STAR Bazaar - Health & Safety Auditor

Job Title : Health & Safety Auditor

Reporting Manager : Senior Manager - Health & Safety

Number of Vacancies : 3

Location : Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore (1 in each cluster)

Department : Operations Support

Business : Star Bazaar

Job Purpose Statement : Making sure that the business makes continual improvements to health & safety standards and have effective and practical safety improvement plans

Job Responsibilities :

Key Responsibility : 1. Maintain a safe working environment at Store/DC/HO

Key Activities :

- Preparing EHS (Environment Health and Safety) plan for the project as per the business requirement.

- To obtain approval from Health & Safety head and subsequently from relevant stake holders.

- Ensure adequate and timely procurement and maintenance of personal protective equipment's as per standards.

- Daily site inspection in order to observe physical conditions of work and the work practices and procedures followed by colleagues and reporting to Area Manager/Store Manager/ Health & Safety Manager.

- Identify any abnormalities / deviations in housekeeping, spills and EHS violations and report to Area Manager/Store Manager/ Health & Safety Manager.

- To render advice on measures to be adopted for removing unsafe physical conditions and preventing unsafe actions by colleagues.

- Evaluate, approve and monitor different type of permits like work at height, safe entry permit, hot work, HT / LT shut down etc.

- Organize and conduct safety committee meetings to evaluate effective implementation of EHS plan.

- Keeping up to date with retail industry safety trends, sharing information.

- Working with the Primary Authority to agree safety advice related to the Retail Format

Key Responsibility : Ensure compliance with statutory provisions and necessary documentation.

Key Activities :

- Attend to internal and external audits.

- Follow up for effective implementation of recommendations and observations / remarks by the auditors.

- Generate the records for closure of notices/concerns raised in the audit.

- Accident investigation to determine root cause.

- Coordinating the response to safety issues raised through the Product team as a result of Audits, Enforcement Challenges and Accident Investigations in a way that ensures that action is taken to reduce risk.

- Document the case studies of various types of accident at site.

- Prepare analysis of accident data for bench-marking purpose.

- Ensure compliance with government rules and regulations.

Key Responsibility : Continually raise the awareness level on basic safety aspects amongst colleagues & contract staff.

Key Activities :

- Provide training, coaching and facilitating for site level personnel/colleagues to enhance their competency and capabilities of achieving safety targets and goals.

- Display safety posters at site to generate awareness.

- Promote safety suggestion scheme to motivate colleagues for coming up with new ideas on safety and cost reduction.

- Organize safety campaigns, competitions and other activities to develop and maintain interest of colleagues to establish and maintain safe work environment.

- Organize toolbox meetings, induction programmes with the colleagues as required.

- To advise project manager on EHS related matters including hygiene of Labour Colony and site.

- To carryout mock drills and/or other checks for preparedness during emergency.

- Impart necessary training to improve preparedness level.

- Identify scope for savings on personal protective equipment's without compromise on safety.

Eligibility Criteria :

- Should have Diploma in Industrial Safety with min 3-4 years of H&S experience in banking, hotel or retail industry.

Salary range: 4 - 8 LPA