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Job ID: JOB-13414
Senior Environmental Health & Safety Specialist 

Summary:

The Longford facility plays a key role in helping to meet the increasing global demand for diagnostic testing in areas such as infectious disease, cancer, thyroid, and cardiovascular diseases. Longford is based in the midlands of Ireland surrounded by water with the River Shannon, Lough Ree and the Royal Canal. It has a vibrant collection of communities with a rich historical background. The County has plenty to offer to both visitors and citizens in sport, culture, literature, amenities, festivals, events, retail and dining. We currently have a role for a Senior EHS Specialist and this role will involve the following:

Primary Function

• To ensure compliance with all relevant EHS legislation and assist in developing systems and procedures that optimises environmental, health & safety performance.
• Ensure EHS global management standards are met and all EHS procedures are adhered to.
• Create EHS awareness in the plant and promote a culture of continuous improvement.

Major Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and monitor environmental, health & safety programmes to ensure compliance with all applicable government regulations, company technical standards
• Develop, implement and maintain EHS training programs to include but not limited to chemical management REACH, CLP), environmental management, machine/equipment safety etc.
• Build relationships across the business to ensure active compliance with EHS programs
• Coordinate site environmental management programmes, driving continuous improvement initiatives including but not limited to energy, water, and waste reduction etc.
• Identify, report and trend EHS metrics through an internal tier report structure
• Identify and address site EHS issues and concerns
• Develop, implement, and maintain EHS training programs
• Support EHS training and inductions for new hires, ongoing refresher training for existing staff and delivering EHS related training programmes to all levels within the organisation
• Develop, maintain and audit the Environmental and Health & Safety Management System.
• Support the EHS incident management process on site. Manage EHS incidents to closure, including root cause analysis and CAPA management.
• Perform EHS risk assessments such as: area, biological, chemical; ergonomic, new and or modified equipment, task based etc, and make recommendations to control hazards.
• Coordinate and conduct internal EHS auditing and inspection ensuring actions are tracked to closure.
• Ensure implementation of the waste management strategy, continually striving to reduce clients impact on the environment.
• Promote, implement and participate in varying EHS committees i.e. safety, waste, energy, DGSA etc.
• Coordinate and ensure compliance with legislation and company technical standards regarding contractor management.
• Ensure compliance with site training requirements.

Education & Experience

• Degree in Environmental Science or Health & Safety or Chemical Engineering and has/is working as an EHS Specialist/SME within a Pharmaceutical /Chemical/Medical Devices manufacturing facility with a minimum of 3 years experience (preferably 5-8years experiene) working in an EHS role within the pharmaceutical or other similar regulated manufacturing sector

Key Skills

• Demonstrated team player with experience contributing to multi-disciplinary project teams and ability to work with minimal supervision
• Understanding of and experience in ISO management systems implementation including, ISO 14001, 45001 and 50001
• A thorough knowledge of EHS legislation for a facility operating within Ireland/Europe
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with aggressive timelines at a high level of productivity
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills coupled with good ability to produce technical reports.

For further information on this Senior EHS Specialist role in Longford please contact Caroline on 0868395531 or email caroline@hero.ie

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Caroline Kingston

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