Health & Safety Officer - Construction Contractor - Finland

Office/Project Location: Finland

Employment Type: Permanent

Work Location: Hamina Finland

Pay: €45K-€65K flights and accommodation

Experience: 3+years working with main contractors

Visa: EU passport

Our client is a leading Main Irish Contractor with projects throughout Ireland.

Reporting to the HSE Manager, you will be working on a large head count industrial project based in Hamina, Finland

Duties include:

To maintain close working relationship with the business teams to provide active assistance and advise to ensure the effective implementation of the Group Safety Management System.

To participate in the appointment of competent persons to undertake key safety roles and work closely with managers and trainers to ensure their training needs are identified and provided.

To ensure risk assessment processes and systems are established for ensuring production, approval, communication, implementation and monitoring

To monitor for effectiveness, the procedures for the management of lifting operations, temporary works, inductions, fire and emergencies, permits and other bespoke procedures required for the safety execution of the works.

To participate in setting up and maintaining safety committees.

To ensure risks to third parties / other contractors are understood and actioned.

To contribute ideas to the team for the continued developed of the Group wide Safety Management System.

To maintain an up to date knowledge of all health and safety matters relevant to the works and liaise with appropriate safety managers, safety organisations and trade associations.

To ensure that accident and incident investigation is properly carried out to identify both immediate and underlying causes, actions to prevent recurrence and a robust defence of claims.

To provide reports on health & safety performance to the relevant managers.

Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels within the construction industry community.

Maintain professional and close working relationship with directors, operation managers, project managers and project management teams.

Promote Group health and safety abilities to staff and customers.

Requirements

Relevant H&S Degree or Diploma

3+ years experience working with construction contractors

EU Passport

Good understanding of health and safety legislation and have an ability to evaluate current and emerging trends in health and safety management.

Self-motivated, be able to quickly resolve issues and be able to integrate well into a project team

Package

Salary €45k - €60k negotiable dependant on experience

Full-time permanent staff role with great career prospects

Contact

Sheila McNeice is the consultant managing this position.

If you are a Construction H&S Officer interested in roles based in Finland, you can contact Sheila by e-mail at sheila@jobcontax.com or phone +353-1-7978720 for a confidential chat.

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EU passport or Stamp 4 visa required

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