SHEQ Manager - Durban based

A vacancy exists for a Safety, Health, Evironmental and Quality Manager  in a Private Hospital Group, based in Durban. The main responsibility is to manage the Group's SHEQ department with respect to sevice delivery, compliance, and strategy development. The SHEQ department is responsible for guiding and advising the the  GROUP with respect to SHEQ issues and takes overall responsiblity for ensuring the groups SHEQ related legal compliance as well as certificates and accreditations.    * Develop and implement an over-arching Integrated SHEQ Management System for the  Group. * Identifies major risks facing the Group and assign appropriate risk rating to ensure appropriate prioritization. * Provide SHEQ improvement initiatives, pro-posed corrective action, required resources for corrective action and plan of implementation on Non-Conformance Reports (“NCRs”) issued. * Chair Safety, Health and Environmental (“SHE”) Committee Meetings (plan, schedule and review actions to be taken by employer to mitigate and control hazards). * Investigate the root cause of SHEQ complaints and non-conformances put forward by staff members, patients and contractors and report the result to the Hospital Managers in the required format. * Ensure regular emergency response exercises and evacuation drills are conducted to ensure the highest level of preparedness in any emergency scenario. Maintain records of such exercises, providing recommendations for emergency response improvement initiatives. * Conduct monthly Audit with all Hospital including service provider i.e. Kitchen and Cleaners all programs (in accordance with the Annual Audit Schedule) * Assist in developing all the required documentation, operational checks and reports for the SHEQ Management System to be compliant with OHSAS 18001/2007, ISO 14001/2004 and ISO 9001/2008 requirements, including measures for corrective and preventive action. * Monitor contractor performance and compliance and work sites by conducting continuous site visits and audits and compiling relevant reports. Escalate matters of continuous non-conformance. * Establish Safe Work Procedures; Standard Operating Procedures and Safe Work Instructions for tasks of a hazardous or high-risk nature, as and when required. * Identifies training needs/gaps across the organization and recommends/implements training to close the gaps. * Maintain and update SHEQ management system information daily in line with recording, re-porting and auditing protocols. * Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned from time-to-time by management. * Relevant Tertiary Qualification  * Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the implementation and maintenance of SHEQ and monitoring and auditing of contractor safety compliance in a highly technical, complex working  * 2- 3 years experience in a Senior Management preferably in the Hospital Environment * Must have excellent telephone skills. * Mu