EHS Coordinator at Sandvik

• We are looking for a an ambitious and results orientated individual to join our team as our EHS Coordinator.
• The role will report into the SHEQ Manager.  The role will be based from our offices in Spartan, Kempton Park. 

Purpose of the role:

• The EHS Coordinator will ensure compliance with Sandvik’s Safety Policies, Procedures, Processes, and all legal requirements in terms of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 85 of 1993 and its Regulations. Ensure compliance where applicable on Sandvik sites/facilities and customer sites, in terms of the Mine Health & Safety Act 29 of 1996 and its Regulations. Ensure that contractor obligations are met in terms of Sandvik’s Services Level Agreement.  Develop, implement, maintain systems & processes for sustainability and continual improvement.

The job responsibilities:

• Safety inductions, onsite work contractor management and documents reviews.
• Contractor risk assessment reviews.
• Incident investigations.
• Induction of new employees throughout the year
• Annual January safety inductions, coordinating employees’ medicals and ergonomics training
• Monthly EHS facility inspections.
• Near misses and Hazards Management, ensuring that all reported hazards and near misses are reported, investigated and closed on EHS 360.
• EHS Plan monitoring and updates – Ensuring that we complete all the actions on the plan.
• Conducting Corrective actions on internal and external EHSQ Corrective action request.
• Conducting weekly Facility inspections with Managers as part of our 2025 EHS leadership goals
• Monitoring that all EHS behavior’s for 2025 are loaded on EHS 360 by all relevant Managers.
• Updating EHS 360 on all environmental data, quarterly; EHS Plan, monthly; EHS leading indicators, monthly; hazards and near misses’ updates and follow up to ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Conducting feedback meetings with employees on the outcome of the EHS Surveys and ensuring that corrective actions are put in place
• Consolidating EHS Survey feedback data from employees and scheduling meetings with managers for resolutions.
• Quarterly Evacuation Drills – Coordinating Evacuation drills and maintaining Reports of the drills
• Follow up on action plans from the quarterly management review meetings

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

• Completed Grade 12 Certificate
• Safety Management Training Course (SAMTRAC)
• Diploma in Environmental Management or any other related qualification
• Hazards Identification & Risk Assessment
• 3+ Years experience as a safety professional in the Engineering industry.
• 2+ Years experience in Risk Management
• 2+ Years experience as an ISO Auditor (Advantageous)
• Incidents/Accidents Investigation Certification (Advantageous)

Other Requirements & Competencies

• Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, and resolving operational problems.
• Knowledge of processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization’s exposure to risks of various kinds
• General Manufacturing Company EHS rules and procedures
• Workplace EHS rules and procedures (Workplace Induction)
• Occupational Health and Safety Act.
• Basic environmental management principles.
• Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Control.
• Conduct effective planned inspections.
• Participate in effective SHEQ meetings.
• Use and understand the limitations of required PPE.
• Ability to establish and build healthy working relations and partnerships with clients, and peers.
• Results orientated individual. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and report-writing abilities.
• Familiarity with regulatory environments (OHS Act)
• Highly proficient in MS office (and able to compile graphs)
• Good MS Outlook etiquette
• Standard-ISO 9001:2015
• Environmental Standard-ISO 14001:2015
• Health and Safety Standard-45001:2018