Health and Safety Officer at Tulip Cocoa Processing Limited

Job Overview

• A Health and Safety Officer isresponsible for ensuring a safe and healthy work environment by developing, implementing, and maintaining safety policies, conducting risk assessments, and providing training to employees.

Key Responsibilities

• Inspect premises and the work of personnel to identify issues or non-conformity (e.g. not using protective equipment).
• Stop any unsafe acts or processes that seem dangerous or unhealthy.
• Prepare reports on occurrences and provide statistical information to SHE manager.
• Record and investigate incidents to determine causes and handle workers health and safetycomplains.
• Issuing of PPE and keeping of records.
• Conduct inspection of safety equipment’s such as fire extinguishers monthly inspection, first aid box on weekly basis and monthly ladder inspections
• Experience in writing report and knowledge of potentially hazardous materials or practices
• Excellent communication skill with the ability to present and explain health and safety topics
• Organizing safety training session and induction for employee and new intakes.
• Enforce safety policies and ensure compliance from staff and contractor
• Assist in Conduct internal audit and inspection
• Supervising temporary work areas of contractors, safe handling of storage materials
• Assist in Conducting drills to prepare employees for fire or other emergencies
• Conduct toolbox talk on weekly basis with both staff and contractors
• Issue permit to work document and ensure safety measure are implement before starting job.
• Report to safety manager on daily safety issues identified during inspection.
• Assist in developing and implement risk assessment.

Qualifications

• Candidates should possess a B.Sc or HND in any science-related course.
• They should have 2 to 4 years of relevant experience.
• Applicants must not be more than 40 years old.

Abilities / Requirements:

• Excellent working knowledge of computers and MS Office like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.,
• Good analytical skills.
• Deep knowledge of safety regulations
• Attention to detail
• Strong emergency response planning
• First aid knowledge
• Risk management proficiency
• A must-have certification in HSE 1, 2 and 3
• Certificate in NEBOSH IGC or related qualifications is an added advantage