Role: Health & Safety Officer
Location: Limerick
Industry: Manufacturing
Purpose: Provide effective and efficient support in relation to Health & Safety Policies and Practices and ensure that safe systems of work and practice are maintained through Health & Safety Management
Duties:
- Facilitate Compliance and Implementation of Health and Safety procedures.
- Provide specialist advice, guidance and instruction regarding Health & Safety to employees ensuring that high standards in Health and Safety are maintained.
- Promote a positive Health and Safety Culture.
- Provide effective and efficient support to Senior Management and colleagues to ensure safe systems of work and practice are maintained.
- Review existing policies and measures and update according to legislation.
- Schedule Monthly Safety Audits/Inspections for every department
- Maintain accurate records relating to Health and Safety documentation.
- Risk assessment Management
- Hazard/Risk Identification
- Conduct Health & Safety Inductions for all new employees and refresher H&S Training Workshops.
- Ensuring that training needs are undertaken by employees with external bodies in relation to Lifting Equipment Training, Fire Warden Training, Portable Fire Extinguisher Training, etc.
- Monitor servicing H&S Equipment.
- Inspect premises and the work of personnel to identify issues or non-conformity (e.g. not using protective equipment)
- Gemba walks - will be required to walk around the plant and inspect work areas to ensure the workplace and everyone are following safety procedures and guidelines.
- Conduct and produce minutes resulting from the Weekly Health and Safety Committee meeting.
- Incident reporting by updating PMDE HR Module & HSA
KPIs:
- Zero Harm -reporting number of accidents/incidents/near misses. The aim is to maintain 0 accidents.
- Maintaining H&S Risk Management Performance
- Servicing of H&S Equipment
Experience:
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Experience in health and safety procedures and qualification is essential.
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Capability to become familiar with the day-to-day operations of the business and the staff, as well as the equipment and materials used.
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Hazard/incident investigation
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Strong analytical and problem- solving skills.
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Dynamic individual with a 'can-do 'attitude, prepared to take responsibility, be flexible and motivated & drive results.
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Good interpersonal skills and a willingness to work with people at all levels of an organisation.
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications: excel, power point, word etc.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
