Safety, Health and Environment Officer Job Opportunities – Namakera Mining Company Limited
Job Title: Safety, Health and Environment Officer
Organisation: Namakera Mining Company Limited
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Namakera Mining Company Limited is a mining company located in Eastern Uganda near the towns of Mbale and Tororo, approx. 190 km from the Uganda capital, Kampala and close to the border with Kenya. The Namekara Vermiculite deposit is hosted in the Bukusu Complex, one of a number of Carbonatites in the Uganda/Kenya border area and the only one known to host commercially viable vermiculite. Namekara is the registered holder of Mining License ML 4651, upon which it operates the Namakera Vermiculite Mine and conducts exploration activities on the Busumbu Phosphate Project. Namekara is also the registered holder of Exploration License EL 1534 that covers the majority of the Bukusu Complex and which is also considered prospective for vermiculite, phosphate, copper, iron, zircon and rare earths mineralisation.
Job Summary: The Safety, Health and Environment Officer will support the mine located in Manafwa District, Eastern Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: The incumbent will be required among other things, to achieve the following;
- Promote occupational health, safety and environmental programmes at the mine
- Conduct Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) training programmes for management, supervisors and employees
- Carry out risk assessments and HSE audits, recommend necessary remedial action to management and carry out the required remedial actions
- Ensure organisational compliance with all HSE related national legislation in Uganda
- Help supervise the investigation of occupational accidents and incidents and generate action plans aimed at preventing the recurrence of similar incidence.
- Assist management in developing and implementing an operation specific Behaviour Based Safety management system.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The ideal candidate would have the following attributes and qualifications;
- A degree in environmental science or any other acceptable qualification in Occupational Health and Safety
- At least two to three years’ experience in a similar position in mining or in a heavy manufacturing industry setting
- Must be a mature and self-motivated individual capable of working with minimum supervision
- Knowledge and experience of working with HSE systems such as OHSAS will be a distinct advantage
- Computer literacy skills
- Ability to communicate in the local language (Lumasaba) is critical for this position and will be a distinct advantage.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications together with copies of relevant certificates and CVs to;
The Office of Human Resource Superintendent,
Namekara Site
Manafwa
Email to: vacancies@namekara.com
NB: Any active canvassing will automatically disqualify candidates.
Deadline: 16th March 2018
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