Health & Safety Officer

I'm currently recruiting an exciting Health & Safety Officer position to join my client's team in Monaghan. This is a full time, permanent position reporting to the Health & Safety Manager.

The Health & Safety Officer will play a vital role in coordinating, administering, and implementing a diverse array of health and safety projects and systems on-site. This exciting opportunity is perfect for individuals eager to contribute to a thriving environment while expanding their expertise and knowledge in the health and safety field.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technicalsupport for H&S project coordination,maintenanceand management.
• Assistin ongoing development and implementation of effective health and safety systems,policiesand procedures on the site.
• Assistin enforcing the effective implementation of health and safety practices
• Facilitate,supportand advise the health and safety risk management teams on site.
• Train site personnel in a department's software applications that are vitalin order tofulfil their functions (Risk management applications and spreadsheets).
• Assist Site H&S Manager to undertake and review relevant assessments for operations on site.
• Liaising with safety personnelregardingsite accident, incident and near misses reporting and investigations ensuring corrective and preventative actions are formulated and implemented.
• Accident Investigations gathering evidence such as documentation and photographs.
• Updateand upload accident investigations reports.

Requirements

• Ideally should hold a certificate or diploma in Safety and Health however this can also befacilitatedby the business
• 1yearspost qualification experience in safety and health, ideally food and / or manufacturing environments.
• Ability toidentifycontinuous improvement initiatives and ability to challenge status quo.
• Strong IT sills and familiarity with Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPointand other common software tools.