Health & Safety Officer - Cocoa Processing Company

Organisation: Cocoa

Processing Company

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Impact Managements Solutions Africa

is a regional Human Resources Management and Training Consulting firm thriving

on professional and ethical recruitment services, high level management

Trainings and focusing on keeping clients satisfied.  Our client is a

leading international organization in Cocoa processing industry in Uganda. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviewing of the HSEQ
  
  Documents in line with the company business


• Adapting safe systems of work
  
  to company’s business needs


• Developing of risk
  
  assessments & conducting compliance audits.


• In charge of monitoring and
  
  upgrading of safety equipment.


• Inspecting Company HSE
  
  systems to ensure compliance to a level meeting current best practice and
  
  exceeding that of competitors.


• Promote awareness and
  
  improvement in implementing HSE standards.


• In charge of training and ensuring
  
  employees are understand & adhere to safety programs


• Ensure compliance with
  
  existing legislation & Monitoring future changes in legislation for impact
  
  on the company.


• Coordinating with all
  
  locations to ensure accident, environmental incidents and near misses are
  
  reported, investigated and effective action taken.


• Promoting & Inculcating
  
  a safety culture if field staff


• Coordinating the
  
  acquisition and issuance of personal Protective equipment and ensuring proper
  
  usage by Operational staff


• Coordinating training in
  
  fire-fighting, safety awareness and first-aid statutory inspection of lifts,
  
  lifting Equipment and pressure vessels


• Investigating workplace
  
  accidents and coordinating preventive measures

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate for the
  
  Health & Safety Officer vacancy should hold a Degree/ Diploma in relevant
  
  field


• A minimum of five years’
  
  experience in a similar position in the industry

All suitably qualified and

interested candidates should send their applications and detailed CVs (PDF

Only) with the Subject: Health

& Safety Officer, do not attach certificates, to

jobs@impactsolutionsafrica.com or impactsolutionsafrica@gmail.com.

Please address the applications to the Director, Impact Management Solutions

Africa Group, JOS House, Luzira, Port Bell Road, P.O. Box 22152, Kampala.

Deadline: 27^th December 2015