
EHS Specialist
- Southside Dublin
- Permanent
- Full-time
- You will help and support with the development and monitoring of the sites environmental, Health & Safety programmes ensuring compliance with legislative regulations.
- Support with the evolving site EHSS integrated management system
- Perform risk assessments for various operations, on equipment and tasks and you will implement associated risk controls where appropriate.
- Work in a close partnership model with the other EHS specialists across the site.
- You will support the Director of EHS to ensure that the site is fully compliant in accordance with HAS, OSHA, EPA and corporate requirements.
- Increasing the safety awareness of all staff through promotion, risk assessment, training and working with departmental managers
- Conduct inspections, internal assessments on various programs to detect existing or potential hazards and recommend corrective or preventative measures
- Ability to work on own initiative, engage with associates and drive a safety value
- Lead EHS projects to completion
- Provide support to accident investigations and Incident prevention opportunities
- Ensuring EHS awareness through coordinating participation in events including Safety week and Safety Walks
- Maintains comprehensive administrative filing systems including archival and storage inventories in accordance with good practices.
- Develop, establish, and conduct related training programs in environmental, health, and safety practices for administrative, manufacturing, laboratory, and outside service personnel
- Create and update EHS programs/procedures as well as supporting risk assessment and training materials as necessary
- Provide guidance and support to colleagues and service providers on EHS issues.
- Ensure the correct process for reporting and investigation of all EHS incidents are implemented
- Monitoring environmental performance in compliance with the operating permits and report to the management, employees and relevant statutory agencies as required.
- Lead by example and role model good safety behaviour and environmental practices to develop and support a high performing EHS culture on site
- Attend daily operational meetings, provide support and drive EHS at these meetings
- Coordinate, engage and schedule regular touchpoints for Site steering team, First aid team & Emergency Response team.
- Other tasks as assigned by EHS manager
- A relevant 3rd level qualification ideally in Environmental Science or another relevant 3rd level EHS discipline.
- Ideally you will have 5 years of career experience, preferably within manufacturing environments and the preference is Pharma, Med-Dev, Food and or Beverage Production
- Proven experience in Pharma or BRC regulated manufacturing is a necessity for consideration.
- You will prove capabilities in all relevant EHS regulations, site environmental and safety management systems.
- Be self-motivated with the ability to work on their own initiative and should possess excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Have compliance mindset regards company and legal requirements.
- Candidates must have the ability to become familiar with all site processes and procedures; they must also have the technical competence to understand and review safety-critical and environmental-critical aspects of each process/procedure.