Safety Health and Environment (SHE) Officer Jobs in Botswana

Job
description

A Management
position exists within Tongaat Hulett Botswana and suitable applications are
invited for the position of SHE OFFICER

Qualification
& experience: Degree in SHE Management and or appropriate
SHE qualifications such as Certificate in IS
O 14001 & OHSAS 18001
Implementation and ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 Auditors qualification, SAMTRAC.

Job
specification/requirements:

Must
have 5 years SHE related experience preferably in the food industry in a
private sector, 2 years of which should have been at management level.
A
strong work ethics; self-motivated, self-disciplined, self-starter with a
high level of urgency.
Sound
skills and experience in Risk Assessment, Incident Investigations &
health and Safety internal auditing process.
Integral
audit experience on Integrated ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 systems.
Awareness
and practical experience of Behavioural Based Safety.
Good
knowledge of application of legislation including understanding of
international safety best practice.
Must
have good administrative and computer skills (Ms Office).

Requirements

Main duties of
the job include:
Responsible for coordination of the health, safety & environment procedure,
polices, legislation and best practices to ensure that they are implemented and
adhered to. Provide support on planning, monitoring and reviewing the
preventative measures to ensure a safe, healthy & environmentally friendly
workplace.

Key
performance areas include:

Ability to develop,
implement, and coordinate comprehensive health, safety, environment, and
sustainability programme.

Enforces
compliance with SHE policies, procedures and legislation.
Investigates
and completes the process of incident investigation and properly close off
the incident report.
Keeps
up to date with new legislation and ensuring compliance with local legal
regulations and other requirements.
Ensures
regular emergency response exercises and drills are conducted to ensure
the highest level of preparedness in any emergency. Maintains records of
such drills & provides recommendations for improvements.
Co-ordinates
and participates in the pre-task risk assessment, risk assessment,
incident investigations & ensures closure of investigations and
formulate actions to prevent repeat of similar incidents in the future.
Ensures
that SHE monthly meetings, SHE monthly reports including SHE Management
Review meetings are held as scheduled.
Ensures
effective SHE communication to employees, customers, contractor and
relevant stakeholders.