Occupational Health and Safety Officer at takealot.com

Purpose of the role:


The position ensure that the Company and its Contractors comply with the requirements of legislation by monitoring contractor SHE compliance, attend and report at safety meetings and ensure statutory and regulatory compliance by conducting site audits.


Your responsibilities will include:


That all relevant documentation regarding safety have been signed off by all the relevant employees
That all environmental, housekeeping and safety surveys are done and signed off by relevant stakeholders
That all appointments are properly signed off and kept updated if and when new employees are trained
That all employees (both permanent, casual and labour consultant-) have updated file packs with all relevant documentation that all external legal documents are in place
Schedule and maintain all training that will soon expire or of any training that is required
Inform management of any Health, Safety or Environment issues that may cause damage, injury, safety or health related problems
Ensure that all annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily checklists and inspections are completed and signed off by relevant party that carried out the inspection
Ensure that faults found in checks and inspections are resolved
Hold a minimum of 1 H&S meeting a month with an appointed H&S committee
Ensure that all H&S Policies are signed off
Coordinate with management to do emergency exit/fire drills
Ensure that employees are complying with all regulations and are trained (safe work procedures) in all specific jobs being done
Identify new risks, draw up risk assessments and train relevant employees on safe procedures
Ensure that contractors that come onto your site to do work, conform to H&S standards as per SOP


Qualification & Experience:


Matric and a Diploma in Health and Safety (or equivalent course work)
2 years' experience in OHS
A solid understanding of Health and Safety and knowledge of relevant legislation


Attributes Required:


Must have a firm understanding of all safety aspects within operations
Mathematically inclinedations
Strong analytical (auditing) and problem solving skills
Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
Must be energetic enough to keep up with a high paced working environment.
Possess excellent personal organizational and business administration skills in accordance with modern best practice methods.
Possess the ability to work productively, efficiently & effectively with initiative and drive under tight timescales and pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and quality.
Possess the willingness to learn, improve and adapt.
Good team player, hard worker, willing to be flexible with a positive attitude
Must be able to work as part of a multi-cultural team
Microsoft Office
A firm grasp of the health and safety system installed and all documents in the safety system file.


The Environment:


takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
We are short on ego and high on output.
We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
We love what we do and what we are creating.
We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.