Senior EHS Advisor - Construction Contractor - Cork

Office/Project Location: Cork

Employment Type: Permanent

Work Location:  Site based

Pay: €55-70K Negotiable depending on experience

Experience: 8+years

Visa: EU passport or Stamp 4 visa required

Our client is a leading Irish Contractor who undertake projects throughout Ireland in large scale construction.

They have successfully completed projects across a range of sectors including Civil, Residential, Data Centres, Hospitality, Commercial, Industrial, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical.

The position is based in Cork within the Commercial and Pharmaceutical Sectors with the possibility of being transient between various projects and will be part of an existing H&S team covering the region

Implement the company's Environmental Health and Safety policy, procedures and management systems.

Provide advice, guidance and instruction in all health & safety matters to management, safety representatives and employees (including sub-contractors where appropriate). 

Ensure the overall compliance with Environmental, Health & Safety statutory provisions & legislation.

Ensure good safety practices are managed and maintained.

Deliver Health & Safety training programmes such as inductions etc. for new employees or sub-contractors working on site. 

Coordinate the review and development of task specific EHS documentation such as method statements, risk assessments, safe plan of actions, permit to work.

Conduct regular inspections and site audits, report findings to site and senior company management. Strict follow-up is required to ensure that actions are dealt with immediately. 

Ensure that all incidents are reported, recorded, investigated and lessons learned communicated. Ensuring notification is given to the Directors, Health & Safety Authority and Insurers as required. 

Ensure that safety interventions are completed & recorded. Adopt a Proactive approach to project EHS requirements.

Carry out administrative duties to ensure the maintenance of the EHS Management systems such as maintaining registers, records, monthly reports and reporting presentations to management where required.

Advise & assist site management in drafting and communicating EHS initiatives and Toolbox Talks.

Compile relevant information for inclusion in the Safety File and preparing for handover to the Client at the end of the project.

Promote the Company mission of being a healthy and incident and injury free workplace.

Requirements

Hold a relevant third level Qualification in Environmental, Health and Safety

8+years’ experience working on construction sites

Must have previous experience working on a large project with high head count of staff

Hold a full, clean Driving license 

Excellent IT skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office including strong excel skills

Ability to work on own initiative and exhibit strong interpersonal and communications skills.

Ability to demonstrate building strong working relationships & stakeholder management

Package

Salary €55K - €70K and negotiable dependent on experience

Contact

Aoife Tiernan is the consultant managing this position.

If you are a EHS Advisor interested in roles based in Cork City, you can contact Aoife by e-mail at aoife@jobcontax.com or phone +353-1-9696684 for a confidential chat.

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EU passport or Stamp 4 visa required