Safety Officer Job vacancy in Kwale Kenya

Safety Officer

To be based at the Coast, the Safety Officer will be responsible for offering advisory services to management on all Health, Safety and Environment issues.

These include and not limited to the following range of specialist areas; fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery and occupational diseases.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and ensuring implementation of health and safety strategies and developing internal policies.
• Implementing the company Health and Safety Procedures and developing local work procedures to comply with legal obligations.
• Carrying out job safety analyses and considering how risks can be reduced or eliminated.
• Carrying out regular site inspections to check policies and procedures are being properly implemented and are working well.
• Overseeing safety audits and keeping records of inspections’ findings and producing reports that suggest improvements.
• Ensuring that staff is inducted according to the Safety Procedure.
• Keeping up to date with new legislation and maintaining a working knowledge of all environmental, health and safety legislation and any developments in the industry, and liaising with regulatory bodies to ensure compliance.
• Maintaining a system for recording, reporting and investigating injuries, accidents and dangerous occurrences in the site.
• Providing regular statistical summaries to Management and drawing attention to significant trends and occurrences.

Requirements

• Degree in Environmental Sciences.
• Professional Certification in Occupational Health & Safety.
• Proven record of at least 7 years HSE experience in a reputable organisation.
• Flexibility to varying working hours.
• Customer service oriented.
• A mature individual with high level of discretion and unquestionable integrity.

Interested candidates should submit their application and detailed CV on or before 9th March 2012 to willemgons@gmail.com clearly indicating Safety Officer on the email subject

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

National Aviation Safety Officer- (World Food Programme)- Job in Nairobi Kenya

Vacancy AnnouncementWFP/56/2011

Date of issue: 01 December 2011

Deadline for application: 15 December 2011

Job Title: National Aviation Safety Officer

Duty Station: Nairobi

Post Grade: Fixed Term NOC – 24 months extendable

This Vacancy is open to Kenyan male and female citizens only.

Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Accountabilities:

Under the direct supervision of the International Regional Aviation Safety Officer, the National Aviation Safety Officer will carry out the following duties:

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure the effectiveness of the aviation safety programme and data collection in the region.
• Perform aviation safety and quality monitoring.
• Maintain a safety management information system and database locally.
• Assist safety and quality processes including audits and inspections.
• Identify aviation safety hazards and ensure that accurate reporting and internal quality control systems are functioning and that all relevant records are maintained.
• Perform follow-up and analysis of occurrences including methods such as Trend monitoring, Deep Treatment (single occurrence – investigative needs), Precursor detection (data mining), Risk assessment & classification (prioritisation of oversight), Statistics, Standard reports and analysis workbenches, Remedial action monitoring.
• Ensure data quality, data entry and effective monitoring processes.
• Enhance air transport operations’ and service providers’ reporting systems and data sharing.
• Perform risk assessment and regarding the findings perform corrective actions.
• Disseminate significant safety information to all concerned parties.
• Enhance service providers’ safety culture and promotion of safety awareness.
• Assist Regional Aviation Safety Officer and support aviation staff in other offices.
• Ensure that all staff is adequately trained. Train safety and air transport personnel to use aviation safety information system prior to safety and quality monitoring and risk management. Identify any additional training needs to achieve high working standards.
• Assist in the implementation of the aviation safety information system and network.
• Supervise staff as required.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience:

Qualifications: University degree in business administration, engineering, computer science, quality assurance, technical, statistics or management; and with equivalent professional operational experience in aviation. Training and knowledge of aviation is an essential qualification, with a recognized commercial pilot, aircraft engineer, ordispatching license.

Experience: At least 5 to 10 years progressively responsible, practical commercial aviation and professional experience, proficiency in Windows (MS World, Excel), database experience, adequate knowledge and experience of aircraft technical, flight operations or air traffic management sectors

Language: Fluency in both written and oral English.

Other desirable skills: Training and /or experience in aviation safety management, and qualification in utilizing computers including databases, Word processing, graphical, spreadsheet and other software packages, proven interest to develop aviation safety.

Kenyan nationals with the above qualifications are required to submit a covering letter quoting Vacancy Announcement No. WFP/56/2011 with their Curriculum Vitae, photocopies of relevant certificates and name, title, address and e-mail address of three referees. 

Candidates should also complete a Personal History form (P.11) available on the following link –http://www.unon.org/docs/P11.doc. 

Envelopes should be marked: CONFIDENTIAL WFP/56/2011 and sent to:

Human Resources Officer
World Food Programme
P.O. Box 44482,
Nairobi 00100.

Applications must be received by the deadline. 

Late applications will not be considered. 

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. 

WFP does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

Sales Executives-(Unimind Media)- Jobs in Kenya

We are looking forSales Executives for our media company.

Duties and Responsibilities

Seek out new opportunities constantly for the companies products and services

Handling clients as well as identifying and resolving their concerns.

Follow up on referrals and new leads resulting after field activity.

Meet sales goals and objectives assigned.

Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Young, vibrant and driven.

Excellent customer Service Skills.

Pleasant and exceeding personality.

Ability to meet fixed deadlines and manage under pressure.

Above average computer skills.

Positive individual and a hard worker.

Ability to work with minimum supervision.

Qualifications

Minimum college or University Diploma.

At least 1 year experience in a related field, preferably media.

Knowledge of companies core products and services.

Email: nteere@unimindmedia.com

Environment, Health & Safety Manager (Corn Products) Job in Eldoret Kenya

Corn Products (K) Ltd, an affiliate of Corn Products International, Inc; producers of quality food ingredients and industrial products derived from the wet milling of corn wishes to recruit for the following position:-

Environment, Health & Safety Manager

Location: Eldoret.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and Co-ordinate the Environmental, Health, Safety and Security (EHS), programmes at the Company in accordance with relevant laws & regulations
• Participate in the formulation and implementation of the Safety Policy, Emergency Response Plan and Security policy.
• Implement Company EHS policy to ensure the organisations standards and quality requirements are consistently achieved
• Provide all regulatory reporting, both local and International.;

Qualifications

• University Graduate in an Industrial related science.
• Minimum 3 years relevant EHS work experience gained in a comparable job in a technical/industrial environment, preferably in the chemical or food industry;
• Experience in managing teams and projects management as appertains to Health & safety
• High level of integrity;
• Thorough, results focused with ability to work under pressure;
• Analytical with good communication, influencing and negotiating skills; as well as decision making skills;
• Planning and organisation capability;

If your background matches the above requirements, please send us your application, including
current curriculum vitae, citing your current remuneration package to:

The Human Resource Manager
Corn Products (K) Ltd
P.O. Box 1012 – 30100
Off Kaptagat Road
Eldoret

To be received by us by Wednesday 5th October, 2011.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.