Environmental Health Safety Specialist

Hero Recruitment Group; Limerick; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Hero Recruitment Group is seeking an EHS professional to develop and implement health, safety and environmental programmes across the site. The role requires leading risk assessments, training development and incident management in a pharmaceutical or similar setting.

You will collaborate with EHS Managers and senior specialists, deliver training, manage audits, and ensure continuous improvement. The candidate should hold a Health & Safety degree and 3–5 years of related experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Health and Safety or related field, with 3–5 years of EHS experience.

Responsabilités

• Develop, implement and monitor EHS programmes to ensure regulatory and company compliance.
• Drive creation and rollout of accurate EHS procedures and training materials.
• Conduct EHS risk assessments and recommend hazard controls.
• Maintain EHS training programmes and inductions for all staff.
• Manage EHS incident reporting, root cause analysis and CAPA actions.
• Coordinate internal EHS audits, inspections and corrective actions to ensure readiness.

Connaissances

EHS programmes

Risk assessments

Training development

Incident management

Stakeholder engagement

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Health and Safety

Description du poste

Performs various tasks to ensure compliance with environmental, health and safety policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Develop, implement and monitor environmental, health and safety (EHS) programmes to ensure compliance with all applicable government regulations and company standards and values.
• Drive effective writing, revising and rollout of accurate operational procedures, training materials and EHS-related procedures, ensuring all work is subsequently carried out in line with the same.
• Participate in process and system walk-downs and the completion of safety reviews, with active follow-up of action closure.
• Identify and address site EHS issues and employee concerns.
• Perform EHS risk assessments, including chemical, biological, machinery, area and task-specific assessments, and make recommendations to control hazards.
• Develop, implement and maintain training programmes for health, safety and the environment. Support EHS training and inductions for new hires, ongoing refresher training for existing staff, and deliver EHS-related training programmes to all levels within the organisation.
• Maintain the EHS incident management process on site. Manage EHS incidents to closure, including root cause analysis and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) management.
• Identify, implement and track corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Coordinate internal EHS auditing and inspections and actively follow up on necessary corrective actions to ensure audit readiness.
• Be responsible for the EHS internal intranet page and EHS communications.
• Identify and maintain EHS metrics, trending and reporting, including dashboards.
• Work closely with EHS Managers and Senior EHS Specialists in selecting, adopting, implementing and overseeing appropriate programmes that support the EHS strategy.
• Build relationships with key departments to foster support for EHS programmes.
• Be available 24/7 for emergencies that may arise on site.

Experience and Required Skills

Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in Health and Safety or a related field, with 3-5 years of experience working in an EHS role within the pharmaceutical industry or a similar industry.