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Fides Recruitment

SHEQ Safety Officer

Fides Recruitment

  • R29,200 - R37,500 per month
  • Permanent Specialist position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 12 Sep 2025 by Fides Recruitment
  • Expires in 34 days
  • Job 2622213
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About the position

Purpose: To ensure compliance with SHEQ for Modular Buildings.

Key Responsibilities

Safety

  • Conduct training for all risk assessments and method statements
  • Review and update all risk assessments and method statements, creating new ones when required
  • Ensure legal appointments are in place and related training/competency is required. Liaise with HR as and when training is required to maintain compliance
  • Crisis management and incident/accident investigations
  • Liaison with external and on-site contractors- ensure files are vetted for compliance and kept updated
  • Safety meetings and SHE Committee responsibilities
  • Ensure ISO 45001 compliance, including implementation and maintenance of the system
  • Ensure correct input and reporting data is uploaded to the SHEQ System on the Shared Drive
  • Ensure correct upload of SOP's, policies and any other documentation to SHEQ System
  • Ensure the compliance and inspections of all fire equipment (oversee service provider)
  • Oversee SHE Representatives, ensure they are carrying out relevant inspections as required
  • Ensure Emergency Preparedness drills are planned and conducted in line with company process

Health and Hygiene:

  • Legal compliance with occupational health matters
  • Liaise with the relevant departments to achieve legislative compliance and meet company objectives and mitigate risk
  • Annual medicals for employees, follow ups as and where required in instances where employees may have been referred to their medical practitioners for further treatments required
  • Facilitate hygiene audits (external provider), every 2 years
  • Oversee First Aiders and ensure stock levels are maintained, ensure stock levels for refilling first aid room, and boxes are maintained
  • Ensure First Aider training room is conducted and when required liaise with HR to ensure refresher training when required or new training as and when First Aiders leave and are replaced

Environmental:

  • Ensure compliance with relevant environmental requirements that are relevant to company operations, aligned to the ISO 14001 standard
  • Assist with legal matters pertaining to the environment
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Advise on matters pertaining to NEMA and related environmental legislation, regulations and by-laws
  • When carrying out inspections and internal audits include environmental aspects

General

  • Assist with the develop of internal training material- such as company induction
  • Conduct induction sessions with all new employees
  • Conduct induction sessions with all existing staff annually (refresher training)
  • Manage performance and development of SHE Representatives
  • Manage and consolidate all safety statistics monthly
  • Develop and issue toolbox talks weekly, when incidents/accidents occur toolbox talks are generated to highlight these and to refresh employees' minds as to safety protocols related to such incidents/accidents
  • Ensure all documentation (processes, RA's and MS etc.) within the SHEQ Management systems are reviewed for overall accuracy and punctuality
  • Compilation of SHEQ Files as and when required for various client sites
  • Assisting with the supply of required SHEQ information for Tenders

Occupational Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Control:

  • Compliance to Kwikspace/ clients SHEQ code of conduct and standards

Knowledge Skills and Competencies:
Knowledge:

  • Legal requirements - Legislation and regulations and the administrative processes related e.g. COIDA
  • Thorough knowledge of company policies and procedures related to SHEQ
  • SHEQ Management Systems
  • Understand the impact of quality on the division/dept and the value thereof
  • Quality standards and control measures
  • Principles of risk management
  • Able to implement risk measures and implement controls on the ground of these
  • Able to minimize the consequences of a risk through decision-making and proactive action

Skills:

  • Good communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Administration and paperwork

Behavioural Competencies:

  • Interact with staff and encourage safety culture change
  • Able to attend to administrative aspects of the job
  • Able to implement and manage SHEQ system related aspects
  • Able to evaluate and ensure application of all relevant H&S legislation
  • Assist with quality aspects of the dept as and when necessary
  • Able to address quality problems in a division/dept

Minimum Experience:
3 years minimum

Minimum Qualification:

  • Grade 12
  • SAMTRAC/SHEMTRAC or NEBOSH
  • Safety-related courses e.g. investigation, HIRA etc.
  • SACPCMP Registration

Desired Skills:

  • COIDA
  • SHEQ Management Systems
  • Risk Management
  • Quality Control
  • Quality Standards

Desired Work Experience:

  • 2 to 5 years

Desired Qualification Level & Accreditations:

  • Grade 12 / Matric
  • South African Council for Project and Construction Management Profession

About The Employer:

Manufacturer of Prefab and Modular buildings.

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Fides Recruitment

About the agency

Fides Recruitment was founded in 2008 by seasoned recruiter Brent Leeuw. In 2011 a second company Fides Placements was started to focus on Executive search and placements. Fides is able to offer clients assistance in finding high calibre (hard to find) individuals who are too busy to source their next career move or need focused attention on what options are available to them. Our database includes screened candidates who approach us to market their individual skill set to targeted companies, thereby aiding in their career progression in markets they are passionate about, and in areas where they are most skilled.

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