Health Safety Environment Advisor

Collins McNicholas Recruitment & HR Services Group; Cork; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Collins McNicholas Recruitment & HR Services Group is looking for a Health, Safety & Environmental Advisor to join a busy manufacturing site. This hands-on role involves working on the floor with managers and staff to promote safe practices, support compliance and strengthen the safety culture across the site.

You will manage risk assessments, SWOPs, inductions and incident investigations, ensuring documentation is current and compliant with legislation.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years professional experience required.
• Working knowledge of formal Management systems.
• Active member of IOSH or similar accredited body.
• Ability to communicate complex matters confidently at all levels.
• Self-disciplined and able to drive tasks to completion within timescales.
• Proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint for professional communications.

Responsibilities

• Promote safe working practices and drive a strong safety culture on site.
• Progress risk assessments and safe systems of work; keep MD informed of legislation.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation and ACOPs.
• Manage RA and SWOP processes and reviews by Supervisors/Managers.
• Deliver health, safety induction for new starters, contractors and visitors.
• Lead incident investigation, near-miss reporting and corrective actions.

Skills

Safety leadership

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Incident investigation

Documentation

Education

IOSH member

Tools

MS Office

Job description

We're working with a busy manufacturing company that is looking for a Health, Safety & Environmental Advisor to join the team. This is a hands-on role where you'll be out on the floor, working closely with managers and employees to promote safe working practices, support compliance, and help drive a strong safety culture across the site.

• The Site HSE Advisor will work with site management, teams and individuals in order to progress safe working practices and to develop risk assessments and safe systems of work.Stay up to date with relevant legislation and ensure Site MD is informed of same
• Ensure that a safe working environment is maintained at the site and that the site is working in compliance with current Health and Safety legislation, best practice and approved codes of practice (ACOP)
• Ensure that the site is working in compliance with current Environmental legislation, best practice and approved codes of practice and that the site is not conducting any practices that could have a negative impact on the environment
• Manage the risk assessment (RA) and safe working operating procedures (SWOP) process, ensuring that all Supervisors and Managers regularly review these documents in line with business standards and current legislation, guidance and ACOP
• Deliver the site Health & Safety induction programme for all new starters, contractors and visitors to site
• Manage the near miss and accident reporting processes for health and safety, and the environment, ensuring that all incidents are fully investigated and recorded in line with business standards and current legislation, guidance and ACOP
• Ensure that the site Management team implements all corrective actions established as part of an incident investigation within the agreed timescale
• Ensure that all health, safety and environmental documentation is current, compliant and up to date with the latest HSE format
• Identify underlying core issues/risks and engage at all site levels, both with colleagues, site technical staff and management within the site
• Maintain the site register of Interactive Safety Tours (IST) and ensure that all site Managers conduct their tours in alignment with the agreed site schedule
• Conduct internal audits of the site
• Act as a hands-on Advisor with overall accountability for developing the site safety plan and continuously updating and monitoring the plan
• Ensure that the site is compliant with its H&S training requirements
• Facilitate the tri-monthly site safety committee meeting, ensure a good balance of representation from the site, including the site lead, and create and distribute the meeting minutes
• Ensure that the site health, safety and environmental information boards are populated and up to date
• Collect and collate weekly and monthly Divisional HSE KPI data and report externally
• Manage stocks of PPE and supplies relevant to the staff protection and well being

Requirements

• 3-5 years professional experience
• Have a working knowledge of formal Management systems
• Active member of IOSH or similar accredited professional body
• Ability to communicate complex matters confidently and professionally at all levels within the organisation
• Self-disciplined and able to work to bring all projects and tasks to a suitable conclusion within agreed timescales
• Possess good I.T. skills and are proficient in the use of word, excel and PowerPoint in order to create suitable professional communications