Purpose of the Job:

To ensure the sustainable and safe operation of Habesha Cement by developing and recommending measures for assuring personnel safety, and monitoring and/or anticipating hazardous and unsafe situations.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• · Identify and correct causes of occupational safety and health hazards.
• · Carryout plant safety inspections in order to observe the physical conditions of work, work practices and procedures followed by the employees.
• · Render advice on measures to be adopted for removing the unsafe physical conditions and preventing unsafe actions by employees.
• · Monitor workers for exposure to safety or environment hazardous conditions.
• · Alter, suspend, evacuate or terminate activities that may pose immanent safety or environment danger.
• · Take appropriate action to mitigate or eliminate unsafe condition, operation, or hazard.
• · Check and evaluate the effectiveness of action taken or proposed to prevent personal injuries.
• · Provide training on safety and environment information.
• · Perform assessment of engineering controls and PPE.
• · Document both safe and unsafe acts, corrective actions taken on the scene, accidents or injuries, and ways to improve safety on future incidents.
• · Identify hazardous situations associated with the incident.
• · Review the Incident Action Plan (IAP) for safety implications.
• · Exercise emergency authority to stop and prevent unsafe acts.
• · Investigate accidents that have occurred within the incident area.
• · Render advice on matters related to reporting and investigation of industrial accidents and diseases.
• · Maintain such records as are necessary relating to accidents, fire incidents and occupational diseases.
• · Ensure that all fire extinguishing equipment is tested periodically.
• · Review all projects with regards to safety and fire protection.
• · Develop emergency plan and conduct emergency drills.
• · To establish and implement safety rules for contract workers.

Job Requirements

Qualification and Experience: · Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related fields with three (3) years of demonstrated experience working as safety expert.