Assistant Director: Occupational Health & Safety

Overview

Assistant Director role in Occupational Health and Safety at the Nelspruit Regional Office, overseeing compliance with OHS regulations across built environment facilities and construction projects.

Requirements

• A minimum of three-year tertiary qualification (NQF level 06/ National Diploma) in a build environment (Civil Engineering /Construction Management/ Project Management).
• Relevant years of experience in a build environment field including supervisory level.
• (Safety Management qualification/Certificate will serve as an added advantage).
• Extensive knowledge of the build environment, civil services associated with infrastructure and drawing designs.
• Application and understanding of the Occupational Health & Safety Act, 85 of 1993 and other relevant acts and regulations.
• Understanding of the National Building Standards (SANS10400) and its prescripts including Municipality by laws.
• Basic knowledge of the Departmental Policies and Procedures, Public Finance Management Act (PFMA).
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Good interpersonal relations.
• Problem solving skills, listening and observation, Negotiations, conflict management and leadership skills.
• Incident investigation, report writing and presentation skills.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Prepared to travel and willing to adapt to working schedule in accordance with the office requirements.

Duties

• Ensure and facilitate the implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and regulations within the Region.
• Effectively manage general administration and safety regulations.
• Conduct proactive and reactive inspection in a state and leased facilities including construction projects.
• Approve and ensure each contractor H & Safety plan is maintained on the construction site.
• Facilitate the issuance of the occupancy certificate as per the local authority/municipality.
• Monitor compliance on access facilities for people with disability.
• Provide support when the emergency arise and prepare incident report.
• Conduct incidents investigation and generate the report with recommendation.
• Facilitate the appointment of health & safety representative, First Aiders and Fire Marshals.
• Facilitate the training sessions for health safety committee members including the information sessions.
• Compile and conduct the presentations and facilitate the activation of the emergency evacuation procedures in accordance with the building regulation & Municipality by-laws.
• Provide technical advice to client’s departments and attend internal and external meetings on OHS matters.
• Consolidate the monthly/quarterly and annual reports for the OHS directorate in the regions.

How to apply

For Nelspruit: Email to: RecruitNEL26-15@dpw.gov.za

Enquiries: Mr N Mathivha Tel No: (013) 753 6303

Notes

Applications must be submitted on the prescribed Z83 application form (obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the DPSA website link: https:/www.dpsa.gov.za/newsroom/psvc/, which must be signed, initialled and dated by the applicant, and must be accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae (CV) only. Candidates are not required to submit certified copies of qualifications and related documents on application. Only shortlisted candidates will be required to submit certified copies of qualification and other related documents on or before the date of interview, which should not be older than six months. Should an application be submitted using incorrect/old Z83 application form, such an application will be disqualified. Further take note of the following on completion of Z83 application form: PART A and PART B must be fully completed. PART C - PART G: Noting that there is a limited space provided applicants may refer to CV or indicate. This will be acceptable as long as the CV has been attached and provides the required information. Page 1 of the Z83 application form must be initialled and page 2 signed and dated by the applicant. Failure to comply with the above instructions may result in an application being disqualified. Applicants applying for more than one advertised post must submit separate Z83 application forms and CVs in respect to each post being applied for. Should an application be received where an applicant has applied for more than one posts on the same Z83 application form, the applicant will be considered for the first post indicated on the Z83 application form only. Applications will be received via post/courier services, hand deliveries or email. Late applications will not be considered. Regulation 57 (c) and 67 (9) of the Public Service Regulations 2016, as amended, requires the executive authority to ensure that he or she is fully satisfied of the claims being made and the finalisation of Personnel Suitability Checks in order to verify claims and check the candidate for purpose of being fit and proper for employment, respectively. Shortlisted candidates must be willing to undergo normal vetting and verification processes. NOTE: It is the responsibility of all applicants to ensure that foreign qualifications are evaluated by SAQA. Due to large volume of responses anticipated, receipt of applications will not be acknowledged, and correspondence will be limited to shortlisted candidates only. Should you not have heard from us within three months from the closing date, please regard your application as unsuccessful. Entry level requirements for SMS posts: in terms of the Directive on Human Resource Management and Development on Public Service Professionalisation Volume 1 a requirement for appointment into SMS posts is the successful completion of the Senior Management Pre-Entry programme as endorsed by the National School of Governance (NSG). The course is available at the NSG under the name Certificate for entry into SMS and the full details can be obtained by following the below link: https: www.thensg.gov.za/training –course /sms-pre-entry programme/.All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments. One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment. NOTE: For emailed applications, please submit A Single PDF document or One Attachment per application to the email address designated on the specific position. Kindly Note That The Emailed Applications And Attachments Should Not Exceed 15MB. It remains the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that their application is successfully submitted using the required single pdf document. OTHER POSTS