Duties & Responsibilities
- Act as the first point of contact for Bitunil staff for any issue concerning health and safety.
- Assist Bitunil to put in place policies and implement plans for health and safety issues.
- Ensure all accidents are correctly reported in accordance with the OSHAS 18001 and root cause analysis has been done.
- Ensure that safe work systems are implemented by maintaining up-to-date risk assessments.
- Ensure confidentiality is maintained and information is only shared on a ‘need to know’ basis.
- Report identified hazards and appropriate risk control measures to the Management Representative.
- Assist in identifying appropriate training programs in occupational health and safety and environment.
- Conduct annual workplace audits to identify hazards and unsafe workplace conditions and work practices.
- Evaluate the circumstances of work injury, illness and dangerous events, identify any corrective action and request any additional resources or assistance required to undertake this corrective action.
- Ensure that adequate time and resources are available and highlight any shortfall to Management Representative.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislations and corresponding Bitunil's procedures.
- Ensure that all manual handling activities have a current, suitable, written risk assessment (e.g. as part of the activity-based risk assessment and, where appropriate, a separate, specific manual handling risk assessment). As part of this risk assessment process, ensure that effective control measures are implemented within a specified time scale, and reassessments planned.
- Allow adequate time and resources for staff to attend training courses for manual handling, risk assessment and ensure that they do so.
- Ensure that any equipment purchased is appropriate for the task and well maintained.
- Ensure that all users of different equipment receive suitable information, instruction, training and supervision.
- Ensure that employees are properly supervised and follow relevant safe work systems.
- Ensure that manual handling practices are monitored for compliance and appropriate actions taken, when necessary.
- Ensure that any manual handling accidents or near-miss incidents are investigated and remedial action is taken.
- Ensure that monitoring takes place to measure the effectiveness of controls and compliance with Bitunil's standards.
- Ensure that the internal audits are carried out regularly by the appropriate way and send the audits summary report to the Management Representative.
Required Qualification
Mechanical or Chemical Engineering with min. 4 years experience in HSE , proven track record in the same capacity, excellent communication and analytical skills is required, and good command of English. Managerial personality.