HSE Manager at Best Search Recruitment Limited

Best Search Recruitment Limited - Our client is one of the fastest growing and most dynamic construction and civil engineering companies in Nigeria. For over three decades they have delivered high quality integrated construction solutions.

We are recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: HSE Manager

Location: Lagos
Department: Health and Safety
Reporting to: TBC

Job Purpose:
To ensure that a positive message needs to be continuously communicated, and a course of action taken, to maintain a positive “Safety Culture” throughout the company that will cultivate the value of safety to each individual and be practiced at every level.

Principal Accountabilities/ Key Result Areas
Responsibilities:

• Develop Emergency Response Plan for the Site and Head Office Staff.
• Plan and execute simulated Emergency Response Exercise.
• Monitors workplaces frequently to identify unsafe conditions and unsafe acts and takes prompt actions to correct hazardous conditions
• Ensure that Safety Officers have daily Safety Meetings.
• Hold monthly meeting with Safety Officers, Site Engineers, Project Managers and Site Managers.
• Organizes safety committees for each site.
• Collect daily safety reports from site.
• Serves as the primary contact for any Government, internal or external safety inspections and audits.
• Conducts monthly safety inspection on all sites.
• Develops, coordinates and carries out Safety training schedules, both internal and external.
• Inducts all new employees into company’s Safety Policy.
• Collates and prepares monthly Safety statistics reports and analyses deviations
• Facilitates investigations into accidents, near misses and injuries at workplace and prepares analysis reports.
• Enforces the use of personal protection equipment by all staff.
• Educates employees of the procedures to follow in case of emergency, any unique hazards in workplace and how to identify them, how to report unsafe conditions, etc.
• Maintains all Safety records, filings index, safety training provided, etc.
• Keeps abreast of all company safety policies,
• Inspects and certifies ladders, scaffolds, power tools, mobile platforms, machine, electrical appliances etc. used at sites.
• Enforces all contractors to abide by the safety policies.
• Conducts monthly safety meetings with contractors and ensures that the contractors hold regular safety meetings with their staff.
• Advises the Site/Project Manager on unsafe condition and unsafe acts at site.
• Ensure that all safety equipment for emergencies is serviced and dated, i.e. fire extinguishers, first aid box, etc.
• Any other duty that may be assigned form time to time.

Knowledge, Skills Experience and Competencies
Qualification:

• Bachelor's Degree (BA, Bsc, Bcom)
• Health and Safety qualification will be advantageous

Experience:

• Minimum 6-8 years experience in the health and safety environment with at least 3 years management experience.

Core Competencies

• Good Communication Skills
• Excellent Reporting Skills
• Training Skills
• Team Player
• Self-Motivated and Independent

Peripheral Competencies:

• Creative and Innovative
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills
• Good Business Acumen.
• Computer Literacy
• Excellent Word, PowerPoint and Word Experience

Application Closing Date
30th November, 2014

Method of Application
Interested and qualified applicants should kindly forward their CV’s to: [email protected]