Health and Safety Advisor

GMC Utilities Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

GMC Utilities Group is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Adviser to join our team. This role supports projects from a Health & Safety perspective, ensuring compliance, reporting and documentation.

The successful candidate will deliver training, conduct inspections, and help develop risk assessments and safe systems of work across civils, drainage or utilities projects. A strong H&S ethos and ability to work with diverse stakeholders are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong communication, interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Ability to manage risk and implement control measures.
• Experience working with contractors and diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide health and safety training to employees including manual handling, toolbox talks and safety induction.
• Conduct safety inspections and audits.
• Maintain Health & Safety policies, procedures and documentation.
• Assist in preparing reports on occurrences and provide statistics to management.
• Develop and implement risk assessments and improvements to Safe Systems of Work.
• Work with HSQE team to ensure a safe and productive work environment.
• Monitor and improve the Health & Safety Management System.
• Identify site hazards and ensure controls are applied.
• Coordinate with site management to comply with H&S requirements.
• Ad hoc tasks for the wider business.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Risk management

Contractors

Time management

Integrity

Teamwork

Education

Health & Safety degree

Job description

The Role

GMC is currently looking for an experienced Health & Safety Adviser to join our team. The successful Health & Safety Adviser will support the delivery of projects across all aspects of the business from a Health & Safety point of view. A strong ethos on health & safety, compliance, reporting, and documentation are essential qualities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide health and safety training to employees including manual handling, toolbox talks and safety induction.
• Conduct safety inspections and audits.
• Approach accident prevention and protection of the environment positively, initiating and maintaining effective measures to raise safety, health and environmental standards and awareness.
• Assist in the preparation of reports on occurrences and provide statistical information to management.
• Implement the company's health, safety and environmental policy, procedures and management systems.
• Assist in the maintenance of Health & Safety KPIs to drive improvement in related matters.
• Support management in the development of H&S procedures, policies and programmes.
• Work as part of the HSQE team to ensure a safe and productive work environment.
• Always seek to improve the standard of Health & Safety practically within the company management system and on specific sites.
• Monitor and enforce the implementation of the Health & Safety Management System.
• Identify site‑specific hazards and ensure they are addressed in the site documentation and in practice on the site.
• Maintain clear lines of communication to the H&S Manager.
• Ensure the site folders and statutory records are maintained.
• Ensure strict adherence to site rules by all.
• Assist site management to comply with statutory H&S requirements.
• Assist Health & Safety Manager to develop and implement risk assessments and improvements to the Safe Systems of Work.
• Assist H&S Manager and Site management to coordinate the safe systems of work for all.
• Carry out H&S auditing on site and address non‑conformances with site management and contractors.
• Contribute to accident and incident investigation.
• Identify training needs on site for GMC personnel and contractors.
• Ad hoc tasks as needed by the wider business.

The Candidate: Required Experience and Competencies

• Full clean driver's licence essential.
• Third‑level qualification in Health & Safety is desirable.
• Experience in civils, drainage or utilities (water & electricity).
• Confident, motivated and can work independently as well as part of a team.
• Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines.
• Time management skills to meet targets.
• Good communication, interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Integrity and respect for confidentiality and privacy.
• Strong relationship builder and ability to leverage key relationships across the full spectrum of project stakeholders and statutory bodies.
• Ability to manage risk and implement control measures.
• Able to work and build strong relationships with contractors from various backgrounds and trades.

GMC is an equal‑opportunity employer, and we aim to recruit and retain like‑minded people from diverse backgrounds. If you require specific accommodations, we will make every reasonable effort to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. Please contact us at [e-mail].