Safety Coordinator (Cork, Ireland)

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients. Want to help us make a difference? Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients. Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

The Safety Coordinator is accountable for ensuring safe, consistent, reliable contractor operations on site by providing leadership, managing process and personnel safety, environmental compliance, and ensuring site safety procedures are fully maintained. The responsibilities and accountabilities of the role will include but are not limited to the following:

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Support deliberate improvement in safety, health, environmental and housekeeping performance.
• Issuing of Safe Work Permits for defined projects and in defined operational areas on site.
• Reviewing and ensuring method statements, job risk assessments are accurate and pertinent.
• Ensure 100% compliance of EHS requirements of site contractors including PPE use, incident reporting, safe completion of life critical activities and process safety.
• Continually and deliberately identify and implement improvements in safe work systems, processes, and people development through driving daily and weekly KPIs and assigning and managing remedial actions for all adverse performance.
• Assist with development and management of life critical activities, planning activities, and schedule.
• Prioritize and issue Safe work Permits for maintenance and contractor works.
• Preparation and completion of safety investigations and reports as required.
• Assist with and lead MOCs, group safety reviews, and life critical activities.
• Develop or revise working practices and procedures to ensure compliance with standards in both safety and environmental areas.
• Assist in streamlining processes and procedures in Waste Water Treatment and other environmental areas on site.

Education & Experience

• Higher Diploma in Safety, Health and Welfare at Work or equivalent
• Previous factory experience and demonstrated experience of working in EHS in a regulated environment.
• Good IT skills including computer-controlled equipment would be advantageous.
• Positive attitude to work.
• Good verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to direct and motivate others and hold people accountable.
• Demonstrated ability to train others in procedural work.
• Knowledge of GMP and demonstrated implementation of GMP regulations or similar.
• Ability to work as part of a team and demonstrate flexibility.
• Track record of safe and GMP compliant personal behaviours
• Willingness to learn new skills and methods.
• Proactive work ethic and good personnel and management skills.
• Ability to work independently, multitask, and maintain an organized workplace.

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences.

Roquette strives to create a dynamic workforce while remaining firmly committed to equal opportunity by complying with EEO laws. As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach.

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Roquette is a global leader in sustainable plant-based solutions, driving innovation and strong partnerships that are shaping the future of nutrition, health, and bioindustry. The company harnesses natural resources such as wheat, corn, seaweed, and cellulose to craft high-performance ingredients used in everyday foods, oral medications, advanced biopharmaceuticals, and a range of bio-based products.

A family-owned company with over 90 years of expertise and 11,000 employees, Roquette serves clients in over 150 countries and is committed to creating lasting value for customers, patients, consumers, and society. Together, we turn the potential of nature into the essentials of life. Discover more about Roquette here.