Programme Construction Safety Lead

Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail; Leinster; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail is seeking an experienced Programme Construction Safety Lead (PCSL) to oversee safety performance across a busy programme of works in Leinster, Ireland. The PCSL will partner with the Head of Safety to implement the Safety Management System and departmental plans, ensuring legislative compliance and best practice across all projects.

The role requires extensive construction safety experience, leadership of multidisciplinary teams, and strong communication skills to

Qualifications

• Minimum diploma in Safety and Health or equivalent.
• At least 10 years’ experience, with ≥5 years in safety management within construction.
• Knowledge of construction safety legislation and audit procedures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; report writing.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.

Responsibilities

• Support Head of Safety in developing Safety Management System and Departmental Safety Plan.
• Ensure Capital Investments compliance with legislation and best practice.
• Lead site safety audits, incidents investigations, and risk assessments across projects.
• Oversee confidence in safety documents and RAMSA/Method Statements.
• Coordinate cross-functional safety assessments during tender stages and reviews.
• Prepare safety performance reports and board-level updates.

Job description

Iarnród Éireann is seeking an experienced Programme Construction Safety Lead (PCSL) The PCSL is responsible for ensuring compliance on all matters relating to safety performance across the programme of works, ensuring the highest standards of safety are implemented on a consistent basis. The role will involve:

Role Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supporting the Head of Safety in the development and implementation of the Safety Management System, and Departmental Safety Plan, in line with company policy, procedure and legal obligations.
• Assisting the Head of Safety to ensure Capital Investments (CI) is compliant with legislative responsibilities and industry best practice.
• Working in a proactive manner with Project Delivery Teams, including associated supply chain partners (Design and Construction), to ensure appropriate levels of support to, and oversight of, safety standards at project level.
• Leading the assessment of competence in respect of statutory appointments to the roles of Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP) and Project Supervisor Construction Stage (PSCS), whilst ensuring compliance throughout performance of the respective roles.
• Managing the safety related document management systems, including Permit to Work, to ensure all CI projects have the required safety documentation in place.
• Incident investigation oversight to ensure issues are addressed in a timely manner and lessons-learned are shared and implemented across the organisation, in support of creating a consistent approach to safety management and development.
• Providing support for the business on cross-functional safety matters, including safety assessments at tender stage, review of contractors’ submissions (rams/method statements).
• Providing support for the business on cross-functional safety matters, including occupational safety (training, risk assessment, briefings).
• Reporting on safety performance of the programme using suitable key performance indicators, to facilitate production of Trend Reports.
• Liaising with the Head of Safety to Produce periodic reports, up to and including Board level performance reporting.
• Conducting site safety audits, assessments, and inspections on all projects within the programme, and across the CI portfolio of projects as required.
• Assisting the Head of Safety on other safety related activities across the CI Portfolio, as required.
• Knowledge and experience of construction safety legislation and audit procedures.
• Excellent working knowledge of construction Safety Management Systems, Risk Assessments, Safety Statements and RAMSA/Method Statements.
• Team Player, with strong leadership skills and an ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams to ensure highest standards of safety performance.
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Strong organisational skills with a positive, can-do and flexible work attitude.
• Excellent written communication and report writing capability, utilising the MS Office suite.
• Third level Safety and Health qualifications – minimum requirement at diploma level or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience, with at least 5 years’ in a Safety Management role(s) within the Construction sector.
• Knowledge of the Companies structure and business units.
• Experience in client-led projects.

A competency-based interview will form part of this selection process. Candidates may be shortlisted based on their application/CV and relevant experience. At Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion in all that we do. This starts with how we recruit people. It is important to us that all individuals feel welcome to join our organisation and we take great care to ensure an even playing field for all. We will strive to provide reasonable accommodation to all candidates where required and requested. We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, ethnicity, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or disability