Nomzamo Modau
Safety Specialist
Midrand
Summary
I am a results-focused leader who is successful at promoting safety programs and mentoring individuals on ways to avoid mishaps and accidents. In am also a detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy and positive attitude.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
8
8
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Safety Specialist
Johannesburg Water
04.2023 - Current
- Organized regular meetings with cross-functional teams to discuss ongoing safety initiatives, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
- Maintained detailed records of company-wide safety performance to ensure compliance with regulations and standards.
- Assisted in obtaining necessary permits including construction work permit in order to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Review subordinates monthly audit and inspection reports conducted on allocated contractors and send out to project team and contractor.
- Attend design meetings and give inputs on project designs
- Develop appropriate procedures for the implementation and maintenance of the contractor management system.
- Ensure that safety close outs inspections and audits are done on completed project safety files and close out report submitted to the Engineers.
- Ensure that subordinates meet all set personal and departmental targets within specified timeframes.
- Contribute to the safety annual budget
- . Provide mentoring and advise to subordinates on health and safety matters.
- Ensure subordinates together with site management manage identified risks and deviations on sites.
- Conduct regular workshops as determined by the needs analysis to entrench a safety culture among contractors and the organization's workforce.
- Advise on the implementation, maintenance, and auditing of Safety management system.
- Develop corporate procedures and cascade the same to the Safety Practitioners for developing site specific procedures.
- Develop and monitor the implementation of system audit plans by subordinates at all sites.
- Investigated accidents and incidents, recommending corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
SHE Practitioner
Johannesburg water
07.2015 - Current
- Conduct monthly audits & inspections for all JW contractors to ensure that compliance obligations are met
- Supervising SHE-representatives in JW depots to ensure effective OHS compliance
- Attend JW site progress meetings & give inputs on the project design & safety aspect
- Monitor and supervise the implementation of safety policy and requirements as per the OHS Act
- Initiate & facilitate incident investigations for JW sites
- Advising internal & supervising external stakeholders on the requirements of OHS Act & legislations
- Development of JW Site specific procedures & cascade them to JW site management team
- Review contractor's monthly internal audits & inspection reports conducted
- Supervise JW site safety officers through inductions, audits and inspections
- Ensuring that administrative requirements of relevant legislation are complied with
- Supervise JW site-based safety officers & site management in adhering to the SHE-specification requirements, standards and instructions
- Ensuring that appropriate procedures for contractor management are effectively implemented on site
- Supervise site safety officers in order to enforce safe work practices and procedures
- Ensure and monitor that protective clothing and equipment are used whenever appropriate through supervision on site & checklist records
- Conduct Safety files evaluations and approval prior to contractor's work commencement
- Compile Baseline risk assessment to help to set achievable and realistic indicator targets in terms of the project's design and operation
- Providing mentoring and advise to safety officers &SHE team on health and safety matters
- Ensure that consolidated safety files are submitted for all completed projects and compile close out reports.
Senior SHE manager
TN Holdings (Pty) Ltd
01.2014 - 06.2015
- Conduct safety meetings, audits and inspections to ensure compliance, evaluate performance, identify corrective action, and implement follow up assessments
- Effective management and supervision of organizational safety resources
- Coach, supervise and conduct workshops for all site safety officers and SHE-representatives
- Plan, implement, manage, and maintain comprehensive environmental safety & health programs on premises or at project site locations
- Ensure that all appointments are done and the communication of the responsibilities to the appointee is explained
- Ensure that mandatory agreements are entered into between the organization and contractors
- Prepare the site emergency evacuation plan and ensure all supervisors and contractors are supplied with a copy
- Compile risk assessments, safe work procedures and method statement and on an on-going basis identify and evaluate the risks to which employees may be exposed, evaluate and analyze the risks identified and ensure that these risk assessments are then communicated to the workforce
- Compile a fall protection plan that is to be implemented on every project
- Conduct safety inspections on site and report deviations to management
- Ensure all employees are inducted prior to be permitted to work on site
- Ensure no sub-contractor is permitted to work on site without being in possession of a safety file
- Ensure all registers and checklists are updated on a weekly and monthly basis
- Ensure all health and safety officers conduct a monthly H&S rep inspection of their work areas
- Ensure that the organization meets the IS0 14001 and ISO 18001 requirements
- Conduct internal SHE audits and attend external SHE audits and close out any findings.
