Health & Safety Officer, Manufacturing — Growth & Training

Kepak Group; Cavan; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension

Further Education support

Refer a Friend Scheme - Get up to €500

Bike to Work Scheme

Long Service Awards

Job summary

Kepak Group’s McCarren Meats site in Cavan is hiring a Health & Safety Officer on a full-time, permanent basis, reporting to the Health & Safety Manager. The officer will coordinate and implement on-site health and safety projects, develop policies and procedures, and support risk assessments and incident investigations.

Ideally, a certificate or diploma in Safety and Health with at least one year post-qualification experience in food or manufacturing, plus strong IT skills and proficiency with

Qualifications

• Ideally a certificate or diploma in Safety and Health.
• 1 year post-qualification experience in safety and health, ideally food/manufacturing.
• Ability to identify continuous improvement initiatives and challenge status quo.
• Strong IT skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint and other common software tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for H&S project coordination, maintenance and management.
• Assist in development and implementation of health and safety systems, policies and procedures on site.
• Assist in enforcing the effective implementation of health and safety practices.
• Facilitate, support and advise the health and safety risk management teams on site.
• Train site personnel in department software applications essential for their roles (risk management applications and spreadsheets).
• Assist Site H&S Manager to undertake and review relevant assessments for operations on site.
• Liaise with safety personnel regarding site accident, incident and near-miss reporting and investigations; formulate and implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Gather evidence for accident investigations (documentation and photographs).
• Update and upload accident investigation reports.

Skills

IT skills

Attention to detail

Education

Safety and Health certificate/diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Kepak Group’s McCarren Meats site in Cavan is hiring a Health & Safety Officer on a full-time, permanent basis, reporting to the Health & Safety Manager. The officer will coordinate and implement on-site health and safety projects, develop policies and procedures, and support risk assessments and incident investigations.

Ideally, a certificate or diploma in Safety and Health with at least one year post-qualification experience in food or manufacturing, plus strong IT skills and proficiency with