Occupational Health & Safety Officer

Overall Purpose of the role
The overall role of this position is to ensure compliance and total adherence to Occupational Health and Safety Procedures and policies.

Review OHS assessment and control self-assessment actions and create an action plan
Close off the pending actions from all type of assessments
Close off actions from accident and incident investigations
Review and understand OHS maturity assessment and create an action plan to close the gaps
Plan OHS activities (risk assessments, inspections, trainings etc.) and create an OHS plan
Deliver the OHS trainings for both service engineers and managers
Support Installations managers in OHS management in projects
Liaise with OHS officers and operational managers to plan risk assessments
Conduct risk assessment both on customer sites and office
Conduct OHS inspections
Prepare local OHS procedures (Adapt from OHS at customer sites manual)
Coach organization managers for risk assessment application
Follow up legal register and regularly inform OHS officer
Follow up the markets KPIs
Prepare regular reports for OHS steering committee
Support OHS officer for investigation and reporting of incidents and accidents
Advice on actions to improve OHS culture
Prepare competence development program for function managers
Organize well-being programs
Prepare tool-box talks

Qualifications/Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science or any a related field.
At least 2-3 years’ relevant job experience i.e. OHS capacity preferably in a manufacturing/logistics set up.
Professional qualification in OHS
Practical experience in Kenyan OHS regulations and the use of formal OHS risk assessments.
Taking initiative and work with minimum supervision
Organization and Planning
HSE Training is desirable
Ability to work independently
Organized, rigorous and precise. Must also have good reporting skills
Recognizes and resolves problems quickly and efficiently
Ability to effectively communicate and deal with clients & team members