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Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Safety & Wellbeing Advisor covering Tasmanian operations, and part of the National Safety team, based at and supporting the Lenah Valley Milk site. Member of the Site Steering Group, supporting, coaching and mentoring line managers, supervisors and team members to be the best they can be, whilst ensuring our Safety and Wellbeing program is being achieved. Lenah Valley is one of the best performing sites in the milk network nationally, both from a production but more importantly, from a safety performance perspective, thus maintaining and improving this stellar performance is a key focus area for me. My success in this role thus far has been dependent on my experience in, and understanding of what influences Safety performance & culture, with my passion for facilitating continuous improvement, change and promoting a culture of care amongst team members on site. Furthermore my strong communication skills and my ability to work in a fast-moving environment and influencing positive change has been, and continues to provide a great platform for future success.Some of my responsibilities include the following:- Develop the Safety and Wellness compliance agenda and ensure it is embedded and continuously reviewed;- Develop, Implement and embed the One Bega Safety policies & procedures;- Review and improve workplace transport / traffic management plans on site;- Identify and implement initiatives that improve safety ownership and engagement; - Review, update and improve the AS4801 and critical risk compliance management system; - Conduct regular internal audits and develop and update the Risk Register;- Act as a health promotion resource for the team.- Capitalise on the site's inherent appetite to adopt and embed safety and wellness procedures and coach and mentor all- Assist corporate safety manager with development of the new safety management system for Bega

Harrismith

Full responsibility for the overall Risk Plan, drafting and implementation of all Risk management, SHE, Security, Access Control, Traffic flow procedures, and processes for the Highway Group of Companies, Highway Property Group and Africa Fuel Distributors. Full responsibility for implementation, management, monitoring, and improvement of the processes of the entire facility's HSE, Risk, Security, Fire protection, business continuity requirements, Incident investigations, Policies and procedures, with the aim to achieve work activities without incident, NO harm to staff, clients, vehicles, the environment or property. To provide functional HSE and Risk Management support to all management, supervision and staff complement.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Safety (Risk) Manager at SAB Ltd (ABInBev) Alrode BreweryLargest Brewery in the Southern Hemisphere (+1200 permanent employees/contractors)Job Purpose: To provide the plant with a comprehensive and professional Occupational Health and Safety System. Ensuring compliance to Risk Management & Safety systems, standards, and work practices to achieve targets set for the VPO Safety Pillar, applicable company Health & Safety KPI’s, as well as country-specific legal compliance, and company + industry best practice.Key roles and responsibilities:•Ensuring compliance to the South African OSHA regulations, company, and international legal compliance standards & requirements•Accountable for the implementation of the VPO Safety Pillar (internal HSE management system) for the Brewery (Achieved this with close to 50% performance increase year on year)•Monitoring, analyzing & auditing the leading Safety KPI’s and implementing interventions that reduced TRI by more than 400% over two years •Manage facility security function (50+ heads) and oversee Risk Management function including incidents, insurance surveys, inspections, and audits •Conduct audits and reviews of the site related to the VPO Safety Pillar and legal compliance•Maintain documentation such as SOP’s, as well as maintenance of manuals, policies, and procedures as related to safety, risk, management, security.•Identify safety and legal training needs, arrange and co-ordinate•Manage the Occupational Health Clinic or contracted service on site•Manage Safety-related Capex portfolio and ZBB of the Safety team•Drive closure of investigations, safety gaps, and legal compliance in the plant•To monitor and investigate selected insurance claims in liaison with the Corporate Risk Director•Ensure the site is adequately secured and manage the contracted security provider•Part of the project management team on a $100m brewery capacity upgrade & expansion construction project during 2017/2018

Polokwane Area, South Africa

Risk Manager at SAB Polokwane Brewery and all Limpopo province sitesAccountable for implementing, managing, auditing and improving the overall health, safety, environment and risk management programme in the Limpopo Province Sales and Distribution regions(4 Warehouse and Distribution sites) as well as the Polokwane Brewery (Manufacturing site).NOSA CMB235n as well as ISO14001 (environment), and SABMiller 10 Global Standards Health and Safety programBusiness continuity programSecurity ManagementFire and Dust explosion protection systemAll Legal compliance for Safety, Health, Envionmental systems

Witbank

Nelspruit

Potchefstroom

Financial Planner internship - Junior Financial PlannerDuties included assisting senior FP's with client financial planning proposals, providing solutions to identified shortfalls in life insurance, retirement planning, short term insurance and investments. Client appointments, business insurance and general office duties.

London, United Kingdom

Managing the security team at Royal London Hospital in White Chapel, London. Part of the NHS, Royal London is the oldest Hospital in London. Duties included overseeing the security of several blocks of buildings, safeguarding premises, people and providing support to medical staff in case of danger from patients and public. Close partnership with London Police.

Nebosh International Diploma, Health & Safety, International Diploma

Moti - Management Of Technology And Innovation, Management, Systems, Innovation, Risk Management

Leadership Fundamentals

Leading Change & Leading Others  Identify the ingredients of a high performing team  Explore your role as leaders in empowering others.

Samtrac, Organisational She Management

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Intl Trade & Marketing With Risk Management