SAFETY SPECIALIST | MINING CAREER AT FQM, KALUMBILA, SOLWEZI, ZAMBIA

Requisition Number: JR3704| Country: Zambia | Contract Type: On-going| Location: Solwezi | Category: Health & Safety

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Overall Job Purpose

The primary role of the safety specialist is to improve safety management at Kalumbila Minerals Ltd, through provision of intra and inter-departmental support.

This will be facilitated directly, through involvement in all operational aspects and indirectly, alignment of the safety management system with ISO 45001.

Further to this, the safety specialist will be required to lead and assist the current Safety Department Superintendents with critical projects and tasks, to ensure the following within the safety, industrial hygiene and emergency response sections:

• Risks are minimised as far as reasonably practicable,
• Systems and processes are in-place, to manage hazards associated with high risk work,
• Engage, review and ensure continuous improvement of these systems, and Quality is maintained in all aspects / areas.

Specific Job Responsibility

The primary role of the safety specialist is to improve safety management at Kalumbila Minerals Ltd, through provision of intra and inter-departmental support.

This will be facilitated directly, through involvement in all operational aspects and indirectly, alignment of the safety management system with ISO 45001.

Further to this, the safety specialist will be required to lead and assist the current Safety Department Superintendents with critical projects and tasks, to ensure the following within the safety, industrial hygiene and emergency response sections:

• Risks are minimised as far as reasonably practicable,
• Systems and processes are in-place, to manage hazards associated with high risk work,
• Engage, review and ensure continuous improvement of these systems, and Quality is maintained in all aspects / areas.

Specific Job Responsibility

Responsibilities, deliverables and key tasks expected to be performed are:

• Management of legal and regulatory aspects, including registers and action plans.
• Monitor and ensure compliance to statutory reporting and appointment requirements.
• Baseline and operational risk register development, revision and auditing.
• Safety management system development and compliance to ISO 45001.
• Incident investigation and management.
• Revision and development of key high risk work procedures, processes and systems.
• Maintain quality of all aspects within the Industrial Hygiene Management Plan.
• Provide / conduct high quality auditing and analysis.
• Review and ensure compliance to applicable safety letters and regulations.
• Revise current processes which are aimed at supervisory personnel, to ensure -All understand their H&S roles / responsibilities. Assess, monitor and ensure implementation of remedial actions and quantification of effectiveness.
• Maintain quality of incident investigation root cause analysis and remediation.
• Liaison and assistance in development procedures, guidelines and/or plans for the management of high risk tasks.
• Improve current industrial hygiene monitoring program and ensure appropriate protective measures are taken.
• Manage programs to ensure conformance to FQM and KML H&S system standards.
• Development of budgets.
• Promote and support health and safety management by implementing and assisting in the enforcement of safety program requirements.
• Implementation and education of personnel of Kalumbila Minerals Ltd’s behaviour based training program.
• Improve on implementation and communication of behaviour based training program.
• Effective closure of all events on INX InControl.
• Improve aspects of operation, communication and management of INX InControl.

Job Specific Competencies

Prior experience or involvement in a safety role is not essential.

Experience in the mining industry, with commitment toward health / safety management and focus on quality is essential.

Key Job Attributes

Key job attitudes:

• Motivated
• Committed
• Quality and attention to detail Outside the box thinking and methods of managing / tackling challenges.

Experience required to perform in this job

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in any field related to the mining industry. Must be proficient in spoken and written English.
• Safety qualifications are advantageous.

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Deadline: 29 September, 2021