Summary
Date Posted: 17th June 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Authority is seeking highly motivated, suitably qualified and experienced Zambian nationalsto fill the following vacant position on fixed term employment contract: SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER – KDRP JOB PURPOSE To ensure that the Authority’s Occupational Health and Safety Policy and Procedures are implemented, and that the Authority is compliant with health and safety legislation and other requirements in order to ensure prevention and reduction of hazards and other aspects. To ensure prevention of accidents at the project site and ensure the health and safety of employees, the general public and property as well as ensuring environmental protection Under the Supervision of the Project Manager – Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project, the Safety, Health and Environmental Officer .

  Job Responsibilities:
• Conducting Hazard/Aspect Identification, Risk/Impact Assessment and Control
• Ensuring the development and maintenance of health and safety programmes
• Conducting HSE Training and awareness to employees and affected parties
• Ensuring that health and safety meetings are scheduled, held and attended as per statutory and systems requirements and guidelines and issue periodic feedback to Management.
• Ensuring that the Authority’s respective policies are implemented including the Occupational Health and Safety Policy and Procedures and the HIV/AIDS Policy Procedures.
• Developing Terms of Reference for Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
• (ESIA), participating in the ESIA process including reviewing of both the ESIA and the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) by consultants prior to environmental regulators’ review.
• Monitoring Contractors in implementing the ESMP, Employer’s OHS Guidelines as well as the Contractor’s Health and Safety Plan.
• Conducting Internal HSE Legal and Systems Audits and Inspections as well as developing Audits/Inspections Remedial Action Plans to ensure findings’ closure.
• Ensuring legal compliance including Permits, licenses, medical surveillances, good hygiene practices and other compliance obligations.
• Ensuring emergency planning (Preparedness and Response) systems and procedures.
• Reviewing Method Statements developed by the contractor against all high-risk project works and ensure adequate and effective controls are implemented.

  Job Skills:
• Strategic thinking and planning skills
• Decision making skills
• Operational effectiveness
• Influence and interpersonal effectiveness
• Innovative
• Effective communication skills

  Job Qualifications:
• Grade 12 Certificate with 5 ‘O’ levels of credits or better
• A Degree in an Environmental field / Health and Safety or any other relevant qualification
• Relevant professional certificate in Health, Safety and Environment
• Relevant Postgraduate Degree in Projects Management will be an added advantage
• Experience in a construction project-site or mining environment would be an added advantage
• Computer literacy
• Clean Class B driver’s license
• Membership of a Professional Body
• Five (5) years relevant experience

Job Education Requirements: Degree

Job Experience Requirements: 5 years

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Job application procedure
  Written application letters together with detailed CVs and Certified Copies of Certificates should be sent to:
The Senior Manager – Human Resource and Administration, Zambezi River Authority, 32 Cha Cha Cha Road, Kariba House, P O Box 30233 Lusaka
Closing date for receiving applications is FRIDAY, 21ST JUNE 2019.
(ONLY SHORT-LISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED)

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