Health and Safety Officer

We’re hiring a Health and Safety Officer to join our client who is a one of Ireland’s leading civil and engineering companies. They deliver large-scale infrastructure projects all over the country, and have been growing massively.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations across their projects on-site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to conduct Site Surveying and Setting Out
• Provide health and safety training to employees including but not limited to manual handling, toolbox talks and safety induction.
• Previous experience conducting safety inspections and audits.
• Approaches accident prevention and protection of the environment in a positive manner with the ability to initiate and maintain this positive manner with effective and efficient measures to raise safety, health and environmental standards and awareness.
• Assist in the preparation of reports on occurrences and provide statistical information to management.
• Implement the company’s health, safety and environmental policy, procedures, and management systems.
• Assist in the maintenance of Health & Safety KPIs to help drive improvement in all related matters.
• Support management in the development of H&S procedures, policies, and programs.
• Work as part of the HSQE team to ensure the provision of a safe and productive work environment.
• Always seek to improve the standard of Health & Safety in a practical manner within the company management system and on specific sites.
• Monitor and enforce the implementation of Health & Safety Management System.
• Identify site specific hazards and ensure they are addressed in the site documentation and in a practical manner on the site.
• Ensure clear lines of communication are maintained to the H&S Manager.
• Ensure the site folders and statutory records are being maintained.
• Ensure strict adherence to site rules by all.
• Assist site management to comply with statutory H&S requirements.
• Assist Health & Safety Manager to develop and implement Risk assessments and improvements to the Safe Systems of Work.
• Assist H&S Manager and Site management to coordinate the safe systems of work for all.
• Carry out H&S auditing on site and address non-conformances as they are identified with site management and contractors.
• Contribute to accident and incident investigation.

Requirements:

• Full clean driver’s license.
• 3+ years of experience in health and safety roles.
• A 3rd level qualification in Health and Safety is desirable.
• Civils, drainage, or utilities (water & electricity) experience.
• Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines.
• Time management abilities to meet targets.
• Good communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
• Integrity and respect for confidentiality and privacy.
• Strong relationship builder and ability to leverage key relationships across the full spectrum of project stakeholders and statutory bodies.
• Ability to manage risk and implement control measures.
• Able to work and build strong relationships with contractors from various backgrounds and trades.