Intern – Occupational Health & Safety Internship at Brandix in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

About Brandix

At Brandix, a pioneer in Sri Lanka’s Apparel industry, we develop, manufacture and market end to end apparel solutions for world renowned brands. With a purpose to deliver Inspired Solutions through Inspired People, we have a team of over 60,000 people across nine countries including India, Bangladesh, Haiti and the United Kingdom. On a journey to be the most sustainable apparel manufacturer in the region, Brandix embeds real change across every point of our operations as we care for our planet and the communities in which we serve. In Sri Lanka, we are honored to have been adjudged ‘Exporter of the Year’ for the 7th consecutive time at the Presidential Export Awards 2020/21. We are also proud to share that our plant in Batticaloa was recognized as the world’s first Net Zero Carbon Apparel Manufacturing facility in 2019. To learn more about us and our 50-year long journey please visit www.brandix.com.

Key purpose of the Job

As Intern – Occupational Health & Safety, you will be reporting to the Plant Occupational Health & Safety Lead. You will be assisting to ensure that the plant/Centre achieves the required Occupational Health & Safety standards and OHS Management System requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist Plant OHS Lead for management activities, maintain and update records related to Brandix OHS Management System daily, and report to the plant management on set frequencies
• Ensure that workplaces conduct regular Health & Safety Inspections/Audit against the well-defined checklist and submit the findings for Management meetings and recommendations, and ensure that improvements are implemented based on the identified high-risk factors with recommended solutions to the Management for their information and perusal
• Ensure that all employees are competent to handle the areas they are responsible for and work with the relevant stakeholders to build a safety culture by designing and implementing safety campaigns, competitions, and activities

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