- Purpose
Reporting to the Exploration Manager, the Safety/Ert Officer provide ongoing safety training to support Exploration team and assist with the implementation, management and ongoing improvement of health and safety system.
- Main responsibilities and duties
- Actively contribute to build all Exploration site as a safe working environment.
- Conduct planned/unplanned inspections of Exploration site, mobile equipment and tools.
- Conduct inductions
- Contribute to maintain high standard safety culture.
- Ensure work processes are free from safety and health hazard and that subordinates are trained to ensure safety.
- Drive departmental health and safety goals.
Technical and functional for the role
- Conduct exploration inductions and site wide inductions
- Organize alcohol tests on all Exploration site and maintain record.
- Assist in incident investigations.
- Assist the team and workers in assessing risks related to tasks and work areas.
- Assist the team in developing and implementing safe work procedures.
- Conduct regular audits on the effectiveness of the use of risk assessment tools.
- Conduct regular rounds for hazard identification and behavioural observation.
- Actively participate in critical control management activities and safety programs
- Follow up on implementation of corrective actions and effectiveness of corrective actions.
- Collaborate with HSE Supt to conduct specific health and safety training.
- Fire extinguisher, vehicles, rigs inspection
- Conduct basic trainings to the staff.
- Competent crane/Forklift operator
- Competent Rigger
Finance & Commercial:
- Maintain and/or minimise expenditure
- Prevent and/or reduce wastage.
- Control stock in hand.
- Implement optimisation initiatives.
Leadership / management:
- Manage self.
- Plan weekly, daily tasks.
- Ensure equipment/tools are available.
- Recognise and reward performance of the team.
- Provide technical specialist input
- Collaborate with teams and encourage individual contribution.
- Investigate and resolve problems by finding solutions.
- Work constructively with all teams.
- Encourage input of team members.
- Develops trainee and/or backup support within team for roster breaks.
- Be responsive to work and personal issues of team members.
Compliance and Business Improvement:
- Identify and prioritize all risks and liabilities and ensure these risks and liabilities addressed.
- Participate in risk assessments.
The duties and responsibilities listed above are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.
3. Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Education:
- Advanced degree, health/safety/Environment or ERT or equivalent
Relevant experience:
- 2 - 3 years’ experience In HSE or ERT
- Knowledge of legal requirements, HSE systems and processes.
- Emergency response processes
- Awareness of mine processes
- Substantial knowledge in health and safety or training in the mining sector
Skills
- Ability to analyse and solve problems.
- Ability to communicate and transfer knowledge to direct reports and other site personnel.
- Ability to detect problems and report information to appropriate personnel.
- Written and spoken English and French
- Competent Crane operator /Competent Rigger
- Driving License
