Health & Safety Officer

Posted: 6th August, 2025

Title: Health & Safety Officer

Department: Health & Safety

Location: Clara, Ireland

 

Purpose

Ensure that safe working practices are adhered to at all times, including wearing PPE as appropriate. Acquire knowledge of Health & Safety procedures, work instructions, and associated documentation. Comply with all Health & Safety Policies and instructions and actively contribute to Company efforts to promote safe behaviour and safe systems of work.

Responsibilities

• Carry out risk assessments and consider how risks could be reduced.
• Outline safe operational procedures which identify and take into account all relevant hazards.
• Carry out regular site inspections to check policies and procedures are being properly implemented.
• Ensure working practices are safe and comply with legislation.
• Prepare Environmental health and safety strategies and develop internal policy.
• Lead in-house training with managers and employees about Environmental health and safety issues and risks.
• Keep records of inspection findings and produce reports that suggest improvements.
• Record incidents and accidents and produce statistics for managers.
• Keep up to date with new legislation and maintain a working knowledge of all Environmental Health and Safety legislation and any developments that affect the employer’s industry.
• Update, maintain and create EHS KPI’s, ensuring all EH&S KPI’s are achieved and improvements or opportunities identified are recorded and actioned.
• Liaise with maintenance department on the selection, induction and control of external contractors on site.
• Produce management reports, statistics to enable annual SMART targets for the site.
• Ensure equipment is installed safely and maintained to a safe standard.
• Manage and Organise the safe disposal of hazardous substances, e.g. asbestos etc.
• Advise on a range of specialist areas, e.g. fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery and occupational diseases.
• Performs other duties as assigned.  Will include participating in special projects as identified.

Education and or Experience:

• BSc in Environmental Health / Relevant Qualification
• Strong communication skills
• 2+ years in a manufacturing / pharma wok environment
• Full driving license
• Excellent communicator
• Effective, clear and positive delivery on H&S across the site
• Be present and support the SLT on all H&S aspects
• Ensuring all site H&S related cases are closed out in a mannerly time frame
• Support, educate and maintain a positive H&S culture onsite

Assist with audits, both internal and external

The above list of job responsibilities is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope of the post.

FOR INTERESTED APPLICANTS: If you are interested in this position, please send a brief cover letter, resume, please state the job title applying for and any other relevant material for the candidacy to ClaraHR@nelipak.com. Thank you!

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