SENIOR SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OFFICER – BOTASH 779 views

Reference # SSCHO

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Market Related

Location: Sowa Town, Central, Botswana

 

Introduction

Botswana Ash (Pty) Ltd is a Soda Ash and Salt producing Company situated on the Sua Pan in Botswana, approximately 180 km by tarred road northwest of Francistown. The Company employs over 450 employees of which close to 300 are unionised. Employees and their families live in Sowa Town, about 20 km east of the factory. The town boasts excellent English medium pre-primary, primary and secondary schools as well as government run primary and junior secondary schools. In addition, there is a company run private clinic for Botash employees at the factory as well as a private clinic and a government run clinic at the township. Recreational facilities include tennis and squash courts, swimming pools, recreation clubs as well as an 18- hole browns golf course.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the position of:

SENIOR SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OFFICER

Job Summary

Reporting to the SHE Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for co-ordinating the implementation of Safety and Occupational Health systems in all areas of Botswana Ash with a view of ensuring compliance to the mine’s standards and statutory regulations.

Key Performance Areas

Implementation and sustaining:

•Safety, Health and Environmental Management Systems – ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001

•Systems for reporting and investigating incidents as well as tracking closure of deviations.

•Document control and records management.

•Corrective and preventative action plans to mitigate against non-conformances.

•Regular Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (HIRAs) and up to date risk register.

•SHE campaigns and management of the SHEQSYS data base.

Requirements

Requirements

The ideal incumbent should be in possession of National Diploma in Safety Management (NADSAM)/Degree in Safety Management or Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent qualification. The candidate should also have a minimum 5 years supervisory experience in the SHE environment with at least three years at Safety Officer or equivalent level.

Job Closing Date 05/07/2019