Dangote Cement recruiting

 Plant Industry Safety Coordinator (PISC/DCP/001)
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Benue
Job Field: Medical

Responsibilities
This role is based at our Gboko plant. Our successful candidate will be required to provide site safety leaderships, ensure facility compliance with corporate safety standards, implement safety directives, improve safety performance, and ensure facility safety policies and procedures are aligned with governmental regulations at the plant. His/her responsibilities include the following:
• Identify best practices and lead continuous improvement initiative to reduce work process risks, raise safety awareness, and improve safe work practices.
• Facilitate a work environment that supports a safe and healthy culture.
• Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.
• Perform safety audits and inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
• Investigate industrial accidents, near-miss incidents, and occupational injuries to determine causes, install preventive measures, and manage return-to-work activities.
• Provide technical advice, coaching, guidance, and mentoring to employees on safety initiative and changes.
• Coordinate employee safety programs to determine their adequacy including review of short and long term strategic safety planning and development.
• Order and maintain facility safety inventory including supplies and equipment.
• Supervise the conduct of safety and fire drills at the plant, in line with approved schedule.
• Develop suitable communication materials for HSE trainings exercise drills.
• Perform regular checks to ensure timely execution of health checks and disease screenings as defined at the plant.

Person Specification
• Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences or occupational health.
• Postgraduate/professional qualification from an HSE body such as occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) plus a minimum of five (5) years relevant work experience.
• Adequate knowledge of the cement and manufacturing industry.
• Adequate knowledge of environmental management requirement & regulations.
• Very good knowledge of ISO 9003 will be an added advantage.
• Ability to champion health & safety initiatives.
• Ability to adequately analyze an incident and proffer valuable solutions.
• Strong leadership and management skills, as well as excellent communication and presentation skills.


Method of Application

If you meet the requirements listed for any of this positions and are interested in making a career with our company, please attach your resume, personal & job data in EXCEL SPREADSHEET in the format
stating them as follows:

Surname, First Name, Last Name, Gender, Date of Birth, State of Origin, GSM, E-mail, Institution Attended, Discipline, Qualifications Grade & Year, Professional Qualification(s), Current Employer, Years of Postgraduate Experience
and send them to this email address:

careers@dangotecement.com


Please indicate position sought and reference number.
Deadline for submitting applications is September 17, 2013.