Safety officer
TN Molefe Construction (Pty)Ltd
01.2013 - 12.2014
- Planning, implementing and overseeing organization's employee's safety at work
- Ensuring that the company is in good compliance and adheres to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) guidelines
- To monitor the activities of permit to work and ensure that it complies with all applicable laws
- Ensuring that employees are informed of their duties in case of an emergency situation
- Establish safety standards and policies are needed
- Conducting a job analysis, which involves identifying potential dangers in a workplace and assessing the risks of those hazards
- Coordinating the registration and removal of waste to ensure that proper procedures are followed for disposal of hazardous waste and completing all necessary paperwork
- Receiving reports from and responding to orders from the Department of Labour
- Ensuring that all employees and visitors are inducted and safe while they work in the organization
- Report any employee health problems to the Departmental manager
- Maintaining clean and legible health and safety signs and notice boards in their assigned areas
- Ensuring that employees follow safety protocols and that any unsafe acts or processes are stopped
- Ensure that employees and executives receive proper OHS training
- Conduct risk assessments and enforce preventative measures.
Junior Safety officer
A4 Consultancy (Pty) Ltd
01.2011 - 12.2012
- Assisting the senior Health and safety officer in developing implementing, and improving the health and safety plans, program and procedures in the workplace
- Ensuring compliance with relevant health and safety legislation
- Identifying OHS-related training needs in the workplace
- Conducting safety inspections and risk assessments
- Listening and to and investigating OHS-related complaints from employees
- Assisting with the investigation of accidents that occur in the workplace
- Making OHS-related suggestions to senior management and/or the Senior Health and safety officer
- Attending Health and Safety committee meetings
- Ensuring that all safety messages are communicated to the incident command team
- Conducting toolbox meetings and site inspections
- Reviewing and approving all sub-contractor's safety plans
- Ensuring that all tools and equipment are adequate and safe to use
- Enforcing safety guidelines, procedures and policies.
Education
B-Tech in Safety management (Advanced Safety management) -
Vaal University of Technology
Vanderbijl Park, South Africa 01.2010 - 05.2012
Skills
Modelling an public speaking
Certification
SACPCMP
Awards
- Outstanding academic performance in Occupational Health & Safety Law 2 and Safety Principles & Practices
- Vaal University Of Technology (SCO) Certificate of Academic excellence
- Vaal University of Technology Ms Johannesburg 1st runner up Role Models Foundation
References
- Mr Edward Nduvheni, OHS & D Manager, Johannesburg Water, edward.nduvheni@jwater.co.za, 0664725233
- Mr Norbert Makhube, Site manager, TN Molefe Holdings (Pty) Ltd, makhube@molefe.co.za, 0826000479
- Mr Walter Ramollo, Managing Director, A4 Consultancy, wal@a4con.co.za, 0817654041
- Mr Sisekelo Jali, Former Safety practitioner, Johanesburg Water, sisekelojali@gmail.com, 0660471657
Disclaimer
Nomzamo Rivonia Rebone Modau, Johannesburg
Timeline
Safety Specialist
Johannesburg Water
04.2023 - Current
SHE Practitioner
Johannesburg water
07.2015 - Current
Senior SHE manager
TN Holdings (Pty) Ltd
01.2014 - 06.2015
Safety officer
TN Molefe Construction (Pty)Ltd
01.2013 - 12.2014
Junior Safety officer
A4 Consultancy (Pty) Ltd
01.2011 - 12.2012
B-Tech in Safety management (Advanced Safety management) -
Vaal University of Technology
01.2010 - 05.2012