Swakop Uranium is recruiting a Senior Officer: Occupational Hygiene, to be based in Swakopmund, Namibia.
Description
- Implement the occupational hygiene and health management plan and ensure compliance with all occupational hygiene requirements as per applicable policies, procedures, regulations and laws
Duties
- Conduct risk assessments and develop and implement standard operating procedures and control measures to prevent and/or mitigate occupational health and hygiene risks
- Draft the risk based hygiene monitoring program
- Identify, investigate and evaluate harmful conditions and potential hazards at the work place, and provide assistance and advise on corrective measures
- Enforce compliance to applicable legislation, regulations and defectiveness
- Advise and consult with line management, employees and contractors on health practices and monitoring
- Conduct Occupational Hygiene communication, training and awareness programmes
- Coordinate Occupational Hygiene reporting, sample and data analysis
- Draft man-job-specifications and advise line management on the requirements
- Implementation of the Medical Surveillance programme and Fitness to work
- Stop work where hazards are identified that are immediately detrimental to the health of employees
- Follow through to ensure that health hazards have been addressed and eliminated or minimized as far as reasonably practical
- Initiate and maintain improved work practices and programs
- Ensure applicable methodologies and procedures are adhered to and applicable instruments used
- Coordinate the risk based Occupational Hygiene Monitoring Programme, addressing all applicable stressors
- Use monitoring data as a foundation for sound Occupational Health decisions and apply an appropriate level of technical knowledge in the management of Health risks
- Initiate and implement projects that improve and rectify work practices, should trends be unfavorable or indicate non-performances
Requisites
- Grade 12 or current NSSCO with 20 points over 5 subjects
- Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health/Hygiene/Environmental Health
- 5 years’ experience in Occupational Health/Hygiene/Environmental Health
- Registration as a Technologist or Hygienist with the Southern African Institute for Occupational Hygiene (SAIOH) will be added advantage
- Registration with Health Professions Council of Namibia (HPCNA) will be an added advantage
- This Valid Code B/BE Driver’s License
Notes
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted