Site Safety Officer at Sevan Construction Nigeria Limited

Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor work processes and procedures to identify unsafe practices or breach of safety regulations at the site.
• Facilitate and schedule repairs of unsafe or damaged equipment.
• Organize Pep talk/trainings to educate company staff and contractors on necessary safety principles.
• Liaise with the Production Manager & Project manager of the company to determine operations.
• Carries out job hazard analysis before the start of a project.
• Prepares and issues a JSA/JHA and work permits.
• In-charge of incident/accident investigations and reporting.
• Responsible for maintaining a hazard free environment.
• Develop and implement safety, procedures, and policies for production operations.
• Oversee the placement and setup of safety signs to warn of potential hazard.
• Prepare and present to company management periodic report of safety operations.
• Collaborate with law enforcement agents and investigators to address cases of workplace accident.
• Proffer solutions on safety topics such as proper waste disposal, fire regulations, and noise pollution.
• Conduct risk assessments to identify work areas with high risk of operational hazard
• Oversee company waste disposal methods to ensure they comply with safe disposal procedures.
• Review company operational processes to ensure they are in line with external safety legislations.

Requirements / Skills

• Candidates should possess a bachelor's degree qualification with 3 - 5 years' work experience.
• Good communication (sending daily situations reports via WhatsApp's) and maintaining a good interpersonal relationship with all those working with the company.
• Vast knowledge of safety procedures in the Construction and fabrication industry.
• Sound human relation and planning processes
• Relevant Engineering or Manufacturing health, safety and environment experience.
• Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis experience
• Good understanding/experience of safety procedural standards.
• Computer literacy. Drive and Initiative.