HSE Officer at African Foundries Limited (AFL)

African Foundries Limited (AFL) was established to support the accelerating growth in Nigeria by making the country self-reliant for steel rebars and eliminating its dependence on imported rebars. AFL is set up to reach a 0.5 million ton per year capacity for high-strength rebars and allied products.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: HSE Officer

Location: Ogijo, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining an appropriate level of awareness, knowledge and preparedness across all sections of the organization. This can be achieved by coordinating training programs for employees.
• Responsible for leading incident investigations, establishing root causes, sending relevant reports and recommending preventive actions against a recurrence.
• Responsible for preparing weekly or periodic HSE reports and making presentations to senior management when necessary. Such reports would typically capture the day-to-day worker's unsafe acts and workplace unsafe conditions as well as measures taken to close out infractions. The reports would also include HSE contractor management activities and monitoring of critical machinery and equipment.
• Responsible for developing a checklist specific to the safety audit for each factory within the organization. He also assigns specific responsibilities to other safety officers in the audit team. This audit program engages employees in safe practices and helps keep everyone aware of safety issues.
• Responsible to Lead a team of other HSE officers to monitor contractors' activities within the organization. This helps to ensure that every contractor working within the organization is identified. This covers his task location, description, duration and possible completion date. It also helps to ensure that all contractors within the facility are working with relevant permits and employ a safe system of work throughout the job task
• Eradicate financial loss due to incidents (e.g. theft, fire etc.) death and /or injury of staff caused by incidents due to safety and/or environment while on duty.
• Planning, developing, training and empowering existing down-line human resources to take on additional and higher responsibilities.
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety & Environment policies & procedures (Personal Protective Equipment, Good Housekeeping, Good Manufacturing Practices) to aim at Zero accidents in respective work areas.
• Carry out any other task given by Management from time to time

Qualifications

• BSc / HND in safety management or a relevant field is preferred
• 3-5 years of experience as a safety manager in a manufacturing company
• Deep understanding of legal health and safety guidelines
• Ability to produce reports and develop relevant policies
• Good knowledge of data analysis and risk assessment
• Excellent organizational and motivational skills
• Must possess Manufacturing experience

Application Closing Date
8th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.