Admin, HR and HSE Officer - West Pokot at Corporate Staffing

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure candidate documentation is collected and recorded/filed.
• Oversee all staff engagement for the country office and manage the new hire orientation and exit process.
• Compliance and Record-keeping
• Annually review the Personnel Handbook recommending amendments needed due to changes in local conditions or labor laws.
• Manage time clocking system for the office, ensuring timely submission, approval, accuracy, and filing.
• Compensation and Benefits as well as Employee Relations.
• Coordinate with Finance Manager in the preparation of Payroll.
• Review employee final payments for accuracy and compliance with labour laws.
• Ensure smooth running of all administrative functions with county officials.
• Undertake employee training and development and make recommendations.
• Oversee the coordination and implementation of annual performance reviews.
• Coach, counsel, and discipline employees.
• Work with senior management to resolve employee relations issues pragmatically.
• Investigate employee relations issues and work to ensure human resources-related decisions are consistent and fair.
• Initiate, coordinate, and enforce systems, policies, and procedures. Monitoring plant operations to ensure that they comply with government regulations on environmental protection, safety, and health issues such as OSHA standards
• Ensuring that employees are trained in proper safety practices and procedures, including emergency response protocols
• Coordinating with production teams and other departments to ensure that production goals are met
• Assists, plans and implements safety policies and procedures in compliance with local and state regulations including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Department of Transportation (DOT)
• Provide HSE training, awareness and induction on site to staff, contractors and other relevant parties.
• Performs safety audits and inspections, prepares written reports of findings and recommendations for corrective or preventive measures where indicated and follows up to ensure measures have been implemented.
• Have first line responsibility for incident investigations, including but not limited to investigating, making initial recommendations and putting measures in place to prevent reoccurrence
• Assists in the development, evaluation and upgrading of safety programs.
• Keep HSE statistical records, such as incidents, accidents, near-misses and working hours on site.
• Ensuring the well-being of workforce and compliance of HSE within the plant.
• Keep HSE registers up to date, including renewals of permits, licenses, etc.
• Assist Plant Manager to implement accident-prevention and environmental impact activities on site.
• Carrying out risk assessments and considering how risks could be reduced including medical checkups for the staff.
• Outlining safe operational procedures which identify and take account of all relevant hazards.
• Advising on a range of specialist areas, e.g. fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery, use of PPEs and occupational diseases.
• Act as Emergency coordinator on site.

Key Qualifications.

• Degree in relevant area, HR environment. 
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as HR and HSE Officer preferably in a busy manufacturing plant.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with HR and HSE management systems in an industrial setting.
• OHS certification or equivalent.
• Knowledge of ISO safety, quality and environmental standards (preferred).
• Management skills basic courses (preferred).
• Firefighting & HSE basic courses (preferred).
• Fluent knowledge of English.