Health And Safety Officer - County Westmeath

ICDS RECRUITMENT

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Health and Safety Officer - County Westmeath. Principal Accountabilities of this role: • Monitor work processes and procedures to identify unsafe practices or breach of safety regulations. • Build a safety management programme which meets the requirement and achieves certification of ISO45001. • Conduct equipment inspections to ensure they are correctly installed and operational. • Facilitate and schedule repairs of unsafe or damaged equipment. • Organize safety training to educate company staff & contractors on necessary safety principles. • Develop and implement safety procedures and policies for production operations. • Carry out investigations to identify the root cause of an incident or other unsafe conditions on a work site. • Oversee the placement and set up of safety equipment such as PPE, firefighting equipment, safety signage and any other relevant equipment to warn & mitigate all potential hazards. • Prepare and present to company management periodic reports of safety operations. • Collaborate with regulatory agencies and investigators to fully investigate cases of workplace incidents/accidents. • Conduct risk assessments to identify risk of operational hazard for all work areas on site. • Ensure all company operational processes comply with the relevant H&S legislation and that an up-to-date legislation management plan is in place. • Keep abreast with relevant occupational safety and health information. • Deliver to all stakeholders general advice and direction on all aspects of health and safety. • Deliver induction training for all new employees & external contractors in Health & Safety, COVID-19 and Manual Handling. • Effectively communicate and update all personnel on relevant topics relating to H&S. • Promote the company's objectives for a safe and incident-free workplace. • Conduct routine site audits and inspections, and report results to senior management. • Continually communicate with senior management. Skills and Experience Required: • Ideally a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & safety, engineering, safety management, or in a related discipline. Certification from a recognised occupational health and safety body. • Ability to develop safe operational strategies and solutions to minimise workplace incidence. • Minimum 2 years' Health & Safety experience. • Manufacturing experience desirable.

399 days ago