About this role
Job Requirements
Your main responsibility will be to support the organization in ensuring safe and healthy working conditions, identifying hazards, and promoting a strong safety culture:
- Monitoring compliance with occupational health and safety (OHS) regulations, principles, and internal procedures applicable within the organization.
- Conducting workplace inspections, identifying hazards, and recommending corrective and preventive actions.
- Preparing, updating, and reviewing occupational risk assessments, as well as monitoring the implementation of preventive measures.
- Participating in investigations into the circumstances and causes of workplace accidents and near misses and developing preventive recommendations.
- Organizing and coordinating OHS training, including monitoring training schedules and ensuring that all required training documentation is complete.
- Developing and updating OHS instructions, procedures, and documentation related to occupational health and safety.
- Preparing OHS performance analyses, reports, and recommendations for the employer and management team.
- Advising the selection of personal and collective protective equipment, workwear, and measures to improve workplace ergonomics.
- Cooperating with department managers, HR employees, and other organizational functions to improve working conditions.
- Participating in safety assessments of new processes, machinery, equipment, and organizational changes.
- Supporting the organization of workplace exposure assessments and measurements of harmful factors and monitoring the implementation of resulting recommendations.
- Cooperating with relevant supervisory and inspection authorities on OHS matters and monitoring the implementation of post-inspection recommendations.
- Initiating educational and preventive activities to raise employee awareness and promote a strong safety culture throughout the organization.
Work Experience
- The education and qualifications required by applicable regulations to perform the duties of an OHS Specialist.
- Experience in occupational health and safety; experience in an organization with a similar business profile will be an additional advantage.
- Practical knowledge of labor law and occupational health and safety regulations and principles.
- The ability to identify hazards, assess occupational risks, and recommend effective preventive measures.
- Experience in maintaining OHS documentation, preparing reports, and analyzing the causes of workplace incidents.
- Proficiency in MS Office and the ability to prepare reports, summaries, and documentation efficiently.
- Experience in Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) will be an advantage.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with employees and managers at different levels of the organization.
- Independence, a strong sense of responsibility, and effective time management skills.
- Analytical thinking skills, the ability to draw conclusions, and a practical approach to problem-solving.
- A proactive approach to safety, initiative in identifying hazards, and consistency in monitoring corrective actions.
- Knowledge of English sufficient to work with documentation and communicate effectively in an international environment.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, regularly benchmarked
- Comprehensive private medical plan, flexibility to choose different cover levels and enroll family members
- Life, accident and disability insurance
- Wide range of health and wellbeing
- Benefits Cafeteria, points to spend on culture, recreation, and shopping
- Sports card subsidy (Multisport)