Health & Safety Officer

ÉireComposites is an innovative design, manufacturing, and testing company, involved in lightweight, high-performance fibre-reinforced composite materials, with an international blue-chip customer base of over 70 companies in the aerospace, renewable energy, and automotive sectors. ÉireComposites (www.eirecomposites.com) has established accredited aerospace composites manufacturing and testing facilities in Galway, Ireland and has significant intellectual property in composite technologies.

ÉireComposites currently has a vacancy for an early career H&S officer. The successful candidate will play a key role in promoting and maintaining a Health & Safety culture within the company.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development & implementation of health and safety policies and procedures in accordance with current and future relevant legislation and industry best practice.
• Ensure effective risk assessment and risk reduction programmes are in place across the business units.
• Maintain EHS management system compliance including EN ISO14001.
• Manage monitoring programme including records management.
• Lead and support ongoing improvements such as environmental objectives and EHS annual plans.
• Conduct regular internal H&S inspections and audits to monitor effectiveness of controls and highlight any areas for improvement/action.
• Manage the action tracking process through liaising with all stakeholders to ensure agreed actions are closed in a timely manner and escalated where necessary.
• Monitors the EH&S performance via metrics.
• Identify, organise, and deliver Environmental, Health & Safety training.
• Ensure a robust H&S incident and accident investigation process is managed effectively.
• Lead and support planned and unplanned audits inspections.
• Continuously monitor and review of incident data, potential near miss reports and trends to ensure adequate investigations are taking place and appropriate corrective actions and outcomes identified and implemented.
• Facilitate monthly health & safety meetings, circulate minutes and track actions.
• Support and lead Quality and Lean programmes and projects as needed.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

Requirements

• Degree or Graduate Diploma in Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare.
• Knowledge of ISO standards is desirable but not essential.
• Attention to detail, problem solving, communication and presentation skills essential.
• Computer literate with excellent knowledge of full range of MS Office packages.
• Must be able to work on own initiative in a very busy environment.
• Will be able to demonstrate an ability to create concise reports, procedure, and policy.
• European Driver’s License.
• Graduates and early-stage career candidates will be considered.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary relative to experience and qualifications.
• Easily accessible – 20 mins from Knocknacarra,
• Company pension.
• Twenty days annual leave.
• Wellness and team events/initiatives.
• Training & development.
• Career development.
• On-site parking & canteen.

Please submit your own C.V. in PDF or MS Word format. Unfortunately, we cannot respond to all CVs received due to volumes. However, we will respond to candidates who attend for interview and provide feedback if requested. All our job descriptions are available in full on www.eirecomposites.com, where you will also find out more information about our business. Please submit your CV to hr@eirecomposites.com.