Human Factor Manager

About this role

Transnet Freight Rail, part of the state-owned Transnet group, is looking for a Human Factor Manager based in Johannesburg. The role sits in the Occupational Hygiene and Safety team and acts as the centre of expertise for human factors and ergonomics across the rail network, including overborder operations.

What you’ll do

• Write and maintain human factors policies, procedures and standards, and set targets that you track and report on.
• Advise on risk and compliance plans that meet national laws and regulations for the rail industry, and keep up with changes to those laws.
• Lead the choice and appointment of service providers, then manage and monitor their work, including occupational hygiene programmes.
• Oversee human factors audits, inspections, occurrence investigations, emergency preparedness work and risk assessments, and follow up on corrective actions.
• Manage occurrence reporting and analysis for human factors incidents, and recommend best-practice improvements.
• Manage a cost centre budget, build business cases for human factors programmes, and handle people management tasks such as recruitment and performance within the safety function.

What you need

• An Ergonomics Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent qualification.
• Five years’ experience, including two years in a management role applying ergonomics or human factors principles to occupational health and safety programmes.
• A driver’s licence, code 08.
• Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, the National Railway Safety Regulator Act 16 of 2002 and the Fatigue Management Standard (00-4-1:2016).
• Knowledge of financial accounting principles and business management.
• Understanding of Transnet Freight Rail’s business.
• Advantageous: a postgraduate qualification.

Is this job for you?

This job suits an experienced safety or ergonomics professional who has led teams and programmes before. You should be comfortable with regulation, budgets and working with outside service providers. You must also be willing to travel as needed for the job.

Tips before you apply

• Have your degree certificate, transcripts and driver’s licence ready. Check that your licence code 08 is current.
• Show your management experience clearly. Give dates, team sizes and the human factors or OHS programmes you ran.
• Name the laws and standards in this advert in your CV, and give examples of how you applied them in past roles.