About the Job
Responsibility:
- Prepare and/or update health, safety and environmental management risk assessment and plan, review them on a regular basis and keep them up to date at all times together with the safety committee.
- Design strategies to reduce incidents of illness, environmental accidents and other issues that may affect employee’s safety
- Ensure that all health and safety policies, procedures, rules, regulations and best practices are adhered to and are regularly reviewed, updated and communicated
- Ensure that sub-contractors and employees are aware of their responsibility in relation to environment, health and safety
- Lead the environment units
- Ensure that employees are provided with proper PPE and instruct them of their use
- Take appropriate precautions to ensure that all the processes of work in the undertakings shall not be a source or cause of physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychological hazards to the health and safety of the workers.
- Inspect work sites and the work of personnel on a regular basis to identify issues or non-conformity
- Ensure warning signs and instructions are properly placed.
- Stay up-to-date with local, state, and federal regulations related to environmental, health, and safety and ensure implementation.
- Conduct regular inspections and audits to identify and address potential EHS risks and non-compliance issues.
- Collaborate with relevant departments to implement effective controls and preventive measures.
- Investigate incidents and implement corrective actions
- Maintain incident reporting systems and documentation.
- Track and analyze incident data to identify trends and implement preventive
- Develop and implement emergency response plans and procedures.
- Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to monitor EHS performance.
- Collect and analyze data to evaluate EHS performance and identify areas for improvement.
- Continuously assess and improve EHS management systems and processes.
- Implement best practices and industry standards to enhance EHS performance.
- Conduct inspections and risk assessments for environmental, health, and safety hazards.
- Implement safety protocols and environmental management plans.
- Provide training on EHS best practices, policies and procedures to employees, sub-contractors and agency workers.
- Monitor compliance with EHS regulations and report issues to the Compliance Manager.
- Regularly prepare and submit reports to the compliance manager.
- Perform any other related tasks assigned by the Compliance manager
Job title: Health safety and environment officer
Report to: Compliance manager
About You
Qualification:
- BSC on Environment
Experience:
- Minimum 2 year experience in industries or horticulture sector
Language:
- English, excellent on writing and speaking
- Afan Oromo, excellent on writing and speaking
- Amharic, excellent writing and speaking
Skills
- Interpersonal skills that enable you to work with people at all levels, motivate others and change people’s attitudes when necessary
- Risk management
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Attention to detail
- MS word, Excel, and power point
- Personal commitment to improving your own knowledge and skills and a passion for continuing learning and development
Required Skills
- Adaptability
- Effective communication and sociability
- Communication
- Problem solving
Interested and qualified applicants can apply through the following email address [email protected]
More Information
- Address Ethiopia
- Experience Level Junior
- Total Years Experience 0-5