Reporting to the Health and Safety Superintendent, he/she assists the Health and Safety Superintendent in managing occupational health and safety at the Lafigue site.
The company – about Endeavour
Endeavour is a leading global gold producer and the largest in West Africa with two mines in Côte d’Ivoire (Ity and Lafigué), two mines in Burkina Faso (Hounde and Mana) and the Sabodala-Massawa mine in Senegal. The company has one of the most exciting organic growth track record and pipeline, with a strong portfolio of development exploration assets on the highly prospective Birimian Greenstone Belt across West Africa. Endeavour is committed to principles of responsible mining and delivering sustainable value to its employees, stakeholders and the communities where it operates.
The role
Reporting to the Health and Safety Superintendent, he/she assists the Health and Safety Superintendent in managing occupational health and safety at the Lafigue site.
Key responsibilities
- Maintain safety and health conditions and practices Monitor SHE standards
- Ensure safe use of PPE.
- Provide safety training to the workforce
- Audit JHA's for work areas ensuring all employees have signed off Ensure records are updated
- Provide information to the H&S Superintendent for weekly and monthly reports Ensure safety notice signs are updated by H&S Officers Report unsafe acts and conditions.
- Action deviations identified and reported for corrective action.
- Follow up on corrective actions and update action sheet accordingly.
- Launch safety contests.
- Rotate banners.
- Store conversations.
- Distribute posters.
- Perform monitoring tasks
- Investigate all accidents, incidents and near misses.
- Review H&S procedures.
- Assist the workforce and management with H&S related issues.
- Coordinate the duties of the H&S officers
- Stand in the H&S Superintendent's seat during break time.
- Audit PPE stores to verify quantities
- All other duties as directed by the QHSE Manager and Superintendent Hazard identification and risk assessment.
Position requirements
- A formal health and safety certificate or diploma (BAC+3 minimum)
- Train the trainer certificate is a plus
- Computer literate
- Experience in mining and/or construction will be an advantage
- 5 years’ experience in similar or related roles
- Ability to communicate in English
- Ability to work in an office environment
- Firm hand, great attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work under pressure
- Communication skills
- Decision-making skills.