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VOHE Superintendent UG, D4

Seriti, New Denmark Colliery, Mpumalanga

Internal & External

Ref no: NDC121/24GS 

Closing date: 24 December 2024

The role:

The purpose of the role is to manage and ensure implementation, coordination, and maintenance of the Occupational Hygiene program at the site, as well as to ensure alignment with legal, corporate, and other requirements and initiatives.

Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Assists the General Manager with designing and governance of VOHE standard risk management and monitoring requirements.
• Ensure short, medium, and long-term (Life of Mine) planning of ventilation and occupational hygiene management.
• Plays on oversight role to ensure that VOHE legal requirements, Seriti standards and policies are adhered to, Codes of Practices implemented at the operation.
• Ensure correct aggregation of VOHE consultant inputs and technical expertise.
• Ensure the development of goals for the VOHE service consistent with the goals of the organization.
• Undertakes quality control and auditing of the site VOHE function.
• Collates, interprets, and verifies VOHE reports and statistics for validity/integrity before submission to group.
• Undertakes ICAM investigations of VOHE related incidents.
• Ensure VOHE stakeholder engagement and compliance with corporate and local legislation.
• Undertakes relevant operational hygiene research aimed at improving hygiene systems and services.
• Undertakes Exposure reduction projects.
• Liaise with external service providers regarding the monitoring of Occupational Hygiene hazards.
• Develop monitoring schedules.
• Ensure that Overexposure Investigations and Occupational Illness investigations are conducted.
• Develop exposure control plans.
• Ensure that Health and Hygiene assessments are conducted.
• Ensure the monitoring and investigation of exposure levels.
• Provides the Occupational Medical Practitioner with relevant hygiene data to enable development of a relevant and appropriate medical surveillance program.
• Ensures compliance to medical surveillance program.
• Promotes fatigue management program.
• Serves as the link between the site clinic and the operation.
• Contribute to safety improvement plan implementations and VFL.
• Manages or supports ventilation engineering process for the operations.

Requirements:

• Grade 12 with Math (Not Literacy) or N3 Math and Science
• Mine Environmental Control (MEC) Certificate
• 5 Years’ experience in the mining/engineering field with a minimum of 2 years as Senior VOHE Officer /Occupational Hygiene Specialist at an underground operation
• Computer literacy (MS Office, SAP, other specialised technical programmes)
• A valid driver’s license
• In possession or able to obtain a valid Certificate of Fitness

Advantageous:

• B Tech, BSc, B Eng., National Mechanical/Engineering Diploma
• Coaching and Mentoring
• S3 ORMP
• Competency in Ventsim Ventilation Simulation Skills
• Supervisory Development, MDP, LFI

Please note:

• Candidates can apply by going to https://seritiza.com/ and click on the ‘Careers’ tab
• Please use Google Chrome as default browser when applying to enable the attachment of documents
• A CV with certified copies (certification within a 3-month period) of relevant qualifications, together with ID document & valid driver’s license must be accompanied with your application
• Appointments will be made in line with Employment Equity targets
• All applicants are thanked for their interest
• Applications which have not been responded to within 30 days of closing date should be regarded as unsuccessful
• Communication will be with shortlisted candidates only