Health and Safety Specialist

R.T. Lane Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Senior Construction Safety Engineer to work with a Pharmaceutical Company in Cork.

This is a 2 year project with strong potential for extension.

**Please note that candidates must hold the correct working visa for Ireland as my client cannot offer visa assistance and must be already residing in Ireland**

** Please note due to a high volume of applicants you will only be contacted if suitable for the position. **

Brief outline of Role:

The successful candidate will join a team comprising of a mixture of experienced project managers, project engineers, cost controllers, schedulers and estimators in co-operation with external partners, the project will be managed together with Technology colleagues through Frond-end loading till Commissioning, Qualification till handover.

The position

• Under the direction of the IRL/UK Construction Safety Lead the Senior Safety Engineer will have the following responsibilities:
• Lead the implementation of the onsite construction safety strategy across the project lifecycle, in particular the Behavior Bases Safety Program Safe by Choice.
• Review of the Construction and Commissioning & Quality HSE-plans.
• Review of project specific work permits and Safe Plan of Action (SPA), Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and or Task Risk Assessments (TRA)
• Support/advise the GES project manager during all phases of the project in relation to the project safety performance (leading and lagging indicators);
• Coach/support the EPCM safety professional with the GES practices and procedures.
• Coach/support the contractors with the GES practices and procedures.
• Roll out / implement of the safety incentive plan.
• Participate in the EHSE checklist review.
• Participate in the constructability reviews.
• Track safety statistics and initiate improvement plan if needed.
• Monitor and Evaluate the EPCM Safety Performance against Project Plan and identify improvements as required
• Establish relationship with client and local team and get familiar with the local (safety) procedures.
• Lead and/or support incident investigations.

Desired skills & experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field of education.
• At least five years of experience in a comparable environment (pharmaceutical, oil and gas and or food industry);
• Proven construction safety management excellence, demonstrated over multiple assignments.
• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical product development and manufacturing facilities and plant operations are highly desirable.
• Subject Matter Expert in respect to safety.
• Familiar with MS Office.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

For more information or a full Job Description please contact – Michelle Power, R.T. Lane Recruitment on 022 46969, 087 032 8195 or email michelle@rtlanerecruitment.ie