Ongoing Recruitment at BIA Zambia – November 2017


  • Position: Site HSE Manager
  • Company: BIA Zambia
  • Location: Kalumbila, Zambia
  • Job type: Full-Time
  • Job Category: Management Jobs in Zambia

With subsidiaries in more than 21 African countries, BIA’s operations are in the Sales and After-sales services of equipment for mines, quarries, public works, recycling, handling and power generation in West and Central Africa. BIA is able to offer a wide range of equipment and accessories from well-known manufacturers such as Komatsu, Sandvik, Bomag, Cummins and Yale.

BIA Zambia is currently looking for a Site HSE Manager for its operations to be based in Kalumbila.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Risk assessment

  • Update the risk assessment and hazards identification twice a year, for each semester.
  • Ensure that control measures are smarts, sufficient and necessary
  • Ensure the quality of all site-specific risk assessments activities and tasks.
  • Ensure that out comings of risk assessments are understood and dually communicated to the site management team.

Legal compliance

  • Identify all applicable legal requirements as well as other HSE regulation texts
  • Check periodically the legal compliance as well as other applicable regulations
  • Implement and maintain all necessary tools and actions for legal conformity and compliance.

Training

  • Elaborate a comprehensive training matrix including liaising with the categories and periodicity.
  • Do the HSE trainings and sensitizations
  • Induction for all newcomers on site
  • Ensure that the training program is implemented followed up on a monthly basis

HSE system

  • Ensure the JHA (Job hazards analyses) are dually done for all special tasks, and control measures implemented before the job realization.
  • Liaise with the team during the elaboration of SOP for all hazardous activities.
  • Ensure that SOPs are periodically revised
  • Train everyone on the SOPs
  • Ensure the design of identification and synthesis sheets for tools/equipment and chemicals, and ensure their implementation and availability for all.
  • Ensure the reporting of accidents/incidents at work, conduct investigations, analyze causes and participate in the definition of corrective and preventive actions and evaluate their effectiveness
  • Ensure the respect of the client exigencies and procedures
  • Ensure that weekly inspections are done and action plans implemented
  • Liaise with the client HSE and communicate with the management on their evolution
  • Implement the safety management plan and/or the workshop manual on the mining/workshop site and report the progress to the Regional HSE Manager.
  • Develop and implement the annual HSE plan

Reporting

  • Make a regular follow up of the site performances
  • Analyze KPIs and come up with action plans
  • Send the weekly report to the HSE Regional manager

Emergency plan

  • Write or adapt an emergency plan for the site
  • Liaise with the client to ensure periodic emergency drills, report and implement improvements
  • Ensure that staff are trained in emergency preparedness

General

  • Ensure back up of HSE supervisor if necessary
  • Manage documentation accordingly to the BIA procedure
  • Stop all activities if safety of the staff is not guaranteed
  • Be the interface between the Regional HSE Manager and the site

 

EXPERIENCE

  • Minimum of 5 years in the mining industry
  • Project management experience
  • 3 years of management experience on site
  • Knowledge of the OSHAS 18001 Standards
  • Fluent in the English language
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • Safety experience in inspections of lifting equipment
  • Working at height safety experience
  • Good knowledge on risk assessment methodology
  • Knowledge in emergency preparedness

COMPETENCIES

  • Communication skills
  • Developing & coaching others
  • Initiative & pro-activity
  • Relationship building
  • Technical & professional expertise

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