Sylvia Maseti

I am responsible for safety and wellness in the IBM offices based in the Southern Africa and North Africa region.
My safety responsibilities entail managing the oversight of the Safety program and assigning duties to the team to ensure compliance to IBM Health and Safety standards and country specific legislation, Ensure that the canteens in the region have food safety management standards and overseeing audits, Supporting Country General managers with health and safety responsibilities, conduct presentation to management on safety issues affecting their regions, advise on best practice, establish and manage the risk control for the region, ensure that the client based employees are also taken in to consideration in the health and safety procedures, Ensure the safety officers manage SHE files at client sites and ensure implementation of standards as per SHE specifications, conduct building safety reviews, track safety findings ensure closure on time on the databases, during building alterations review the sketches and approve building plans, managing sub projects related to building alterations, Participating in contract bid process relating to client health and safety specifications, drafting and managing budget, compiling training material, assigning training to the relevant people, conducting training and induction, develop health and safety programs for the countries without health and safety standards, conduct audits, Managing COIDA processes, managing and maintaining accident and incident record and compiling control measures, Ensure that the project and facility management team implements the required standards, conducting awareness campaigns, ensuring the ergonomic process is clearly defined and implemented across board, compile business continuity plans, ensure the safety officers meet the annual goals, Manage the emergency preparedness pillar, updating emergency preparedness plans and ensuring drills are conducted and analyzing the drill reports, contribute to crisis management team, Compiling newsletters, conduct audits, Ensure statutory legal appointments are in place, events safety management, chemical management, conducting SHE audits, Compiling SHE reports with statistics and recommendations.
One of the biggest IBM clients is in the oils and gas industry in Angola and IBM employees are based there offshore. My duties in the oil & gas industry include detailed HIRA, ensuring the health and safety standards set by the client are followed, ensure implementation of medical surveillance program.
My wellness responsibilities entail compiling annual wellness program, maintaining well-being practices and processes to achieve IBM objectives, Managing wellness program and arranging wellness events, drive implementation of Mental first aid, managing the psychologists to ensure wellness targets are met, drafting reports and proposing additional measures based on employee feedback.
During the COVID times, monitoring daily infections and reporting to the Crisis management team, compilation of workplan and ensuring implementation by different departments, conducting training for onsite screeners to ensure that they assist employees with sanitizing, temperature checks and completion of questionnaire, advising on the best practice and isolation room protocols.

My responsibilities entailed managing elements of the EHS Framework, Ensure GE frameworks are in line with the South African EHS standards, data maintenance, assigning EHS tasks to relevant persons, Perform EHS audits , Contractor management, Ensure implementation of chemical management program and conducting training, maintaining and updating chemical inventory, ensuring the Chemical management information and MSDS is up to date and readily available, issuing permits, ensure implementation of Site Procedures, Driving implementation of induction programs, Ensuring all relevant appointments are in place, Ensure implementation of EHS policy, Managing the process of HIRA in our line of business, ensure that all EHS findings are closed ASAP, managing the environmental framework, waste management, managing the air and water inventory and updating it on ongoing basis, communicating to the field engineers about the Environmental and EHS framework, Supporting the Element owners of the framework, Radiation control, ensuring that the field engineers are aware of the radiation hazard, sending the dosimeters are sent and results received from SABS , filed inspections, Warehouse EHS management and day to day EHS support to coordinators and management.

My responsibilities entailed Developing health and Safety files for Bytes Connect sites, assisting with developing & updat-ing policies, Policy implementation, conducting SHE induction, Doing inspections and Audits, implementing Occupational health and Safety and Mine Health and Safety Act, HSE Planning, liaising with external stake holders, facilitating COIDA implementation and administration, Monitoring employees on Health and safety matters, updating and implementing evacuation procedures, attending Health and Safety meetings, Writing reports, writing monthly newsletters, implementing OHSHAS 18001 and ISO 14000, monitoring all Occupational Health and Safety and mining issues for the whole company. Arranging, assisting with designing & Co-ordinating employee wellbeing presentations & program, marketing the wellness program. Attending employment equity committee meetings, ensuring that the employment equity Act is implemented, ensuring that all employees are represented in the Employment Equity Committee.

I was responsible for conducting SHE induction, Toolbox talks, Risk assessment, inspections, Reporting and investigating injuries, organising medical surveillance, developing & updating policies, developing and implementing HSE Management system, co-ordinating and arranging training, appointment of safety reps, chairing safety committee meetings, monitor-ing contractor’s compliance (including auditing), conducting and facilitating awareness campaigns about health and safe-ty, compiling reports, liaising with external stake holders like department of labour, COIDA administration, developing and approving safety plans & supervising and managing all other Occupational Health and Safety related issues for the whole district, updating and implementing evacuation procedures and overseeing all health and safety issues at roads department, offices, fire department and contractors, developing and implementing best practice.