VKB Vacancies 2025 – Occupational Health & Safety Officer

Job Description:

This position’s primary goal is to ensure that VKB Agriculture complies with OHS Act, Railway safety regulations, food safety requirements for the grain department (PPECB.)

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Job Responsibilities:

• Examining ways to improve health and safety standards.
• Assist in appointment of all legal appointments
• Evaluate incident forms, surveys, audits to establish root causes and together with Supervisors and Managers concerned, formulate a plan of action to correct non-compliant behaviour or conditions.
• Inspecting workplaces to identify non – conformances
• Investigate all accidents and re- evaluate control measures
• Liaise with onsite contractors to ensure their compliance with Company safety regulations and adherence to safety standards, including basic safety induction training.
• Developing health and safety programs and strategies.
• Identify unsafe acts, conditions, and hazards, investigate root causes and identify corrective and preventative actions and report to management.
• Identify safety training needs, organize and co-ordinate safety training courses and prepare. training material where appropriate.
• Conduct surveys and audits as required to identify and minimize the risk to company and employees.
• Writing monthly reports.
• Negotiating with managers and employees to provide a safe working environment.
• Co-ordinate at least two evacuation exercises per year to ensure that all staff become familiar with these procedures.
• Conducting risk assessments.
• Develop, implement and maintain an effective program and ensure compliance to satisfy the requirements of local legislation e.g. the OHS, COID, Environmental Conservation and railway acts.
• Keeping up to date with the law and technical knowledge.
• Communicate changes in Safety and Environment legislation to Management.
• Develop systems to ensure all employees comply with all relevant legal safety requirements.

Job Requirements:

• National diploma in safety management will be advantages
• Willing to travel extensively
• MS Office at an intermediate skill level.
• Thorough Report writing skills
• Prepare and present presentations from time to time.
• Able to work within the workforce and management teams.
• Able to engage and work with external stakeholders, suppliers and contractors.
• Able to take ownership of areas responsible.
• Accurate and attention to detail.
• At least 3 years’ proven experience in the safety field, agriculture environment will be advantages
• A working knowledge of local OHS requirements.
• NOSA SAMTRAC
• Good communication skills.
• Grade 12
• Conducting Risk Assessments and Non-Conformance audits.
• Problem solving.
• Able to collate and construct Health & Safety reports as required.

Job Details:

Company: VKB Group

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Modimolle, Limpopo, SA

Application Deadline: N/A

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