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The Key Purpose of this role is to provide support to operational and line management to ensure the functioning of a comprehensive and professional Occupational Health and Safety System. Ensuring compliance to Safety & Environment systems, standards and work practices to achieve targets set for the VPO Safety and Environment Pillars (means) in order to achieve Safety & Environment KPI’s/PI’s (results).

 

Key outputs and responsibilities

• • Ensuring compliance to the applicable Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental legislation• Ensure Safety, Healthy & Environmental legislation compliance
  • Maintains a safe work environment
  • To monitor and advise on the implementation of the VPO Safety and Environment Pillars in the plant and associated wet depot / warehouse• Ensure that the requirements of all Blocks of the Safety and Environment Pillars are implemented
  • Performs Safety and Environment 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.
  • Ensures Environment Incidents and observations are identified, reported and closed
  • Track leading Safety and Environment KPI’s and support interventions to improve
  • Ensures all Safety and Environment Incidents and Observations are captured in Credit360
  • Ensures optimum use of Safety App. to raise Safety Incidents and Observations
  • Performs Loss and waste analysis on Safety Incident and Observations.
  • Develops an action plan to close SIO’s based on priority
  • Performs Safety and Environmental monitoring using the supervisor checklists
  • Promote awareness of occupational safety and environmental awareness through the VPO Safety and Environment programme
  • Leads, organises and participates in World Safety Day/Week activities
  • Leads, organises and participates in World Environment Day and world water day
  • Shares relevant Safety and Environment alerts with operational teams
  • Uses dashboards to drive improvement in Safety and Environment 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 and environment gaps and legal compliance in the plant• Continuous improvement in Safety and Environment performance
  • Reduction/elimination of safety incidents and injuries
  • Reduction/elimination of environment incidents
  • 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 management
  • Identify safety, environment and legal training needs, conduct training, arrange, permit/license application and co-ordinate where required• Improve employees Safety Pillar Knowledge
  • Improve employees Environment Pillar Knowledge
  • Mandatory training provided to all employees as per VPO Safety and Environment Pillars
  • Develop and maintain documentation such as SOP’s, as well as maintenance of manuals, policies and procedures as related to safety and environment• Safety systems maintained
  • Environment systems maintained

 

Minimum Requirements

• Min –Degree/Diploma, BSc/Btech
• National Diploma: Safety Management; *NEBOSH; Safety, Health and Environment lead auditors training.
• Incident Investigation Course – Accredited Institute
• Internal Auditing Course
• Accredited Institute Formal Risk Identification and Assessment
• Understanding of ABInBev Safety, Health & Environmental Management Systems (VPO) NEBOSH qualification will be an added advantage
• Certifcate of Competency in Safety Healty and Environment from an accredited institution
• Possess qualification in Safety Legal compliance
• 2-3 Years in a Safety and/or Environment related position.

 

Additional Information

Band: IX

AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in-line with AB InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. We are a company that promotes gender equality. Internal applicants require Line manager approval. Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.