Safety Officer (2)

Reports to : Health & Safety Lead, EACOP Tanzania

Direct subordinates (number): 0 Staff managed (number) : 0

MISSIONS / JOB DIMENSIONS

The EACOP Safety Officer based in Tanzania. The Job Holder supports the Health & Safety Lead to coordinate all HSE matters for the Dar Offices as well as field activities relating to the Corporate team deployed in country (primarily Land & Social). No direct budget responsibilities but implicated in the department activities with an estimated budget implication +$1M USD/annually. Interfaces with regulators and local stakeholders for health and safety aspects.

ACTIVITIES

Safety

• Support field activities for EACOP Contractor management
• Field level support driving, transportation and logistics
• Implementation of the EACOP medical / pandemic plan
• Incident reporting & investigation
• HSE Performance reporting
• Analysis of contractor’s HSE Management Systems for prequalification and call for tender activities
• Incident management including reporting, notification, investigation & analysis
• Maintain the accidents/incident database and follow up the actions plan
• Conduct HSE inductions and update the database as necessary
• Participate to emergency response and crisis management
• Promote safety and security behavior within the Branch
• Prepare and facilitate toolbox meeting
• Safe and sound execution of Safety inspections/ Audits, risk assessments processes (JHA, HAZOM Hazard observation and Mitigations)
• Train the Trainer capabilities Road Transport & Drivers Safety
• Check and follow-up the Journey Management Plans
• Monitor car and driver fleet in Dar Es Salaam and in the field

CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT

• The project has started early civil works and is moving into full construction phase within the next 12 to 18 months
• Land acquisition activities are ongoing with a growing presence of EACOP personnel in the field
• Numbers of people in the office is growing rapidly
• EACOP personnel are actively engaged in fieldwork including consultation, land acquisition and support for project activities

ACCOUNTABILITIES

To contribute to the successful implementation of the EACOP HSE policies through :

• Follow-up of field activities from induction to contractor’s assessments.
• Daily analysis, reporting and actions plan follow up.
• General support for the implementation of HSE policies and awareness initiatives both in the Dar office and in the field.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• At least 10 year's professional experience working in Oil & Gas or other extractive industry HSE capacity with in-field experience Transportation and/or logistics risks experience is an asset.
• Facilitation experience for incident investigation and causal analysis.
• Fluent in Swahili and English, both written and spoken and computer literate with all MS Office programs.
• Good knowledge of Tanzanian safety and security regulations.
• Clean police record and driving license.
• Highly available, autonomous and able to travel to remote areas in Tanzania.
• Sense of responsibility and dependability with good communication and observation skills
• Ability to work within a diverse team.