Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Ensuring compliance to the applicable Occupational Health & Safety Act

• Ensure safety, healthy & environmental legislation compliance.
• Maintains a safe work environment.

To monitor and advise on the implementation of the Safety VPO Pillar in the plant and associated wet depot / warehouse

• Ensure requirements of all Blocks of the Safety Pillar are implemented.
• Performs Safety monitoring and audits.

Ensure workplace hazards are identified and communicated to all staff

• Performs Risk assessments as per the VPO Standards
• Ensures all employees are aware of all work hazards & all control measures.
• Ensures Safety Incidents and observations are identified, reported and closed.

Track leading Safety KPI’s and support interventions to improve

• Ensures all Safety Incidents and Observations are captured in Credit360.
• Ensures optimum use of Safety App. to raise Safety Incidents and Observations

Promote awareness of occupational safety and the VPO Safety programme

• Leads organised and participates in World Safety Day/Week activities.
• Shares relevant safety alerts with operational teams.
• Uses dashboards to drive improvement in safety performance.

Conduct investigations into incidents together with line managers identifying root cause and proposing both corrective and preventative actions

• Identified Root causes and agree systemic loop closure action plans
• Maintains updated records of all incidents in Credit 360
• Develops and shares safety Alerts

Ensure induction of both employees and contractors take place in accordance with standards

• New employee, service providers and Contractor Safety training and awareness.

Ensure the safe execution of capex projects and support safe work practices where required

• Safety during project execution

Drive closure of investigations, safety gaps and legal compliance in the plant:

• Continuous improvement in Safety performance
• Reduction/elimination of safety incidents/Injuries

Ensure the site is adequately secured and the contracted security provider complies with standards

• Prevention of damage or loss of assets
• Contractors and service providers safety managed

Identify safety and legal training needs, conduct training, arrange and co-ordinate where required:

• Improve employees Safety Pillar Knowledge
• Mandatory training provided to all employees to ensure as per VPO Safety Pillar VPO

Develop and maintain documentation such as SOP’s, as well as maintenance of manuals, policies and procedures as related to safety:

• Safety systems maintained

Minimum Requirements:

• National Diploma in Safety Management/ relevant qualificational
• 12 months on the job training
• Posses qualification in Safety Legal compliance
• 2-3 Years as Safety Facilitator or equivalent position