Health & Safety Manager

Connect Rail Services Limited is at the cutting edge of leveraging rail and in-land waterways in transporting heavy-lift goods by taking the pressure off the road network. Our vision is to build a Pan African logistics business committed to unlocking the challenge of moving goods across the continent.

We are recruiting to fill the position below: 

Job Position: Health & Safety Manager
Job Location: Lagos 

Main Responsibilities

• Develop, communicate and implement Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) policies in the entire organization and project sites.
• Develop a monthly HSE and Quality Assurance (QA) communication strategy, which would include written information, tool box talks and management briefs, for all sites and levels of staff.
• Provide direction, technical guidance on Health and Safety practices and interpret quality compliance requirements to all employees.
• Conduct quality and HSE audits as required; identify opportunities for continuous improvements while also investigating problematic areas and providing practical cost effective solutions to ensure continuous improvement.
• Liaise with the Human Resource department for initiation and coordination of HSE and quality training.
• Lead and monitor safety management performance at client’s site ensuring that incident investigation, analysis and reporting processes are complied with.
• Ensure sites are operated at highest Quality and Health safety standards.
• Ensure that processes needed for quality management system are established, implemented and maintained.
• Coordinate and ensure that the company’s quality management system works and is continuously improved in accordance with the ISO standards.

Educational Qualification & Experience

• A good Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of related QHSE experience in Quality Assurance, visual inspection and Quality control in engineering and construction activities.
• Good practical knowledge of ISO 9001:2008 to adequately develop quality management systems and implement same within the organization .
• Competence in risk based design including management of qualitative risks assessments.
• Age: 30-40 years

Required Skills:

• Good oral and written communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Team worker
• Attention to detail
• Results oriented
• Excellent computer skills.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.