Healthy & Safety Manager

We are working with a globally recognised contractor who have secured a major project consisting of the construction of an underpass and associated works at Dublin Airport.
The project valued at €265m is in the primary stages and has a four-year programme. Our client requires an experienced Health & Safety Manager responsible for championing health and safety on the project, providing a high standard of advice, guidance and support to the design and construction teams to ensure that the project complies with its legal health and safety duties.

This position will liaise with the relevant project stakeholders and ensure that high standards of health and safety are embedded and maintained in work processes and activities across the project.

This role reports directly to the Project Director and will be ultimately responsible for all aspects of Health & Safety across this exciting infrastructure scheme.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Provide professional support to the Project Director on the implementation of project health, safety and wellbeing strategies and objectives and formulating the plans and resources required to achieve them.
  
  
• Consult with project team members on the implementation of project-specific health and safety policies and procedures to ensure that design and construction activities are managed safely minimising impact on the airport’s functions and stakeholders.
  
  
• Provide professional support with the development of safe systems of work, ensuring that effective risk reduction is considered during the development of temporary and permanent works designs and construction activities.
  
  
• Provide professional support to comply with the Project Supervisor for the Design Process and Project Supervisor for the Construction Stage duties and responsibilities.
  
  
• Provide input into the development of the project’s preliminary Safety and Health Plan and develop the Safety and Health Plan for the construction stage.
  
  
• Promote high levels of health, safety and wellbeing engagement across the project and promote learning by implementing effective health and safety training and competency standards.
  
  
• Support the design and construction teams with research into innovative and industry leading technologies and best practice that eliminate or reduce risk.
  
  
• Provide effective leadership to the project’s Health & Safety Team and promote personal and professional development of team members.
  
  
• Prepare health and safety reports on project health and safety performance and provide accurate data for inclusion in company health and safety reports.
  
  
• Develop compliance inspection and auditing systems and programmes and use them to provide accurate and real-time reports on project performance. Cooperate with internal and external auditors.
  
  
• Assist with the development of emergency plans and strategies and ensure that there are enough competent appointed persons to manage emergency situations.
  
  
• Lead by example, demonstrating that health and safety is a primary personal value and be uncompromising with the expectations of the standards of others.
  
  
• Ensure that all accidents and incidents are reported and investigated appropriately and that lessons learned are considered to prevent similar incidents being repeated, leading investigations where serious harm has or may have occurred.
  
  
• Develop processes for assessing the competence of the project’s supply chain – designers, suppliers and contractors - making sure that contractors are aware of the health, safety and wellbeing standards and conditions expected of them.
  
  
• Maintain a project health and safety training matrix, identify training needs and develop ‘inhouse’ and externally provided training courses to meet the requirements of the project.
  
  
• Maintain relationships with health and safety regulators, airport stakeholders, and other recognised organisations with respect to health and safety matters that may affect the airport and its employees, members of the public and the project’s employees.
  
  
• Manage health and safety budgets and expenses when required.
  
  Essential criteria:
  
  
• Legal right to work in the Republic of Ireland
  
  
• Willingness to complete a 5-year background screening as part of the hiring process
  
  
• NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent qualification) in Occupational Health & Safety
  
  
• Membership of IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health)
  
  
• Minimum of 10 years of construction health and safety management experience, and
  
  
• Minimum of 3 years of experience of working in an airside environment. (desirable)
  
  
• Extensive experience of the following: Risk assessment and management, Method Statement review, Site inspections and Health & Safety investigations, Company preparation for audits
  
  
• Knowledge of the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001