SENIOR SAFETY ENGINEER

Job Description

The Senior Safety Engineer shall be responsible for leading occupational health and safety initiatives within the Workplace Safety Division by systematically identifying, assessing, and controlling workplace hazards. The role ensures the prevention of accidents, reduction of injury risks, and promotion of a proactive safety culture across the Corporation. The incumbent will drive the implementation of hazard control systems, incident management processes, and HSE training programs while ensuring continuous improvement in safety performance and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• 1.1 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment: Demonstrates expertise in identifying workplace hazards, conducting risk assessments, applying hierarchy of controls, and maintaining dynamic risk registers across operations.
• 1.2 Legal and Regulatory Compliance: Possesses strong knowledge of occupational health, safety, and environmental laws, ensuring full compliance, audit readiness, and timely statutory reporting requirements.
• 1.3 Training and Safety Awareness: Skilled in developing and delivering safety training programs, promoting awareness, assessing competencies, and fostering a proactive safety culture organization-wide.
• 1.4 Incident Reporting and Investigation: Proficient in managing incident reporting systems, conducting root cause analysis, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring timely closure of safety-related incidents.
• 1.5 Emergency Preparedness and Response: Capable of developing emergency plans, coordinating drills, managing response teams, and ensuring readiness of systems and equipment for effective incident response.
• 1.6 Performance Monitoring and Continuous Improvement: Experienced in tracking safety KPIs, conducting audits, analyzing trends, and driving continuous improvement initiatives within the IMS framework.
• 1.7 IMS Integration and Auditing: Competent in integrating ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and ISO 9001 requirements, conducting internal audits, and ensuring compliance with integrated management systems.
• 1.8 Leadership and Safety Culture Development: Demonstrates strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills to influence behavior and embed a positive safety culture across all levels.
• 1.9 Data Analysis and Reporting: Skilled in analyzing safety data, preparing reports, and providing actionable insights to support informed decision-making and performance improvement.
• 1.10 Project and Risk Management: Ability to integrate safety into projects, manage risks proactively, and ensure safety considerations are embedded throughout project lifecycles.
• 1.11 Integrated QHSE Management and Environmental Sustainability: Lead the alignment of occupational safety protocols with the Corporation’s broader Quality and Environmental objectives. Oversee the identification and mitigation of environmental aspects and impacts arising from safety interventions (e.g., fire suppression system chemicals or hazardous spill response).

Qualifications and Experience

• Education
• Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) in Health and Safety Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or Equivalent from a Recognized Academic Institution.
• Master’s Degree in Health and Safety Engineering, Industrial Psychology, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Business Administration or Equivalent from a Recognized Academic Institution.
• Professional Certification in Occupational Health and Safety (NEBOSH IGC or OSHA Professional).

• Experience: Applicant should have at least Five (5) Years Experience in industrial safety or QHSE management in reputable organization with demonstrated experience in hazard identification, risk assessment (HIRA), and incident investigation and reporting within a manufacturing or large-scale plant environment is highly desirable.
• Continuous Professional Development: Certificates in at least Three (3) relevant fields (Fire Safety, First Aid, ISO 45001 Lead Auditor/Internal Auditor or Hazardous Material Handling, Project Management) is an added advantage.
• Professional Membership: Registered with the Engineers Registration Board of Uganda or Equivalent.

Skills and Competencies

• Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment: Expert in systematic hazard identification, risk evaluation techniques, hierarchy of controls application, and maintaining dynamic risk registers across operations.
• Legal Compliance: Strong knowledge of occupational safety laws, regulatory requirements, compliance audits, reporting obligations, and ensuring adherence to national and international standards.
• Training and Awareness: Skilled in developing safety training programs, conducting awareness sessions, assessing competency gaps, and promoting a proactive safety culture across all organizational levels.
• Incident Reporting and Investigation: Proficient in incident reporting systems, root cause analysis, corrective actions, documentation, and ensuring timely closure to prevent recurrence of workplace incidents.
• Emergency Preparedness and Response: Competent in developing emergency plans, conducting drills, coordinating response teams, ensuring equipment readiness, and continuously improving organizational emergency response capabilities.
• Environment Management Compliance: Understanding of environmental management, including identification & assessment of environmental aspects and impacts, and pollution mitigation strategies.
• Performance Monitoring and Improvement: Experienced in tracking safety KPIs, conducting audits, analyzing trends, implementing improvements, and driving continuous enhancement of the occupational health, safety & environment management system
• Integrated Management Systems (IMS) Proficiency Expertise in the requirements and cross-functional application of ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environment), and ISO 45001 (Health & Safety). Ability to conduct integrated audits and utilize quality management tools (such as Six Sigma or Lean) to improve safety outcomes. Strong understanding of environmental sustainability, including waste-to-wealth initiatives and the reduction of the industrial carbon footprint within the safety lifecycle.