Construction Health and Safety Manager – 18 month fixed term contract

As the Sun Central Construction Health and Safety Manager, you will act as the Owner’s on-site health and safety representative, leading construction health and safety governance across the project. You will oversee EPC and contractor compliance with applicable legislation, client requirements and approved project standards; coordinate risk assurance, audits, incident management and management reporting; and provide clear guidance and escalation to the Construction Manager and HSSE leadership.
Position of the job in the organisation:
The Construction Health and Safety Manager will report directly to the Construction Manager, with a functional reporting line to the HSSE Manager for governance, assurance, incident escalation and performance reporting.
Principal responsibilities:
Lead and manage the site H&S team, allocating work, setting clear objectives, coaching team members and monitoring delivery. Identify training needs and maintain effective communication and accountability.
Implement, maintain, review and approve site safety management files, project documentation and compliance records, including daily, weekly and monthly documentation requirements, project completion documentation and proper file archiving.
Conduct site safety inductions
Conduct daily site inspections, attend safety compliance audits as required, and issue NCRs or stop-work orders where needed.
Prepare accurate daily, weekly and monthly reports for management, covering incidents, investigations, close-outs, man-hours, site statistics, permits, NCRs, inductions, audits and other key safety metrics.
Chair daily, weekly and monthly project health and safety governance meetings in line with client requirements, bringing together site findings and contractor performance outcomes. Issue agendas and minutes, maintain action registers with accountable owners and due dates, verify close-out evidence and escalate overdue or high-risk matters to project and HSSE leadership. Manage the permit-to-work system.
Monitor health, hygiene and occupational medical surveillance requirements for the internal site team.
Conduct and monitor fatigue management assessments for the internal site team.
Support the environmental team with site-related health, safety and compliance requirements where needed.
Oversee the Sun Central security management programme by reviewing contractor security plans against contractual requirements and site risk, clarifying EPC and O&M security boundaries, monitoring access control and deployment effectiveness, escalating theft and security risks, and tracking corrective actions through construction, handover and mobilisation.
Lead health and safety readiness for the transition from construction and commissioning to O&M mobilisation. Define handover requirements and review O&M HSE plans, safety files, statutory appointments and readiness actions specifically for operational handover.
Confirm who will control operational access and permits, then formally transfer approved records, outstanding risks and corrective actions to the responsible operational team.
Provide owner-side oversight of EPC contractors and subcontractors by reviewing their HSE plans, risk assessments, method statements, legal appointments, competency records and performance evidence; chair formal contractor HSE performance reviews; escalate unresolved or repeated non-compliance; and verify the effective close-out of corrective actions before work or affected activities continue.
Permits include the following:
Working at heights permit
Hot works permit
Loto permit
Excavations permit
Frequency of permit issuing will be determined closer to start of project, weekly or daily
permits will be issued by the on site Safety Officer in conjunction with the Construction
Manager CR8(1) and the expert for the specific work, electrician or fall protection planner etc.
Site inspections include the following:
Wearing of PPE
Condition of PPE
Housekeeping
Stacking and Storage
Laydown areas
Eating areas
Sanitary facilities
Site establishments
Unsafe acts and conditions
Tool and plant inspections
Physical site conditions
Site vehicles and mobile plant
Incident Investigations (Minor dressing cases as well as medical cases with no lost time)
Email a daily photographic record of site conditions and inspection findings alongside the daily management report, using the distribution list referenced in section 1.5.
Proposed daily time management plan
Admin: 2-3 hours divided into morning start up, after lunch catch up of mails and documents and end of day close out of permits and DSTI’s
Any other job duties associated with this role.
Experience & Skills
5 Years’ experience in a similar role
SAMTRAC
Ability to operate in diverse environment
SACPCMP Registered
Strong communication skills.
Proficient in all Microsoft Applications.

Skills
Documentation

Employment type
Fixed Term Contract

Work arrangement
No