EHS Specialist

PSC Biotech Corporation; Munster; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

PSC Biotech Corporation in Limerick, Ireland, is seeking an experienced Environmental Health & Safety specialist for a 12-month contract. You will help ensure compliance with pharma regulations and lead EHS initiatives across the site.

Responsibilities include developing safety programs, conducting risk assessments, delivering training, managing incident investigations, and maintaining EHS metrics. The role requires 3–5 years in pharma EHS and knowledge of Irish/European legislation.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Health and Safety or related field with 3–5 years' EHS experience in pharma or similar industry.
• Thorough knowledge of Environmental, Health and Safety legislation for pharmaceutical facilities in Ireland/Europe.
• Knowledge of behavioural based safety programs.
• Operational safety experience: Safe Systems of Work, LOTO, etc.
• Ability to lead and direct others, work in a team.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and monitor environmental, health & safety programs to ensure compliance with government regulations and company standards.
• Drive writing/revising/rolling out of accurate operational procedures, training materials and EHS related procedures.
• Participate in process and system walk-downs and safety reviews with action follow-up.
• Identify and address site EHS issues and employee concerns.
• Perform EHS risk assessments such as chemical; biological; machinery; area; task specific; and make recommendations to control hazards.
• Develop, implement and maintain training programs for health, safety and environment.
• Maintain the EHS incident management process on site; manage incidents to closure with root cause analysis and CAPA management.
• Identify, implement and track corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Coordinate internal EHS auditing and inspection and follow up on corrective actions to ensure audit readiness.
• Responsible for the EHS internal intranet page as well as EHS communications.
• Identify and maintain EHS metrics, trending and reporting of same including dashboards.
• Work with EHS Managers to implement programs that enable the EHS strategy and install them.
• Build relationships with key departments to foster support for EHS programs.
• Available 24/7 for emergencies that may arise.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Education

BS/BA in Health and Safety or related field

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