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.

Desirable attributes:

• Proven experience in the renewable energy industry.

• A bachelor’s degree or an associate degree

What Does Success Look Like?

By 3 Months

• I will have reviewed the project requirements, applicable legislation, client standards and existing safety files, with priority compliance gaps documented and action owners agreed.
• I will be consistently conducting site inductions, daily inspections, safety meetings and permit-to-work checks, with NCRs and stop-work actions issued and tracked where required.
• I will have established accurate daily, weekly and monthly reporting using the required systems and tools, including incidents, man-hours, permits, inductions, audits and close-out status.

By 6 Months

• I will be managing the site safety management system and permit-to-work process independently, with current, audit-ready documentation and clear evidence of legal and client compliance.
• I will have embedded a reliable inspection and audit schedule, with NCRs, corrective actions and incident investigations completed promptly and recurring risks actively reduced.
• I will be providing management with accurate trend reports and practical recommendations that improve site safety performance, reporting quality and operational efficiency.

By 12 Months

• I will have maintained effective principal contractor legal and site compliance, with no overdue critical findings and strong outcomes from client and legal compliance audits.
• I will have demonstrated sustained improvement in leading safety indicators and supported the project in achieving its LTIR target through proactive risk management and workforce engagement.
• I will have delivered a sustainable, well-documented safety programme, including effective security oversight, and handed over clear processes, records and improvement actions for ongoing project use.

Core Values:

We hire, reward, and recognise our team against these values. It is imperative that you believe in these values and demonstrate them consistently.

• We are passionate and proud of what we do.
• We communicate candidly, especially when it is difficult
• We take the initiative, share our mistakes, and grow together
• We are dependable and take accountability
• No one person is bigger than the solution - no egos.

We are currently only considering candidates based in South Africa with valid working rights. Unfortunately, we are unable to consider applications from outside the country at this time.