Manager, Environmental Health and Safety (EMEA)

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our EH&S EMEA team for a Manager EH&S EMEA, based at our Dublin Central office. The successful candidate will be responsible for EH&S compliance of all EMEA offices including project support to offices in the region. They will work closely with Corporate EH&S, Facilities, HR & IT teams.

Job Overview

EH&S Programmes, Projects and General Support

• Provide advice and support to projects to ensure EH&S considerations throughout the project lifecycle. (e.g. review of appropriate documentation)

• Ensure EH&S requirement considerations for new sites – mobilisation checklist

• Incident reporting tool & other EH&S tools – promote and manage the use of the tools by staff to include: administrative requirements, training for sites and administrative tasks involved in rolling out updated tool to EMEA region

• Ensures incidents are reported appropriately and investigations are completed correctly

• Manage and lead the audit programme – audit prep, audits attendance, leading the completion of post audit actions

• Manage the Driver Safety Programme – assist with the roll out of the driver safety ‘global/EMEA’ programme and the ongoing management of the programme

• Manage Ergonomics Program (advice, awareness, data gathering, actions), including programme implementation, where required

• Manage purchase orders, liaising with suppliers, resolving EH&S payment issues, general administration, in line with budget

Conduct and/or support risk assessments and other consultancy services to control workplace hazards

• Support and manage interactions between sites in EMEA with consultants and arrange gap assessments, risk assessments, training, programme development, standard operating procedure (SOP) development, ergonomic assessments & general coordination of site visits, actions resolution.

• Carry out risk assessments (general, back to work, pregnancy, ergonomic), as required, for the Ireland & UK offices

• Lead EH&S drop & dial in sessions to minimise workplace EH&S issues

Policies, procedures & reporting to ensure compliance

• Coordinate with guidance of Associate Director, EH&S in ensuring performance, compliance and improving culture across all sites

• Provide advice/assistance to all sites on health and safety requirements including audit preparation, follow up from audits and policies/SOPs. Track actions and provide updates

• Coordinate with guidance of Associate Director, EH&S with preparing and updating of EH&S Polices/Programmes/SOPs and distribution of these, as required

• Complete site Emergency Management plans, as required.

• Monitor records of EH&S against legal requirements and Document Retention Policy

• Gather metrics data and ensuring timely submission by sites on EH&S

• Gather data and coordinate the compiling of electronic reports for incidents, accidents, ill health data (EMEA)

• Compile and the distribution of General Manager (GM) reports on health and safety for different Countries (general, periodic performance reports)

• Assist with corporate requirements in environmental sustainability

Initiatives

• Lead EH&S initiatives and campaigns for EMEA and aligning with other International offices and head office

• Support EH&S global corporate initiatives and requirements including support of EH&S management systems

• Manage campaigns that seeks to continuously support improvement of EH&S performance

Communications

• Manage EH&S content for webpages for all EMEA offices. Develop EH&S webpages for new sites

• Coordination of EH&S content of the Facilities Handbook and handbook completion (especially new sites)

• Newsletter – producing alerts and new versions regularly

Person Specification, Knowledge & Experience

• Ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent minimum

• Educated to degree level or equivalent, is required

• Several years work experience in an EH&S role, with a significant part of this within the private sector and in an office environment

• Willingness to travel (essential)

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills, are required

• Positive, can do attitude is necessary, and candidate must be a team player