Senior Officer: Occupational Hygiene
Swakop Uranium - swakopmund, namibia
8 months ago
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
Implement the occupational hygiene and health management plan and ensure compliance with all occupational hygiene requirements as per applicable policies, procedures, regulations and laws.
Key Performance Areas:
- Conduct risk assessments and develop and implement standard operating procedures and control measures to prevent and/or mitigate occupational health and hygiene risks.
- Draft the risk based hygiene monitoring program.
- Identify, investigate and evaluate harmful conditions and potential hazards at the work place, and provide assistance and advise on corrective measures.
- Enforce compliance to applicable legislation, regulations and defectiveness.
- Advise and consult with line management, employees and contractors on health practices and monitoring.
- Conduct Occupational Hygiene communication, training and awareness programmes.
- Coordinate Occupational Hygiene reporting, sample and data analysis.
- Draft man-job-specifications and advise line management on the requirements.
- Implementation of the Medical Surveillance programme and Fitness to work.
- Stop work where hazards are identified that are immediately detrimental to the health of employees.
- Follow through to ensure that health hazards have been addressed and eliminated or minimized as far as reasonably practical.
- Initiate and maintain improved work practices and programs.
- Ensure applicable methodologies and procedures are adhered to and applicable instruments used.
- Coordinate the risk based Occupational Hygiene Monitoring Programme, addressing all applicable stressors.
- Use monitoring data as a foundation for sound Occupational Health decisions and apply an appropriate level of technical knowledge in the management of Health risks.
- Initiate and implement projects that improve and rectify work practices, should trends be unfavorable or indicate non-performances.
Requirements and experience:
- Grade 12 or current NSSCO with 20 points over 5 subjects.
- Bachelors Degree in Occupational Health/Hygiene/Environmental Health.
- 5 years experience in Occupational Health/Hygiene/Environmental Health.
- Registration as a Technologist or Hygienist with the Southern African Institute for Occupational Hygiene (SAIOH) will be added advantage.
- Registration with Health Professions Council of Namibia (HPCNA) will be an added advantage.
- Valid Code B/BE Drivers License