Purpose of the Job:

To enhance the safe and healthy enviroment of the company by Promoting and maintaining a strong safety culture within the employees under worksite procedures, facilitate operations and maintenance activities, employees and visitors.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in developing company’s strategy; communicate with other functional/departmental managers to understand all the necessary needs of Safety, Health & Environment.
• Develop annual plan including the key performance, targets, needed resources and budget to achieve the Plant’s mission and strategic objectives.
• Presents, analyze and compares the actual performance, expenditure of the department against the plan, through regular meetings with the Plant Manager.
• Manage and control department expenditure within agreed budgets.
• Identify a safe operating procedure that takes into considerations all relevant risks.
• Develop and implement health, safety programs, environmental protection and fire prevention mechanisms.
• Issue newsletters and instructions related to health, safety and environmental protection.
• Follow-up all the department’s commitment to the policies, procedures and existing Programs.
• Monitor the performance of the site in periodic emergency exercises and set different scenarios and put them in partnership with the sectors concerned.
• Follow up removing of physical, chemical and biological barriers from the plant.
• Follow the environmental performance and its compatibility with the requirements of environmental standards in Ethiopia.
• Evaluate the readiness of the firefighting equipment.
• Follow up the purchasing of the personnel safety tools, uniforms and any other safety equipment and their distribution.
• Ensure the installation of safety signs & road marks.
• Perform follow-up investigations to verify effectiveness.
• Follow up the new legislation in the field of health, safety and environmental protection and any developments affecting the company’s operations.
• Conduct risk assessment and search for solutions on how to reduce the risk.
• Provide advices in the field of health, safety and environmental protection and fire prevention.
• Follow up systems, methods and plans that ensure the protection of personnel and property from fires, work injuries and explosions and protect the environment from pollution.
• Prepare root analysis after any accident happens and make an action plan to take some protective actions.
• Prepare a monthly report with the health and safety performance and also a report for all the strengths or weaknesses areas.
• Submit a detailed report with any injuries or accidents to immediate manager, the CEO and the department in charge.
• Keep records of the accidents and incidents for periodical analysis to avoid and prevent future risks.
• Facilitate the performance of training and practical experiments to ensure that the fire-fighting teams and different emergency teams adequately trained.
• Identify and recommend team members training needs and individual development program.
• Conduct performance review meeting and convey management policies to subordinates.
• Ensure safety, accident & housekeeping preventions implemented well in the workplace.
• Ensure the implementation of all government (Federal and Legal) regulations and requirements.

Generic Duties of the Position:

• Develop and implement the Department’s strategic and operational plans and objectives.
• Develop, approve and monitor the Department’s budgets.
• Identify human resources requirements of the Department and develop plan for meeting the requirements.
• Lead the development, implementation and review of departmental policies and procedures.
• Review, approve and submit Departmental reports to relevant organs.
• Support the development of subordinates through periodic performance evaluations, coaching, mentoring, on-going performance dialogue and feedback.
• Manage disciplinary concerns of the Department’s staff.
• Represent the Company in external relationships related with the Department.
• Participate in group decision making processes by forming part of different groups/committees.

Job Requirements

Qualification and Experience:

• Master’s degree in Health and Safety, Engineering or related fields with six (6) years of demonstrated experience out of which three(3) years in a supervisory position

Or

• Bachelor’s degree in Health and Safety, Engineering or related fields with eight (8) years of demonstrated experience of which four (4) years in a supervisory position.