Health and Safety Officer

Health and Safety Officer at Mantrac Kenya Ltd in Nairobi – Kenya Jobs, Careers and Vacancies

Mantrac Kenya Ltd the Caterpillar authorized dealer in Kenya; sells and services earthmoving, Power generating, Material Handling and Mining Equipment. Mantrac Kenya Ltd is part of Mantrac/Unatrac International Group who are Caterpillar dealers of heavy machinery in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Egypt, Iraq and UK international sales. To help us achieve our strategic plan, we are looking for qualified talent in various fields. Qualified candidates will be assessed on right attitude and work ethic culture. In return Mantrac will offer unparalleled training and growth opportunities, develop your whole-person to fit into a multidisciplinary workplace.

HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER

Main Duties And Responsibilities:

Policies and Practicies: Develop, monitor and continuously improve a Safety Policy and Procedures document for the company.Develop, monitor and continuously improve an Environmental Policy and Procedures for the company.Ensure company and customer safety and environmental procedures and safe working practices are strictly followed, with the aim of reducing lost time incidents to less than the industry standard.Strive towards completion of comprehensive Safe Work/Operating Procedures for all Mantrac operations.Implement a company wide strategy for completing Job Safety Analysis for each task.Implement and tutor the usage of the ‘Take 5’ Handbook.Carry out and delegate Risk Assessments to be carried out in each work area consistently.Instigate, lead and complete all accident investigations within 24hrs of incident.Analysis of accidents, maintain incident/accident register and make statutory reports returns to the director of occupation health and safety services.Ensure and maintain procedures for managing hazardous substances and the disposal of chemicals, e.g. asbestos.Assist individual departments with the updating of SOPs.Keep up to date with new legislation.

Safety Awareness: Ensure health and safety is considered as first priority within the company.Instigate consistent toolbox talks at the start of each shift, ensuring content of the meetings are relevant.Act as safety comitte secretary, lead all safety meetings and briefings, ensuring content is relevant and the correct message is delivered.Ensure awareness of safety and environmental issues is prevalent through visual posters and aids, continuous monitoring, discussions, briefings, training, simulations and workshops.Mediate between managers and operations to limit or eliminate conflict between production and safety considerations.Ensure all EH&S Trainings are carried out viz. Health & safety committee trainings, fire marshals training, first aid trainings etcTraining of employees as required by HR Department – on issues of Health, Safety and Environment.Ensure First Aid compliance amongst the workforce covers all areas of the company workforce comparable with OHSAS 18001 certification.

Audits, Reporting and Feedback: Auditing of the implementation of company policies, plans and procedures relating to Health, Safety and Environmental with due cognizance of the requirements of Kenyan legislation.Establish and maintain a Recordable Injury Reporting Process.Establish and maintain safety KPI (Key Performance Indicator) data.Provide suggested remedial action when safety KPI targets are not met.Provide a process for Safety Information sharing across the dealershipCarry out periodic and spontaneous Planned Inspections of all work areasAdvice on a range of specialist areas; e.g. fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery and occupational diseases.Keep updated, comprehensive registers on all safety and environmental related registers, ie. Ladders, Fire Extinguishers, Chains, Electrical Tooling etc.Fully document any accident or near miss where required and present to the management.

Other: Where the need arises carry out tasks assigned by the Managing Director to meet the needs of the business.Coordinate servicing of fire-fighting equipment.Ensure all fire-fighting equipment and first aid boxes are regularly serviced and contents are in order.Facilities- Manages and monitors all sub-contractors, contracts staff and staff to ensure adherence to health and safety.Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the immediate report/Territory Manager.

Job Specifications: Where the need arises carry out tasks assigned by the Managing Director to meet the needs of the business.Coordinate servicing of fire-fighting equipment.Ensure all fire-fighting equipment and first aid boxes are regularly serviced and contents are in order.Facilities- Manages and monitors all sub-contractors, contracts staff and staff to ensure adherence to health and safety.Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the immediate report/Territory Manager.

Knowledge: Clear understanding of Kenyan health and safety legislation.H&S awareness

Skills: Articulate and able to communicate well in both written and oral.High level of integrity.Strong analytical skills.Independent thinker.High attention to detail.Ability to establish and maintain excellent mutually beneficial working relationships with staff and other departments to ensure smooth running of the section.

Job Specifications: Degree in physical sciences with leaning towards engineering. Degree in health & safety will be preferredDiploma in heath & safety or environmental sciencies3 years post academic experience in Health, Safety and / or Environmental ManagementProficiency in Microsoft office applications

Your soft copy application letter and curriculum vitae indicating your regular telephone number to enable us contact you should be mailed to careers@mantrackenya.com so as to reach us not later than 27th April 2012

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