EHS Specialist

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Description

The purpose of the EHS Specialist position is to provide technical support on all Health & Safety and Environmental management systems at the Dublin site. The EHS Specialist shall develop and maintain health, safety and environmental programmes in collaboration with key stakeholders to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations, guidelines and best practices. The scope of activity on site includes 2 manufacturing plants producing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) of 4 distinct chemical entities, 4 laboratories, support utilities and warehouse.

• Lead or support existing Safety Programmes to include but not limited to Chemical Management (Reach, CLP), Ergonomics, Machine Safety, Risk Assessment, Occupational Health, Occupational Hygiene Monitoring, Legionella etc.
• Compile and maintain the Health and Safety Legislative Register and Environmental Register.
• Support maintenance of the safety management system to ISO45001 and environmental management system to ISO14001 to ensure that the policies and procedures are consistent with best practice standards and regulatory requirements and that they also reflect continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide support for any external audits and carry out inspections and audits of the site on a regular basis.
• Promote Health & Safety via competitions, poster campaigns, notice boards and EHS weeks. Support the Health and Safety Awareness Group meeting to ensure employee concerns are addressed and implement suggested improvements as appropriate.
• Support the operational excellence program on site and digitization of site systems to ensure EHS principles are promoted and central to every role/task on site.
• Participate in Project Teams to ensure all process/plant/equipment installations are assessed from a health and safety and an environmental perspective.
• Support accident investigation and participate in root cause investigations of health and safety and environmental incidents/near misses on site to identify corrective and preventative actions.
• Support the EHS Lab and Environmental Lab to ensure testing is carried out in compliance with the laboratory systems and procedures and provide operational support in testing of samples as required.
• Ensure waste generated on site is managed in compliance with all relevant IE licence, Irish and EU legislative requirements. Maintain all records and information from a regulatory perspective for hazardous and non-hazardous waste on site.

• Site-based environmental, health and safety experience working in a manufacturing pharmaceutical environment.
• Strong knowledge of current Environmental, Health and Safety Legislation/Regulation and current best practice.
• Proven track record of maintaining environmental, health and safety compliance in a pharmaceutical company.
• Ability to clearly communicate the environmental, health and safety requirements of activities.

• Educated to degree level in Science, Engineering or equivalent EHS discipline.
• Postgraduate qualification in Health and Safety if Primary Degree is not in Health and Safety.
• Environmental Compliance Postgraduate Qualification is an advantage.

• This is a permanent position.
• Position is based on-site in Dublin.
• This position is onsite with some flexibility to work from home 1 day a week depending on workload.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.