Safety Officer Job at Hima Cement

Job Title: Safety Officer
Location: Kigali
Country: Rwanda
Job Description (Duties):

Job Purpose:

To maintain a generative Safety Culture within the company and among the transporters through promotion, management and maintenance of Kigali CSC, Transporters in terms of:

Maintenance and management of safety policies and procedures.
Ensure compliance with occupational health and safety laws.
Provide advice on all health and safety matters.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Supervises all the staff and the contractors on site to ensure that they comply with the safety rules and regulations.
Talks to the transporters on issues concerning road safety.
Liaise with the government authorities on matters of compliance with occupational health and safety in the terminal.
Development implementation and updating of required written safety and health programs and plans like hazard assessment and communication.
Conducts periodic safety and health walk through inspections of all workplace facilities to ensure that they are safe.
Organizes and coordinates safety training programmes at the Kigali Head Office, to ensure that employees comply with the safety requirements.
Establish and monitor a program for reporting and investigating near miss situations and confirm follow up actions until completion to avoid accidents and incidents in the plant.
Coordinate truck inspection for compliance, and does soft capture end month reports.
Implement safety policies and procedures to be followed by company personnel in compliance with local rules and regulations.
Participate in all safety committee meetings.
Carry out road patrols to check on compliance.
Gives guidance in case of an emergency situation.
Overseas all that pertains to road safety at the Kigali depot.
Ensures compliance with local legislation of the government on matters that pertain to occupational health and safety.


Necessary Qualifications:

Degree/Diploma in Humanities, engineering or related technical field e.t.c
Health safety and environment certification.
Facilitation and presentation skills.
Knowledge of local traffic, health and safety regulation acts.
Computer literate.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to work as an independent but also with in a team environment.
Ability to identify problems and recommend workable solutions.
Ability to manage multiple tasks, cope with the unexpected and work well under pressure.
Ability to build strong rapport with colleagues and customer alike.

How to Apply:

Applications clearly indicating the vacancy with curriculum vitae and academic qualifications copies should be addressed and sent to the;

General Manager, NFT Consult, Plot 8721, Golf Course Road, Nyarutarama, Kigali, Rwanda.

P.O Box 5595, Tel: +250 02570099, +250 (0) 78 119453 or email to himajobs@nftconsult.com (Ensure you indicate the job title i.e. "Safety Officer: in your subject line, only MS word applications or PDF files will be considered).


Deadline for submission: 06/04/2011 17:00hrs

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.