EHS Specialist

PSC Biotech Corporation; Limerick; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

PSC Biotech Corporation in Limerick, Ireland, is seeking an experienced Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) professional for a 12-month contract. You will develop, implement and monitor EHS programs to ensure regulatory compliance and safe operations across a pharmaceutical facility.

The role requires leading risk assessments, training initiatives, incident management, and audits, while collaborating with site teams and management to drive continuous safety improvements and protect people and

Qualifications

• BS/ BA in Health and Safety or related field.
• 3–5 years of EHS experience in pharma or similar sectors.
• Knowledge of Ireland/Europe EHS legislation.
• Behavioural Based Safety programs familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and monitor EHS programs to ensure compliance with government regulations and company standards.
• Drive effective writing/revising/rolling out of accurate EHS procedures and training materials.
• Participate in process walk-downs and safety reviews with action closure follow-up.
• Identify and address site EHS issues and employee concerns.
• Perform EHS risk assessments (chemical, biological, machinery, area, task) and recommend controls.
• Develop, implement and maintain training programs for health, safety and environment.
• Maintain the EHS incident management process and manage incidents to closure with root cause analysis.
• Coordinate internal EHS auditing and follow up corrective actions to ensure audit readiness.
• Oversee EHS communications and intranet pages and track EHS metrics.

Skills

EH&S knowledge

Team leadership

Communication skills

Problem solving

Safety audits

Report writing

Education

Bachelor's in Health and Safety

Job description

Limerick, Ireland | Posted on 10/19/2026

• Industry Pharma/Biotech/Clinical Research
• City Limerick
• State/Province Limerick
• Country Ireland

Job Description

About PSC Biotech

Who are we?

PSC Biotech is a leading Biotech Consultancy firm foundedin 1996, headquartered in Pomona, California, USA, with Global operations inIreland, India, Singapore, Australia and the US, serving 350 clients in morethan 23 countries worldwide. We provide cloud-based software solutions forQuality Management and Regulatory Inspections, pharmaceuticals contractmanufacturing professionals, and metrology services to our clients.

‘Take your Career to a new Level’

PSC Biotech disrupts the conventional consultancy modelby aligning our EVP as one of the unique selling point which includes theopportunity to work with the most talented cohort of like-minded professionalsoperating in the Pharma/ Biotech Industry. We offer a permanent contract ofemployment giving exposure of working in Top Pharmaceutical client sites in adiverse-cultural work setting.

Employee Value Proposition

Employees are the “heartbeat” of PSC Biotech, we provideunparalleled empowering career development though Learning & Developmentin-house training mentorship through constant guidance to facilitate careerprogression. We believe in creating high performing teams that can exceed ourclient’s expectations with regards to quality of all scalable and business unitdeliverables, staying under budget and ensuring timelines for our deliverablesare being met.

Summary:

• Performs various tasks to ensure compliance with environmental health andsafety policies and procedures.
  
• 12 Month of Contract role
  

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but arenot limited to, the following:

• Develop, implement and monitor environmental, health& safety programs to ensure compliance with all applicable governmentregulations and company standards and values.
  
• Drive effective writing/revising/rolling out of accurateoperational procedures, training materials and EHS related procedures, ensureall work is subsequently carried out in line with same.
  
• Participate in process and system walk-downs and thecompletion of safety reviews with active follow up of action closure.
  
• Identify and address site EHS issues and employeeconcerns.
  
• Perform EHS risk assessments such as: chemical;biological; machinery; area; task specific; and make recommendations to controlhazards.
  
• Develop, implement and maintain training programs forhealth, safety and the environment. Support EHS training and inductions for newhires, ongoing refresher training for existing staff and deliver EHS relatedtraining programmes to all levels within the organization.
  
• Maintain the EHS incident management process on site.Manage EHS incidents to closure, including root cause analysis and CAPAmanagement.
  
• Identify, implement and track corrective actions toprevent recurrence.
  
• Coordinate internal EHS auditing and inspection andactively follow up on necessary corrective actions to ensure audit readiness.
  
• Responsible for the EHS internal intranet (RON) page aswell as EHS communications.
  
• Identify and maintain EHS metrics, trending and reportingof same including dashboards.
  
• Work closely with EHS Managers and Snr EHS Specialists inselecting, adopting, implementing and overseeing appropriate programs whichwill enable the EHS strategy and installing them
  
• Build relationships with key departments to fostersupport for EHS programs.
  
• Available 24/7 for emergencies that may arise .
  

Experience and Required Skills:

• BS/ BA in Health and Safety or related field with 3-5years of experience working in an EHS role within the pharmaceutical industryor similar industry.
  
• A thorough knowledge of Environmental, Health and Safety legislation for a pharmaceutical facility operating within Ireland/Europe
  
• Knowledge of behavioural based safety programs
  
• Operational Safety Experience: Safe Systems of Work - Environmental, Health and Safety permitting, Fatality Prevention Programme - EHS Control of Hazardous Energy – Lock Out Tag Out
  
• The ability to lead and direct others and work as part of a team
  
• Logical problem-solving skills
  
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills coupled with good ability to produce technical reports