Our client in the Agriculture industry is looking for an Administrative, HR and HSE Officer who can handle both HR issues and HSE matters.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure candidate documentation is collected and recorded/filed.
- Oversee all staff engagement for the country office and manage the new hire orientation and exit process.
- Compliance and Record-keeping
- Annually review the Personnel Handbook recommending amendments needed due to changes in local conditions or labor laws.
- Manage time clocking system for the office, ensuring timely submission, approval, accuracy, and filing.
- Compensation and Benefits as well as Employee Relations.
- Coordinate with Finance Manager in the preparation of Payroll.
- Review employee final payments for accuracy and compliance with labour laws.
- Ensure smooth running of all administrative functions with county officials.
- Undertake employee training and development and make recommendations.
- Oversee the coordination and implementation of annual performance reviews.
- Coach, counsel, and discipline employees.
- Work with senior management to resolve employee relations issues pragmatically.
- Investigate employee relations issues and work to ensure human resources-related decisions are consistent and fair.
- Initiate, coordinate, and enforce systems, policies, and procedures. Monitoring plant operations to ensure that they comply with government regulations on environmental protection, safety, and health issues such as OSHA standards
- Ensuring that employees are trained in proper safety practices and procedures, including emergency response protocols
- Coordinating with production teams and other departments to ensure that production goals are met
- Assists, plans and implements safety policies and procedures in compliance with local and state regulations including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Provide HSE training, awareness and induction on site to staff, contractors and other relevant parties.
- Performs safety audits and inspections, prepares written reports of findings and recommendations for corrective or preventive measures where indicated and follows up to ensure measures have been implemented.
- Have first line responsibility for incident investigations, including but not limited to investigating, making initial recommendations and putting measures in place to prevent reoccurrence
- Assists in the development, evaluation and upgrading of safety programs.
- Keep HSE statistical records, such as incidents, accidents, near-misses and working hours on site.
- Ensuring the well-being of workforce and compliance of HSE within the plant.
- Keep HSE registers up to date, including renewals of permits, licenses, etc.
- Assist Plant Manager to implement accident-prevention and environmental impact activities on site.
- Carrying out risk assessments and considering how risks could be reduced including medical checkups for the staff.
- Outlining safe operational procedures which identify and take account of all relevant hazards.
- Advising on a range of specialist areas, e.g. fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery, use of PPEs and occupational diseases.
- Act as Emergency coordinator on site.
Key Qualifications.
- Degree in relevant area, HR environment.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as HR and HSE Officer preferably in a busy manufacturing plant.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with HR and HSE management systems in an industrial setting.
- OHS certification or equivalent.
- Knowledge of ISO safety, quality and environmental standards (preferred).
- Management skills basic courses (preferred).
- Firefighting & HSE basic courses (preferred).
- Fluent knowledge of English.
How to Apply
If you are up to the challenge, and possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Admin, HR and HSE Officer – West Pokot ) to vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 14th June 2023.
