Job title: Health and Safety Officer Job at Dangote Group
Company: Dangote
Job description: Dangote Group is one of Nigeria’s most diversified business conglomerates with a hard – earned reputation for excellent business practices and products’ quality with its operational headquarters in the bustling metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria in West Africa.We are recruiting to fill the position below:Job Position: Health and Safety Officer
Job Location: Okpella Plant, Edo
Employment Type: Full-timeJob Overview
- Participate in implementing the DCP approved occupational safety program, analysing and administering various components of the safety programs.
Responsibilities
- Monitor DCP employees, contracts and sub-contracts to ensure compliance safety rules and regulations.
- Ensure all persons including the general public, with proximity of DCP premises sites and operating locations are not exposed to the risks of health and safety.
- Ensure that work is carries out in a safe manner and acceptable standards with minimum risk to all persons, property, equipment and materials.
- Report near miss, unsafe act, unsafe conditions of contracts and sub-contracts to DCP Management.
- Ensure that contracts carry out toolbox on daily basis before starting of any work.
- Ensure that all necessary fire apparatus on site are maintained in serviceable condition and regular inspected.
- Ensure that necessary contact is made for emergency call out of medical facilities in case of serious accident or illness.
- Upon receipt of a report of noncompliance or any condition which poses a serious or imminent danger to health or health, issues a request for immediate corrective action from the contractors.
- The elimination of risk of injury of all persons affected by DCP operations and prevention of damage to all property and plant.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degrees in Engineering or a related field.
- Postgraduate/Professional qualification from an HSE body such as NEBOSH, OSHA, ISPON.
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in safety, preferably in the cement or related industry.
Skills and Behaviors:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Adequate knowledge of the cement and manufacturing industries.
- Adequate knowledge of Safety regulations.
- Ability to analyze incidences and proffer valuable solutions.
- Ability to communicate incidences and emergencies clearly.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Basic computer skills.
- High sense of responsibility.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Expected salary:
Location: Okpella, Edo State
Job date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:26:56 GMT