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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).

Responsibilities or duties

• 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, organizes and participates in World Safety Day/Week activities
• Leads, organizes 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

Qualifications or 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
• Certificate of Competency in Safety Healthy and Environment from an accredited institution
• Possess qualification in Safety Legal compliance

Experience needed

2-3 Years in a Safety and/or Environment related position.

• Ensure Safety, Healthy & Environmental legislation compliance
• Maintains a safe work environment
• Ensure that the requirements of all Blocks of the Safety and Environment Pillars are implemented
• Performs Safety and Environment monitoring and audits
• 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, organizes and participates in World Safety Day/Week activities
• Leads, organizes 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
• Identified Root causes and agree systemic loop closure action plans
• Maintains updated records of all incidents in Credit 360
• Develops and shares safety Alerts
• New employee, service providers and Contractor Safety training and awareness.
• Safety during project execution
• Continuous improvement in Safety and Environment performance
• Reduction/elimination of safety incidents and injuries
• Reduction/elimination of environment incidents
• Prevention of damage or loss of assets
• Contractors and service providers safety management
• Improve employees Safety Pillar Knowledge
• Improve employees Environment Pillar Knowledge
• Mandatory training provided to all employees as per VPO Safety and Environment Pillars
• Safety systems maintained
• Environment systems maintained

• 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
• Certificate of Competency in Safety Healty and Environment from an accredited institution
• Qualification in Safety Legal compliance