SARAO is Recruiting a Senior SHEQ Officer

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The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) is recruiting a Senior SHEQ Officer on a permanent contract. The successful candidate will join the Cape Town, Western Cape facility to monitor and ensure compliance with health and safety, environmental regulations and quality control.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, general safety documentation, mini HIRAs, health and safety risks and legal compliances;
• Implement and maintain the ISO certification process for the organisation;
• Manage, investigate and report on incidents, statistics, audits, hazards, surveys, COIDA and general assessments regularly;
• Train SARAO staff and conduct awareness programmes on health and safety culture;
• Conduct continuous risk assessment and management for all SARAO sites;
• Develop construction health and safety specifications for tenders;
• Manage and assess health risks, updating occupational health documentation and health legal compliances;
• Manage and continuously monitor the provision of comprehensive primary healthcare and ambulance services, including communication with the DOH on legal matters;
• Manage activities of the emergency evacuation drills and health risks at least once per year at all SARAO sites;
• Develop and monitor the SARAO Environmental Management System, including the required environmental documentation process;
• Train, create quality awareness, implement and maintain the quality culture at SARAO;
• Lead, monitor and maintain the quality assurance of internal and external timeously audits and reviews – including Calibration;
• Supervise and monitor the implementation and maintenance of the Total Quality Management System (TQMS), required Standards, general Specifications, inspection, testing, and NDE requirements;
• Advise and coordinate SARAO Emergency Management Team (EMT);
• Monitor emergency response procedures and incident response levels;
• Assess, identify and advise on ergonomics health; and
• Manage the HSE during the development, construction, and operational phase of projects.

Key Requirements:

Qualification

• National Diploma in the relevant field (Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental or Quality);
• SACPCMP registered Professional Construction Health & Safety Agent (PrCHSA);
• NEBOSCH certification (advantageous); and
• 8+ years experience as a SHEQ Officer, of which three years is in a supervisory/management capacity, preferably in engineering projects, operations, construction, infrastructure, design and development environment.

Experience

• ISO 9001, ISO14001, ISO 45001, and OHSAS 18001 and training;
• HSE management during the development, construction, and operational phase of projects;
• Health, Safety and Environment Management Systems, Environmental Laws and Regulations, Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 and its Regulations;
• Incident Management, Incident Investigation by using systemised tools, HSE Auditing Techniques;
• Risk management (Identify areas of risk and develop measures to eliminate, reduce and control them);
• Quality assurance management;
• Experience accessing external and internal based SHEQ Document Management Systems;
• Experience performing a gap analysis procedure in Health Safety and Environment; and
• Experience organising cultural and training, including leading and managing a team;

Knowledge

• Application of Health, Safety, and Environmental legislation (including knowledge of OHSACT);
• Relevant ISO standards and auditing (ISO9001, 45001 and 14001);
• Application of the principles and practices of SHEQ and Risk management;
• Good understanding and working knowledge of relevant legislation referencing the environment (i.e., NEMA, NWA, NEM: WA, MPRDA etc.);
• Good working knowledge of the OHS ACT and the required regulations, including the Construction Industry Legislation and Regulations;
• Interpretation of SHEQ Management Systems, procedures and policies, including document control;
• Computer literate in MS Office (PowerPoint Presentation, Excel, Word, etc.); and
• Audit and implementation competency of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.

Additional Notes

The applicant should have the following skills, abilities, and competencies:

• Excellent people management skills such as leadership, teamwork, interpersonal, coaching, mentoring and supervisory skills;
• Ability to plan, set goals, and manage time, priorities, resources, accountabilities, schedules and costs;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Ability to solve problems, interpret and analyse report, and implement recommendations;
• Good incident and accident investigation skills;
• Must follow protocol, take the lead, implement corrective action and close out the investigations as per prescribed timelines;
• Good safety acumen;
• Self-motivated and assertive;
• Valid Drivers License;
• Willingness and ability to travel nationally.

How to Apply

Applicants should submit a comprehensive CV here before 28 March 2023. Furthermore, applicants should include a letter of motivation indicating their suitability for the position in their applications. In addition, the applicants must provide at least three referees’ names and contact details.