Construction Safety Coordinator – Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) 1183 views

Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) is located on the outskirts of Palapye, Botswana along the Serowe – Palapye road. The mine currently operates an underground coal mine, and will soon be embarking on a brownfields open cast mine project, adjacent to the underground mine.

The project scope is the development of an open cast coal mine, coal handling and processing plant (CHPP) and associated supporting infrastructure. The mine is currently seeking to recruit suitably qualified and experienced applicants for the following position:

Construction Safety Coordinator

Main Purpose of the Job

Reporting to the Project Manager, the incumbent will be responsible to set up and manage a Construction

Safety Management system, ensuring compliance to Botswana legislation and project SHE specifications.

Main Responsibilities

• Implement Company HSE Management plan
• Manage and train subordinates
• Ensure compliance to SHE Specification
• Auditing of Contractors
• Approving Contractors safety packs
• Aligning project to Company OHSA 18001 and ISO 14001 system
• Compliance to Botswana legislation
• Compliance to approved Environmental management plan
• Reporting of Safety Statistics

Qualifications, Experience and Attributes

• A Degree or Diploma in Health and Safety Management.
• Must have at least 10 years project construction safety management experience preferably within the mining industry

• Trained in SAMTRAC and Incident Cause Analysis Method (ICAM )
• Self-motivated and strong leadership skills, with the ability to work within owner’s team