Senior Safety Officer

My client is a highly reputable Building Contractor who have recently been awarded a number of government projects nationwide and due to this, they are seeking a Senior Health & Safety Officer to join their team on a School Project in South Dublin.
Duties:

• Supervise, support and guide all project safety advisors under your control.
• Promote safe working practices and manage the implementation of company HSE policy and procedures on the project.
• Carry out regular site HSE inspections and report findings to relevant personnel.
• Ensure that the project team has been provided with the relevant HSE documentation.
• Ensure that HSE project plans meet company standards.
• Ensure that HSE issues are discussed at project review meetings.
• Manage the maintenance of clear records to comply with company internal and external audit standards.
• Assist the site management team and sub-contractor owners with risk assessments and sub-contractor evaluations and documentation review when requested
• Deliver HSE training where appropriate and as agreed with the Project Manager
• Suggest, communicate and promote initiatives for incident prevention and forward to the Project Manager / HSE &Sustainability Manager for consideration
• Support the Project Manager in incident investigation
• Monitor the adequacy and timely close out of incident reporting and HSE inspections
• Liaising with the relevant legal authorities (i.e. H.S.A, EPA etc.)
• Identify ideas for HSE improvement and issues submitting to the project manager and the HSE & Sustainability manager for consideration
• Attend relevant HSE meetings as required
• Assist managers with safety and environmental submissions, risk assessments and vendor evaluations when requested
• Carry out other relevant duties as required from time to time

Requirements:

• Level 8 qualification in health and safety
• 8 years successful postgraduate experience in project HSE management
• Successful experience as a chartered Project Safety Advisor
• Thorough knowledge of OHSAS 45001
• Chartered membership of IOSH
• Ability to communicate at all levels within the organisation
• Capable of leading major accident investigations internally.

If you are interested in applying for this role, click the link below or contact Mark Barrett on 0858666089 or [email protected]