SHEQ Specialist at Ndabase Printing Solutions (Present)
Develop, implement, and enforce SHEQ policies, procedures, and frameworks ensuring full compliance with occupational health and safety regulations and relevant industry legislation.
- Develop implement, and enforce SHEQ policies, procedures, and frameworks ensuring full compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and relevant industry legislation
- Oversee the implementation and ongoing compliance of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 management systems across company branches
- Manage contractor safety, including prequalification, induction, monitoring, and enforcement of compliance with SHEQ requirements to mitigate risks associated with outsourced services and works
- Conduct workplace inspections to identify hazards, mitigate risks, and promote a safe and sustainable working environment
- Oversee incident investigations, implement root cause analyses, and develop preventive and corrective action plans to avoid recurrence
- Design and deliver safety training programs, ensuring employees and contractors in printing and production maintain current certifications and adopt safe working practices
- Collaborate with healthcare providers and occupational health teams to address employee well-being and medical surveillance requirements
- Ensure all gates, doors, and entry points are controlled and secured when necessary
- Oversee camera operations, coordinate with monitoring personnel, and ensure surveillance systems operate correctly
- Work closely with security providers to ensure guards report for duty, follow procedures, and maintain correct uniforms and conduct
- Supervise facility assistants, general workers, and security staff
- Prepare and present monthly SHEQ performance reports to senior management, highlighting key risks, opportunities, and recommendations for improvement
Environmental Sustainability Officer at Necxon Systems Pty Ltd (2023-01 – 2024-12)
Align company activities with ISO 14001:2015 implementation and ensure environmental compliance.
- Aligning the company's activities ISO 14001:2015 implementation
- Ensure relevant environmental laws and regulations are identified, monitored, and complied with
- Arrange environmental awareness programs and initiatives
- Establish green/ecofriendly practices. Publish a notice on ecofriendly practices monthly
- SHEQ department's administration
SHEQ Coordinator at Necxon Systems Pty Ltd (2023-08 – Present)
Act as the link between SHEQ requests and manage document archives and OHS compliance documentation.
- Act as the link between requests to and from SHEQ
- Ensure document archives and repositories are clearly understood and known by heart
- Supply OHS documents needed to compile OHS files
- Ensure all documents found on repositories are valid and have been reviewed in less than a 3-year period
- Ensure all documents meet ISO 9001 standard
- Capturing and archiving data related to audits, PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) issue, registers internal to NEC XON, subcontractor files, induction, attendance registers, financial aspects of SHEQ, training matrix', medical fitness certification, coordination related to SHEQ, Letters of good standing and 37.2 agreements
- Provide bid response documentation with the approval of the Head of SHEQ
- Follow up on outstanding matters with regards to SHEQ
- Find process bottlenecks and offer prompt solutions
- Facilitate the procurement of PPE and company attire, related to staff associated with Field Services
- Research documentation needed for SHEQ responses if not found in repositories and follow due process to incorporate documents into NEC XON's repositories
- Coordinate meetings and related Agendas along with subsequent meeting minutes and action lists
- Liaise with vendors to ensure they are notified timeously of monthly audits
- Maintain and monitor training related to SHEQ, with HR with an up-to-date events calendar
- Form part of the Health & Safety Committee and advise on pertinent matters affecting OHS within the work environment
- Working with operating staff to establish procedures, standards, systems and procedures
SHE Officer at Pump and Abrasion Technologies Pty Ltd (2018-01 – 2023-12)
Ensure health and safety policies, plans and procedures are reviewed, updated and implemented across the organization.
- Ensure that health and safety policies, plans and procedures are reviewed, updated and implemented
- Ensure relevant legal appointments are done
- Ensure mandatory agreements are done between the contractor and the company
- Ensure health and safety committee meetings are held and minutes are distributed to all relevant persons
- Ensure staff is trained on the emergency evacuation procedure and fire drills
- Workplace inspection and ensure equipment used meet safety regulation and legislation
- Hazards identification in the work environment
- Ensure appropriate PPE is worn, inspected and replaced when necessary
- Conduct incident investigations and ensure findings are reported and recorded accordingly
- Ensure statutory and internal inspections are performed
- Identify training needs and coordinate training
- Ensure safety talks are done and record of attendance is kept
- Conduct health and safety inductions for employees, visitors and contractors
- Compile safety files for site services on HSEC Online and Passport 360 and ensure contractors have approved safety files when coming to our site
- Ensure procedures are updated, maintained and implemented
- Preparation and coordination of external audits
Environmental Education Officer (Intern) at Department of Environmental Affairs (2012-05 – 2013-04)
Assist in planning and coordinating environmental education workshops and learnership programs.
- Assist in the planning and coordinating of environmental education workshops and environmental educator's forum meetings
- Assist in the procurement of goods and services
- Coordinate travelling and accommodation for the directorate as well as for the stakeholders
- Conduct exhibitions on environmental careers and other related environmental issues
- Liaise and plan collaboratively with University Career Centers to conduct workshops
- Participate in the screening and interviewing of the learners for the Groen Sebenza Learnership Programme
- Establish a database of FET Colleges and universities with which to partner
- To distribute career booklets to schools and other stakeholders
- Perform all administrative and related functions
Environmental Management Officer (Intern) at Eskom Distribution Division (2008-07 – 2009-06)
Ensure implementation of environmental management programme and conduct audits to establish conformance to legal and business requirements.
- Ensure the implementation of environmental management programme
- Conduct audits to establish conformance to legal and business requirements
- Analyze audit findings and recommendation plans to correct deviations
- Monitor the implementation of the environmental mitigation strategies in alignment with impacts
- Conduct investigations and analysis on accidents for input on lessons to be learned for the region
- Ensure that recommendation and lesson learned are implemented to mitigate the negative environmental impacts
- Monitor the effectiveness and adjust the strategies to meet the requirements to mitigate the risks
- Keep record of all interventions and provide continuous reports to management on the progress and effectiveness of the strategies
- To maintain, implement, and update the Environmental Management System (ISO14001:2004)
- Perform all administrative and related functions
