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The Environmental Health and Safety Officer is a seasoned subject matter expert, responsible for implementing Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) policies, ensuring health and safety conditions in the work environment to prevent harm, injury and illness. This role collaborates with a variety of stakeholders to institute control and remedial measures for hazardous and potentially hazardous conditions or equipment, including those that harm the external environment. This role analyzes and designs control for the prevention of occupational diseases and manages the risk related to the environment and related incident management.
Job Responsibility:
Conducts surveys and assessments to identify hazardous conditions that affect workers, property, the environment and the general public and develop measures to eliminate these
Surveys and investigates the working conditions, determine the causes, and recommend action that will prevent further incidents or accidents
Provides advice around the practical steps to ensure compliance to laws and regulations that govern EHS matters
Conducts risk assessments and related audits to mitigate organizational liability against relevant laws and regulations
Provides new employee health and safety orientation
Conducts safety training and education programs with existing employees, including demonstrating the use of safety equipment
Coordinates and attends related committee meetings
Collaborates with external stakeholders, including the local authorities, communities, hospitals and disaster management groups to develop maintain and update emergency response plans and procedures
May act evacuation marshal, fire marshal and/or incident coordinator
Performs any other EHS activities as required by management
Requirements:
Good knowledge and understanding of applicable laws, regulations and other legal regulations that govern environment, health and safety in the workplace
Specialists in the environment, health and safety field
Display good influencing ability and good interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills
Display good planning, organising and problem-solving ability
Good attention to detail and display the ability to collaborate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
Ability to deal with conflict situations
Relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in a related field and/or equivalent experience
Relevant Health, Safety and Environmental certification(s) essential
Seasoned demonstrated active working experience with environmental health and safety issues in a related industry / environment
Seasoned experience dealing with a variety of stakeholders and influencing decision making to manage business risk
Seasoned demonstrated experience dealing with legislators and governing bodies
Seasoned knowledge of the environmental health and safety laws, regulations, codes, and standards and their application and interpretation