Health safety and environment officer

Responsibility:

• Prepare and/or update health, safety and environmental management risk assessment and plan, review them on a regular basis and keep them up to date at all times together with the safety committee.

• Design strategies to reduce incidents of illness, environmental accidents and other issues that may affect employee’s safety

• Ensure that all health and safety policies, procedures, rules, regulations and best practices are adhered to and are regularly reviewed, updated and communicated

• Ensure that sub-contractors and employees are aware of their responsibility in relation to environment, health and safety

• Lead the environment units 

• Ensure that employees are provided with proper PPE and instruct them of their use 

• Take appropriate precautions to ensure that all the processes of work in the undertakings shall not be a source or cause of physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychological hazards to the health and safety of the workers.

• Inspect work sites and the work of personnel on a regular basis to identify issues or non-conformity

• Ensure warning signs and instructions are properly placed. 

• Stay up-to-date with local, state, and federal regulations related to environmental, health, and safety and ensure implementation. 

• Conduct regular inspections and audits to identify and address potential EHS risks and non-compliance issues.

• Collaborate with relevant departments to implement effective controls and preventive measures.

• Investigate incidents and implement corrective actions

• Maintain incident reporting systems and documentation.

• Track and analyze incident data to identify trends and implement preventive 

• Develop and implement emergency response plans and procedures.

• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to monitor EHS performance.

• Collect and analyze data to evaluate EHS performance and identify areas for improvement.

• Continuously assess and improve EHS management systems and processes.

• Implement best practices and industry standards to enhance EHS performance.

• Conduct inspections and risk assessments for environmental, health, and safety hazards.

• Implement safety protocols and environmental management plans.

• Provide training on EHS best practices, policies and procedures to employees, sub-contractors and agency workers.

• Monitor compliance with EHS regulations and report issues to the Compliance Manager.

• Regularly prepare and submit reports to the compliance manager.

• Perform any other related tasks assigned by the Compliance manager

Job title: Health safety and environment officer

Report to: Compliance manager 

Qualification: 

• BSC on Environment 

Experience: 

• Minimum 2 year experience in industries or horticulture sector

Language: 

• English, excellent on writing and speaking 
• Afan Oromo, excellent on writing and speaking
• Amharic, excellent writing and speaking 

Skills

• Interpersonal skills that enable you to work with people at all levels, motivate others and change people’s attitudes when necessary

• Risk management 

• Problem solving

• Communication 

• Attention to detail 

• MS word, Excel, and power point 

• Personal commitment to improving your own knowledge and skills and a passion for continuing learning and development

How To Apply

Interested and qualified applicants can apply through the following email address eyerusalem@jtfresh.com