety Officer: 3 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's license (Preferred)

Location:

• Houtbaai, Western Cape (Preferred)

Work Location: In person