takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Occupational Health and Safety Officer to join our Supply Chain team in Cape Town DC.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us.  We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Risk and Security Manager.

 Your responsibilities will include: 

• That all relevant documentation regarding safety have been signed off by all the relevant employees
• That all environmental, housekeeping and safety surveys are done and signed off by relevant stakeholders
• That all appointments are properly signed off and kept updated if and when new employees are trained
• That all employees (both permanent, casual and labour consultant-) have updated file packs with all relevant documentation
• That all external legal documents are in place
• Schedule and maintain all training that will soon expire or of any training that is required
• Inform management of any Health, Safety or Environment issues that may cause damage, injury, safety or health related problems
• Ensure that all annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily checklists and inspections are completed and signed off by relevant party that carried out the inspection
• Ensure that faults found in checks and inspections are resolved
• Hold a minimum of 1 H&S meeting a month with an appointed H&S committee
• Ensure that all H&S Policies are signed off
• Coordinate with management to do emergency exit/fire drills
• Ensure that employees are complying with all regulations and are trained (safe work procedures) in all specific jobs being done
• Identify new risks, draw up risk assessments and train relevant employees on safe procedures
• Ensure that contractors that come onto your site to do work, conform to H&S standards as per SOP

Qualifications and attributes: 

• Diploma in Health and Safety and Samtrac or Nebosh
• 2 years experience in OHS 
• A solid understanding of Health and Safety and knowledge of relevant legislation
• Mathematically inclined
• Must have a firm understanding of all safety aspects within operations
• Strong analytical (auditing) and problem solving skills
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be energetic enough to keep up with a high paced working environment.
• Possess excellent personal organizational and business administration skills in accordance with modern best practice methods.
• Possess the ability to work productively, efficiently & effectively with initiative and drive under tight timescales and pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and quality.
• Possess the willingness to learn, improve and adapt.
• Good team player, hard worker, willing to be flexible with a positive attitude
• Must be able to work as part of a multi-cultural team
• Microsoft Office
• A firm grasp of the health and safety system installed and all documents in the safety system file.