Pinewood Healthcare is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of healthcare products, currently employing over 320 people across two sites in Tipperary and Dublin.
Key Responsibilities (include but will not be limited to):
- Responsibility for the co-ordination of all environment, health & safety and security matters, applicable to the Ballymacarbry and Ballymount sites.
- Promote health, safety and welfare at work.
- Recommend, implement and ensure compliance with policies and current safety and environmental legislative requirements.
- Ensure emergency preventative activities are undertaken and ensure accidents and incidents are investigated and preventative measures are implemented.
- Provide relevant EHS Training as required.
- Recommend and review health and safety policies to ensure compliance with new and existing legislation.
- Ensure environmental objectives and targets are set and achieved throughout the organisation.
- Advise and monitor the implementation of safe systems of work encompassing current legislative requirements.
- Recommend and implement safety and environmental risk assessments and determine acceptable risk levels.
- Have an active role in visits from inspectors and provide information and evidence as required.
- Recommend and implement emergency policies and ensure specific control systems meet required standards.
- Ensure accidents and incidents are investigated as per policy, make recommendations and ensure agreed corrective actions are implemented.
- Provide statistics to management and health and safety committee.
- Advise on potential health risks at work, health of employees, health promotion.
- Facilitate in carrying out training for the site.
- Ensure risk assessment and approval process of introducing new chemicals to site is completed.
- Ensuring Safety Data Sheets are up to date.
- Ensure adequate trained First Aid cover and provisions on site at all times.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive process safety management strategy (PSM) for the site.
- Manage Occupational Hygiene campaigns and engineering control improvement projects.
- Management of Environmental Licenses & certifications, reporting and renewals.
- Ensure Directors and Managers are aware of their legal requirements and identify to them and shortfalls of our safety management systems.
- Monitor, audit and review policies and procedures to ensure current legislative requirements are met and safe systems or work are being maintained.
- Ensure environmental information is available for review.
- Carry out external and internal environmental audits to ensure Pinewood meets the required standards.
- Implement and maintain the company risk assessment management system and carry out risk assessments for working procedures and operating equipment. Determine and advise on acceptable risk levels.
- Provide information to inspectors and emergency services as appropriate.
- Provide support during customer audits.
- Maintenance of first aid provisions, training and supplies.
- Collation and presentation of statistics of injury or ill health at work.
- Ensure all new starters are fully inducted to site to minimise potential safety and health risks and records of attendance to be fed back to HR.
Academic / Experience Requirements:
- Formal H&S qualification, minimum degree level.
- Extensive knowledge of Health & Safety legislation.
- Extensive knowledge of Process Safety and ATEX Directives.
- Knowledge of relevant environmental legislation.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to work with all levels of staff, contractors or customers.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft suite.
- Have sufficient knowledge to advise on day to day operational EHS issues and apply knowledge in a team environment with personnel from other functions and different levels of the organisation.
- Strong capability of driving safety culture in a multinational environment.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: €40,000.00-€60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bike to work scheme
- Company pension
- Employee assistance program
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Tipperary, CO. Tipperary: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Experience:
- EHS Manager: 1 year (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- Ireland (preferred)
Location:
- Tipperary, CO. Tipperary (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 18/08/2025
Expected start date: 18/08/2025