Senior Occupational Hygiene Technologist

Senior Occupational Hygiene Technologist

• Full-time

Valterra Platinum, formerly Anglo American Platinum, is a leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), with integrated mining, smelting, and refining operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, marketing the metal we produce globally. Following our demerger from Anglo American plc, Valterra Platinum is now an independent, publicly listed company with a primary and secondary listing on the Johannesburg and London stock exchanges respectively.

As we embark on this exciting new chapter, Valterra Platinum is positioned to define and pursue its own strategy, anchored in operational excellence, sustainability, and value creation for the long-term. With full accountability for our performance and growth, we are focused on strengthening our capabilities across the entire PGM value chain, from mine to market.

Our independence empowers us to deepen our commitment to stakeholders and lead with purpose – to Unearth Value to Better Our World. We remain steadfast in our ambition to be the world’s foremost producer of platinum group metals, while embedding safety and sustainability in everything we do.

If you're driven by purpose and the opportunity to make a lasting impact, we invite you to join us. Apply today and be part of something bigger.

This role is based in Mokopane, Limpopo.

• Performing occupational health risk assessments (under guidance of the appointed Occupational Hygienist) and recommend on controls for risk mitigation.
• Conduct surveys of workplaces with potential occupational health hazards in the form of chemical hazards, physical hazards, ergonomic hazards, biological hazards or psychological hazards.
• Evaluate and quantify the levels of the different hazards present by making use of specialized equipment and instrumentation.
• Organise the taking of samples for water and airborne pollutants, noise and thermal stressors. And identify risks and controls in the public health and occupational hygiene monitoring programmes.
• To analyse findings correctly and to compare findings to recognised national as well as international standards where available.
• Study in depth occupational hygiene impacts. Formulate and submit recommendations for the correction of hazardous exposures through the correct application of the hierarchy of controls, improved housekeeping, and substitution of hazardous substances with less hazardous substances, isolation of processes, which are the sources of hazardous substances and as a last possible resort, providing PPE.
• Assist in regularly communicating progress of Operation against occupational hygiene targets and objectives via a design communication, supervisory and management forum to all concerned.
• Implement and maintain applicable occupational hygiene Regulations, Acts, Codes of practice and standards.
• Encourage co-operation and teamwork between maintenance and production personnel regarding occupational hygiene matters.
• Liaise with Risk Management team and Occupational Hygienist for Operation risk assessment.

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Degree or Diploma in Occupational Hygiene, Environmental Health or equivalent or,
• At least three subjects completed of the Chamber of Mines Certificate in Mine Environmental Control. (A Completed Chamber of Mines Certificate in Mine Environmental Control will be advantageous.)
• Registered as an associate with the Mine Ventilation Society and/or registered with the Southern African Institute for Occupational Hygiene [SAIOH] on an Occupational Hygiene Technologist Level
• Occupational Hygiene Legal knowledge will be advantageous.

• At least 5 years of Occupational Hygiene experience in a mining and/or processing environment
• Computer literate, with specific reference to the MS Office Suite (MS Excel, Power Point and Word)
• Interpersonal skills
• A valid driver’s licence

At Valterra Platinum, you will join a team committed to excellence and impact.

We offer:

• Meaningful work in a high-performance, values-led environment.
• Market-aligned reward and…