HSE Technician M/F

HSE Technician M/F

As an Independent Power Producer, Voltalia operates in over 20 countries, developing, building, and maintaining renewable energy projects and services across five key technologies: solar, wind, hydro, biomass, and storage. Backed by the AFM Group, a globally recognized, family-owned investment group, we benefit from long-term stability and a shared commitment to sustainable growth.

By the end of 2024, our operational and under-construction capacity reached 3.3 gigawatts—a 14% increase since 2023. With 1,500 employees worldwide, we thrive in a fast-moving environment driven by adaptability, innovation, and collaboration.

In our company, your work directly contributes to a more sustainable world. Whether you're driving projects forward, optimizing operations, or leading strategic initiatives, you're contributing to our mission to improve the global environment and foster local development.

At Voltalia, we welcome individuals from all backgrounds, whatever your race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, disability, sexual orientation, and experience. In our company, diversity drives innovation and contributes to a workplace where everyone can thrive.

Ready to make an impact? Bring your energy—let’s power a sustainable future together!   

YOUR MISSIONS

The Health, Safety & Environment Technician is responsible to support the HSE Manager for promoting and ensuring the health and safety of Voltalia workers and subcontractors in the Bolobedu powerplant site, the compliance with the environmental requirements and the continuous improvement processes to satisfy stakeholders and ensuring legal compliance.

Main Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation in the local organization of the HSE Policies, Procedures and HSE documentary organization defined by Voltalia Group;
• Ensure the local Health & Safety and Environment legal compliance;
• Monitoring of rules and other national and international applicable normative documents;
• Participation in the Risk Assessment analysis for all the activities, development of HSE Plans Preventive Instructions, Method Statements, Checklists and other specific local HSE documentation;
• Support the development and implementation of the Emergency Plans;
• Training of workers and subcontractors of Voltalia in the HSE Plans, Emergency Plans, Procedures, Inductions, Toolbox Tools, Emergency Drills and Awareness actions;
• Conducting HSE monitoring of the site, safety inspections and audits for Health, Safety & Environment matters;
• Reporting Health, Safety & Environment KPI´s in a monthly basis;
• Reporting immediately any incident, developing further required investigations (if needed);
• Voltalia representation towards official agencies in case of accident (environmental or safety);

• Participation in HSE meetings, internal and external with Subcontractors, Suppliers and Clients (if needed);
• Search for continuous improvement through audits and monitoring of internal processes, ensuring the implementation and effectiveness of the action plans (corrective and preventive actions).

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCES

• Education: Technical level Graduation (National Diploma/Degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environment or Quality or related areas studies is a plus) would be advantageous;
• Professionally qualified, such as the National Examination Board of Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) Certificate and / or Diploma, or higher;
• Be able to do physical site work (must be able to obtain medical fitness certificate in terms of Annexure 3 of OHS Act);
• Valid South African driver’s license;

Knowledge/Specific Training:

• Training in Health and Safety at Work and/or Environment;
• Training in Audits;
• Training in Firefighting;
• First Aid training;
• Periodical competence training;
• Excellent knowledge of the law, regulations and norms of Health and Safety Work;

Language Proficiency:

• Fluent: English.

KEY SKILLS

• Results and Customer Orientation;
• Resource management (human and material);
• High level of initiative and autonomy;
• Ability to plan and organize teams and activities;
• Coordination and motivation abilities;
• Excellent interpersonal relationship;
• Excellent domain of verbal and written expression;
• Facility in decision making;
• Adaptability, including cases of highly complexity;
• Resilience;
• Innovation ability (disruptive and incremental).

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