1 Winkies Job

Designation - Head of Safety

Location- Kolkata

Working Days- 6

Job Description:

• Leadership on all matters related to Health and Safety in terms of representation on the Site Leadership Team and other management forums. Communication and discussion need to drill down to ground level for : status of corrective and preventive actions, results of Gemba walks, toolbox talks and incident updates.
• Conducts job Safety Analysis and ergonomic assessments to incorporate learnings and best practices into training programs and work instructions.
• Conducts periodic employee safety audits and inspections of work areas and process operations. Trains employees in addition to site leadership and safety committee members appropriately.
• Creation and maintenance of a mixed worker and management Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Committee that will meet at least monthly. WHS Committee will conduct inspections, ensuring recording of minutes, and coordination of changes based on committee feedback and inspection results. The WHS Committee will create and publish minutes available to all employees
• Creation and maintenance of a strategic Workplace Health (WHS) Steering Team with the intent of annual and long-range planning. The WHS Steering Team will meet at least quarterly and create and publish minutes available to all employees.
• Manage and facilitate the visual workplace” aspects of Health and Safety to local and global standards.
• Reports audit results and recommends corrective actions and or preventive measures where needed.
• Develop and lead culture change within the organization to create an environment where unsafe acts and conditions are not accepted and zero harm is the expectation.
• Partner with HR and external resources to create a wholistic health and wellbeing program.
• Actively manage occupational illness, injuries and interventions with internal and external resources to result in the best outcome for the employee and the company.
• Make recommendations on engineering and work practice controls needed to eliminate or minimize staff exposures to potential hazards.
• Responsible for facility’s compliance with local, state, provincial and federal regulations pertaining to Health and Safety concerns. Responsibilities include researching new and upcoming Health and Safety regulations and legislative changes.
• Developing, implementing, and facilitating all Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• Leads a cross functional team that ensures compliance with all applicable occupational Health and Safety standards and regulations including company policies and procedures.
• Ensure team members who are First Responders are trained in First Aid, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR, and are certified
• Ensure facility has adequate PPE, first aid supplies and other inventory as required for Health and Safety.
• Ownership and facilitation of the Emergency Response Plan including revisions, training, drills and subsequent debriefings.
• Record, share, and work with Safety & Leadership team to develop a solution for reported Near Miss via sites Near Miss program.
• Maintains local database (in line with global standards and KPI’s) for all incidents including near misses and provides weekly and monthly summary of activities including KPIs to local and regional leadership.
• Coordinate Safety audits and inspections including tracking findings to ensure closure with stakeholders.
• Conduct and complete Injury and Illness investigation and report ensuring “root cause(s)” have been identified and that appropriate corrective and preventive actions have been completed.
• Identify ways to prevent reoccurrence of accidents by reengineering, changing the process or providing personal protective equipment.
• Facilitate and manage aspects of the facilities Industrial Hygiene (including combustible dust) including sampling and corrective and preventive actions based on findings.