Safety Specialist

Job description / Role

Facilitate and implement Safety services ensuring compliance and continuous improvement to achieve the EHS strategic vision.
• Lead a team of EHS Coordinators to deliver Sohar Aluminium vision of safety
• Action Safety tasks and procedures:
-- Facilitate and promote a shared vision of safety and develop strategic directions for the company.Promote and foster collaboration between the operating areas in the management of EHS.
-- Provide innovative strategies in the area of preventative EHS management.
-- Ensure company’s operations and administrative procedures are in compliance with laws, regulations, standards and specific targets (measuring and reporting).
-- Develop and coach employees, technical staff and management on relevant EHS issues.
-- Coordinate the network of EHS coordinators supporting them to attain their targets.
-- Participate in the formulation of EHS policies, systems and practices through collaboration with the EHS Specialist Environment, Plant Protection Superintendent and Occupational Health Physician.
-- Develop and articulate EHS KPI’s which have been established to achieve the agreed objectives.
-- Lead plant EHS audits, train and develop others to preform.
• Monitor EHS KPI’s
-- Participate in People Based Safety activities to provide advice to reach the interdependency state.
-- Monitor the effectiveness of EHS practices and systems to make recommendations to management.
• Process improvement
-- Identify opportunities to improve EHS processes and procedures.
-- Prepare proposals and implement the changes.
-- Leverage the company’s technologies to increase efficiency.
-- Assist in preparing process flows.
• Action the SA (EHS) procedures to maintain high standards:
-- Action the SA EHS safety routines for own work area.
-- Action regular inspections to ensure safety. Raise notifications.
-- Maintain SA housekeeping standards (5S) in own work area.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor in Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) related discipline with 8 years relevant experience.

OR

• Diploma in EHS related discipline with 10 years relevant experience.

About the Company

Sohar Aluminium was formed in September 2004 to undertake a landmark Greenfield aluminium smelter project in the Sultanate of Oman and is jointly owned by Oman Oil Company, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC - TAQA and Rio Tinto.

By implementing decades of industry insight in its design, specification and construction Sohar Aluminium has been created to ensure efficiency, environmental protection and the utmost safety of its workforce. The smelter has an annual production capacity of 375,000 tonnes of high quality Aluminium.

Omanisation, which currently stands at 72% of its workforce, is a driving force within the organisation. The development of its young employees is paramount and with that in mind, Sohar Aluminium has its own internationally recognised training centre which gives each and every employee the opportunity for further learning.