Your new company

Hays has been retained to recruit an EHS Advisor for a Tier 1 construction company, in their Cork office. There are several high priority projects to start off on: pharma and a commercial high-rise building in Cork City.

Your new role

You will be involved in developing, monitoring and implementing the company’s EHS Management system, ensuring that at all time we are compliant with Health and Safety Regulation.

• Implement the company's Environmental Health and Safety policy, procedures and management systems.
• Provide advice, guidance and instruction on all health and safety matters to management, safety representatives and employees (including subcontractors 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 subcontractors 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 learnt 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 prepare for handover to the client at the end of the project.
• Promote the Company's mission of being a healthy, incident-and injury-free workplace.

What you'll need to succeed

• Hold a relevant third level Qualification in Environmental, Health and Safety
• Have a minimum of 5 years’ experience
• Must have previous experience working on a large project
• Hold a full, clean driving licence
• Excellent IT skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office, including strong excel skills
• Ability to work on your own initiative and exhibit strong interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability to demonstrate building strong working relationships & stakeholder management

What you'll get in return

Excellent salary and package.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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