Business Unit Health & Safety Manager

AA Euro Group has been retained by one of Ireland’s leading contractors to recruit a Business Unit Health & Safety Manager on site in Citywest Dublin.

The role is working on a complex data centre project and requires 10 plus years’ experience. Previous oil and gas / power / data centre project experience would be beneficial.

Role:

• Demonstrate exceptional leaderships by your beliefs and behaviours.
• Assist Head of H&S in development and roll out of company Strategy
• Ensure consistent implementation of company standards, procedures, policies and expectations.
• Ensure workplaces are audited / risk reviewed at a frequency and with intrusiveness in accordance with Policy
• Raise “at risk” / early intervention concerns to Head of H&S when needed.
• Ensure accidents/incidents are investigated and lessons learnt communicated.
• Attend BU meetings to deliver a report on Health and Safety for the Business Unit.
• Monitor Health and Safety performance within the Business Unit and prepare appropriate reports.
• Prepare a Health and Safety report for the BU MD at applicable internals.
• Provide line management to applicable members of the HSE team.
• Ensure adequate cover for Health and Safety is provided and alert the Head of H&S if this is likely to become a problem.
• Assist tender and prequalification teams where requested advising on Health and Safety submissions as well as helping provide practical solutions.
• Attend Start Up meetings with site teams. Where requested attend other meetings with Client and/or supply chain.
• Provide main point of contact for enforcement agencies following their visits or investigations.
• Keep up to date with legislation and interpretations thereof to facilitate the provision of competent Health and Safety advice to the business.
• Be aware of own limitations and ensure advise given remains within those limitations. Call in additional support to supplement own abilities where required.
• Identify learning and development requirements for yourself as well as those of staff who report to you.
• Coach staff at all levels in Health and Safety expectations and standards
• Where approved represent the Company on external bodies.
• Deliver appropriate training.

Requirements:

• 10 + years in construction industry
• 10 years as a Health and Safety professional
• Ideally a qualification in engineering or construction technology / management.
• NEBOSH H&S Diploma or equivalent.
• Extracurricular exposure to a related Health and Safety specialism e.g. BBS, Occ Health, BIM etc.
• Ideally a Chartered Member of IOSH
• Awareness of lifting operations: BS7121/ IS 361 & LEEA code.
• Temp Works Awareness incl knowledge of TWC role.
• Knowledge of LOTO / COHE systems in Live Energies.
• Incident Investigation Training.

For more information regarding this role please contact Ian Murphy