EHS Manager - Dublin - 145421

Jones Engineering; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Professional growth

Work-life balance

Job summary

Jones Engineering is seeking an experienced EHS Manager for the Process Division in Ireland. You will lead a team of EHS Advisors, drive proactive safety culture, and ensure regulatory compliance across projects and sites.

You will collaborate with senior operations teams, develop divisional EHS strategies, and monitor performance through dashboards and KPIs, delivering improvements and reporting to executive leadership.

Qualifications

• Relevant third-level qualification in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Management, Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• Professional EHS qualification such as NEBOSH Diploma, IOSH Chartered Membership (Level 7) or equivalent is desirable.
• Membership of a recognised professional body such as IOSH, IIRSM, or equivalent is preferred.
• Environmental qualification or experience in environmental management systems would be advantageous.
• Additional training in incident investigation, auditing, process safety, confined spaces, lifting operations, or behavioural safety would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead the EHS function across the Process Division, ensuring alignment with company-wide EHS strategy, objectives, and performance targets.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of approximately 24 EHS Advisors, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, performance expectations, and professional development plans.
• Provide visible leadership across projects and operational sites, promoting a positive and proactive safety culture.
• Support senior management in embedding EHS considerations into operational planning, project delivery, and decision-making.
• Develop and implement divisional EHS improvement plans, initiatives, campaigns, and behavioural safety programmes.

Skills

Leadership

EHS

Risk Management

Audits

Incident Investigation

Compliance

Team Development

Reporting

Education

Third-level EHS qualification

NEBOSH Diploma / IOSH Level 7

Professional body membership (IOSH/IIRSM)

Environmental management qualification

Job description

Position: EHS Manager, Process Division

Reports To: ROI EHS Manager/Head of EHS / Operations Director / Divisional Manager

Location: Ireland (Project / Site / Regional Office Based)

Company Description

We are a leading engineering services company with a proven track record of high quality, customer focused project delivery for over 130 years. Our core divisions include Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Sprinkler and Fire Protection. Some of the other services we provide include Waste to Energy (BioEnergy), Specialist Lift, Off Site Fabrication, Technical Support Services, Maintenance, Asset Management, BIM (Building Information Modelling) and Geo-Surveying. We offer competitive salaries, financial support for further training, Continuous Professional Development (CPD) leading to chartered status, performance incentives and the ability to progress your career with a world class engineering contractor.

Job Description

EHS Manager, Process Division will be responsible for leading, managing, and continuously improving all Environmental, Health and Safety activities across the Process Division. The role will oversee a team of approximately 24 EHS Advisors, ensuring consistent implementation of company EHS standards, legal compliance, risk management processes, and best practice across all projects and operational areas.

This is a key leadership role requiring strong technical EHS knowledge, excellent people management capability, and the ability to influence senior operational teams. The successful candidate will drive a proactive safety culture, support high-risk process-related activities, and ensure that EHS performance is effectively monitored, reported, and improved across the division.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the EHS function across the Process Division, ensuring alignment with company-wide EHS strategy, objectives, and performance targets.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of approximately 15 EHS Advisors, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, performance expectations, and professional development plans.
• Provide visible leadership across projects and operational sites, promoting a positive and proactive safety culture.
• Support senior management in embedding EHS considerations into operational planning, project delivery, and decision-making.
• Develop and implement divisional EHS improvement plans, initiatives, campaigns, and behavioural safety programmes.

Compliance and Governance

• Ensure compliance with all applicable health, safety, environmental, and welfare legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and company procedures.
• Maintain and improve divisional EHS management systems, ensuring effective implementation across all projects and sites.
• Lead internal audits, inspections, compliance reviews, and assurance activities across the division.
• Ensure corrective and preventive actions are identified, tracked, closed out, and communicated effectively.

Team Management and Development

• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and direction to the divisional EHS Advisor team.
• Allocate EHS resources effectively across projects, ensuring adequate coverage and support.
• Conduct regular team meetings, one-to-ones, performance reviews, and development discussions.
• Identify training and competency requirements for the EHS team and support their continued professional development.
• Promote consistency in EHS advice, reporting, documentation, and site engagement across the team.

Reporting and Performance Management

• Prepare and present divisional EHS performance reports, dashboards, statistics, and trend analysis.
• Track leading and lagging indicators, including inspections, audits, observations, training, incidents, near misses, corrective actions, and environmental metrics.
• Identify performance gaps and recommend practical improvement actions.
• Ensure timely reporting of EHS data to senior management, clients, and corporate EHS teams.
• Support the development of annual EHS objectives, KPIs, and improvement targets.

Qualifications

Key Requirements

• Relevant third-level qualification in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Management, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional EHS qualification such as NEBOSH Diploma, IOSH Chartered Membership (Level 7) or equivalent is desirable.
• Membership of a recognised professional body such as IOSH, IIRSM, or equivalent is preferred.
• Environmental qualification or experience in environmental management systems would be advantageous.
• Additional training in incident investigation, auditing, process safety, confined spaces, lifting operations, or behavioural safety would be beneficial.

Experience

• Significant experience in an EHS leadership role, ideally within process, construction, engineering, pharmaceutical, industrial, manufacturing, utilities, energy, or similar high-risk environments.
• Proven experience managing and developing a multi-person EHS team.
• Strong knowledge of EHS legislation, management systems, risk assessment, audit processes, and incident investigation.
• Experience working with senior operations teams and influencing site-based leadership.
• Experience managing EHS across multiple projects, sites, or workstreams.
• Demonstrated ability to improve safety performance and drive cultural change.

Key Skills And Competencies

• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Excellent technical knowledge of health, safety, environmental, and risk management practices.
• Ability to influence, challenge, and support senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication, presentation, and report-writing skills.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Practical and solutions-focused approach to EHS management.
• Strong incident investigation and root cause analysis capability.
• Ability to interpret data and identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• High level of integrity, accountability, and professional judgement.
• Confident working in fast-paced, high-risk, and operationally demanding environments.

Key Performance Indicators

• Reduction in incidents, high-potential events, and repeat non-conformances.
• Improvement in audit scores, inspection quality, and corrective action close-out.
• Effective delivery of divisional EHS objectives and improvement plans.
• Strong engagement levels across operational teams and EHS Advisor team.
• Timely and accurate reporting of EHS performance data.
• Demonstrable improvement in risk management and safety culture.
• Compliance with legal, client, and company EHS requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive salary package commensurate with experience and qualifications.
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and supportive environment, collaborating with industry leaders and contributing to a sustainable future.
• Company values work-life balance and encourages professional growth through training and development programs.

Recognising the contributions and respecting our people is core to our culture and values. We are an equal opportunities employer, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for roles.