EHS Operations Manager

Hall Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hall Recruitment is seeking an experienced EHS Operations Manager to lead Environment, Health & Safety performance within a major integrated facilities management operation supporting a global life sciences organisation. Dublin 15, with two direct reports and wide EHS oversight.

This senior role requires visible leadership, risk identification and proactive safety culture development across Irish operations. On-site, fully in Dublin, reporting to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of EHS experience in a regulated industrial or life sciences setting.
• Demonstrated leadership or people management capabilities.
• Experience across multiple EHS disciplines and sites would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide EHS leadership across a complex, regulated operation.
• Lead, coach and develop the EHS team and oversee KPIs.
• Develop and implement EHS programmes and priorities to improve safety culture.

Skills

EHS leadership

Irish Health & Safety legislation

Risk assessment

Incident investigation

CAPA

Contractor EHS management

Audits & inspections

EHS reporting & KPIs

Education

Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering or related

Job description

Hall Recruitment is recruiting an experienced EHS Operations Manager to lead Environment, Health & Safety performance within a major integrated facilities management operation supporting a global life sciences organisation.

This is a senior, operational EHS position based in Dublin 15, with responsibility for a complex, highly regulated environment. You'll lead two direct reports, work closely with senior client and operational stakeholders and provide wider EHS oversight across additional Irish operations.

This isn't purely a compliance role. We're looking for someone who can provide visible EHS leadership, influence behaviour, identify risk, challenge appropriately and continue developing a proactive safety culture.

What You'll Be Doing

You’ll take responsibility for EHS leadership across areas including:

• Leading, coaching and developing your EHS team
• Providing EHS guidance to operational management
• Developing and implementing EHS programmes and priorities
• Driving safety culture and continuous improvement
• Ensuring compliance with Irish Health & Safety legislation
• Maintaining audit and regulatory readiness
• Managing operational risk and high-risk activities
• Leading incident investigations and root-cause analysis
• Managing corrective and preventative actions (CAPA)
• Providing EHS governance for contractors and suppliers
• Supporting client, internal and regulatory audits
• Monitoring EHS KPIs, trends and performance
• Presenting EHS performance and improvement initiatives to senior stakeholders

Contractor & Operational Safety

Contractor management is an important part of the role.

You’ll oversee contractor onboarding, compliance, high-risk activities, EHS assurance and performance, working closely with Procurement and Operations to maintain appropriate standards across the account.

What We're Looking For

We’re interested in experienced EHS professionals who can demonstrate strong capability within a complex, regulated operational environment.

The formal requirements seek approximately 7 years' EHS experience, including leadership or management experience within a regulated industrial, pharmaceutical, life sciences or manufacturing environment. However, the overall relevance and strength of your experience will also be considered.

You should bring experience across several of the following:

• EHS leadership and people management
• Irish Health & Safety legislation
• Risk assessment and high-risk work
• Incident investigation and root-cause analysis
• CAPA
• Contractor EHS management
• Audits and inspections
• EHS reporting and KPIs

A degree or equivalent qualification in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering or a related discipline is sought.

Particularly Relevant Backgrounds

Experience within pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, life sciences, manufacturing or another highly regulated industrial environment would be particularly relevant.

Experience in Integrated Facilities Management, GMP/GxP environments, multi-site EHS, environmental management or contractor-intensive operations would also be advantageous, but you don't need to match every desirable criterion.

Salary & Working Arrangements

• Location: Dublin
• Contract: Permanent, full-time
• Working Week: 39 hours
• Monday–Thursday: 8:00am–4:30pm
• Friday: 8:00am–3:30pm
• Working Arrangement: Fully on-site, 5 days per week
• This is not a hybrid position.

You don't need to come from an identical position or meet every desirable requirement. What matters is your ability to demonstrate that you can lead EHS effectively within a complex, regulated operational environment.

At Hall Recruitment, we’re dedicated to building diverse and authentic workplaces. We also know that excellent candidates rarely match 100% of a job description. If you meet around 70% of the criteria for this role,