Officer Occupational Hygiene and Safety

In brief

Overview This role is for an Officer of Occupational Hygiene and Safety within Eskom Communications. The position involves facilitating, implementing, maintaining, and advising on occupational hygiene and safety programs, assessments, and standards to ensure compliance with legal requirements, ISO 45001 standards, and best practices. What you will do * Facilitate multi-functional disciplinary work groups to compile risk specific occupational hygiene and safety assessments. * Implement, enhance and maintain occupational hygiene safety and health programs within the parameters of legal requirements, international organisation for standardisation ISO 45001 standards and best practices. * Provide professional advice and guidance with respect to occupational hygiene and safety for employees, contractors/suppliers, customers and members of the public. * Analyse and assess business unit needs regarding occupational hygiene and safety risks, implement and monitor control measures. * Develop, implement and monitor occupational hygiene safety audits and reviews. * Ensure legislation and business risks created by incidents are managed. * Develop and advise on implementation and evaluation of occupational hygiene and safety management processes for contractors, suppliers or projects. * Develop, implement and monitor occupational hygiene and safety standards, procedures, systems and processes. Requirements (from the original advert) * **Qualifications:** National Diploma in Safety Management/Environmental Health/Sciences/Management at NQF 6 with 240 credits. * **Experience:** 3 years’ experience in fire and emergency management, contractor management, occupational hygiene and safety. * **Behavioral Attributes:** * Strong drive to learn * Be results and delivery focused * Be able to work as part of a team * Integrity * Safety consciousness * Professionalism * **Leadership Attributes:** * Ability to build effective relationships and delivery on expectations * Coaching and mentoring * Team player * **Knowledge:** * Human safety performance understanding * Risk analysis principles * Project management principles * Sound knowledge and understanding of human behaviour and occupational hygiene and safety * Business processes management * Legal * **Skills:** * Negotiation and facilitation * Communication and presentation * Leadership * Analytical * Problem solving Who should apply The ideal candidate is a professional with a strong drive to learn, who is results and delivery focused, and able to work effectively as part of a team. They should demonstrate integrity, safety consciousness, and professionalism. Essential leadership qualities include the ability to build effective relationships, deliver on expectations, and engage in coaching and mentoring as a team player. The candidate must possess sound knowledge of human safety performance, risk analysis principles, project management principles, human behaviour, occupational hygiene and safety, business processes management, and legal requirements. Required skills include negotiation, facilitation, communication, presentation, leadership, analytical thinking, and problem-solving. Deadline Not specified Reference Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/officer-occupational-hygiene-and-safety-eskom-communications Source: myjobmag

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