Environmental Health Safety Advisor

Description

• Ensure implementation of the waste management strategy, continually striving to reduce site impact on the environment.
• Assist in the maintenance of an effective EHS system.
• Support the EHS incident management process on site. Manage EHS incidents to closure, including root cause analysis and CAPA management.
• Coordinate site environmental management programmes, driving continuous improvement initiatives including but not limited to energy, water, and waste reduction etc.
• Support EHS training and inductions for new hires, ongoing refresher training for existing staff and delivering EHS related training programmes to all levels within the organisation
• Create EHS awareness in the plant and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Create all relevant safety programs for site.
• Coordinate and ensure compliance with legislation and company technical standards regarding contractor management.
• Coordinate and conduct internal EHS auditing and inspection ensuring actions are tracked to closure.
• Establish an occupational health system for Cork Facility.
• Develop, maintain and audit the Environmental and Health & Safety Management System.
• Perform EHS risk assessments such as: area, biological, chemical; ergonomic, new and/or modified equipment, task based etc, and make recommendations to control hazards.
• Ensure environmental, health & safety (EHS) global management standards are met and all EHS procedures are adhered to.
• Ensure compliance with safety and environmental legislation, the sites Procedures and Standards by ensuring all required EHS documentation is up to date and readily available.
• Develop, implement and supervise environmental, health & safety programmes to ensure compliance with all applicable government regulations, company technical standards and values.
• Develop, implement and maintain EHS training programs
• Set up and maintain waste water and energy systems from inception.
• Promote, implement and participate in varying EHS committees i.e. safety, waste, energy, DGSA etc.
• Ensure compliance with site training requirements.
• The successful candidate will be responsible to ensure compliance with all relevant EHS legislation and assist in developing systems and procedures that optimise the sites environmental, health and safety performance.

Requirements

• Understanding of and experience in ISO management systems implementation including, ISO 45001 and 14001.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills coupled with good ability to produce technical reports.
• A thorough knowledge of EHS legislation for a facility operating within Ireland/Europe
• Degree in Environmental Science or Health & Safety or Chemical Engineering and has/is working as an EHS Specialist/SME within a Pharmaceutical /Chemical/Medical Devices manufacturing facility.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of experience working in an EHS role, preferably within the medical device industry or other similar regulated manufacturing industry is essential for this role
• Demonstrated team player with experience contributing to multi-disciplinary project teams and ability to work with minimal supervision

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance