Maintenance Safety Lead – Dublin 15

Ayrton Group are seeking a Maintenance Safety Lead to join our client at a pharmaceutical facility in Dublin 15.

The Maintenance Safety Lead will work alongside the Engineering Operations & Maintenance team to ensure the highest levels of Safety compliance are applied in the field, within a busy, safety focused environment.

The role will be heavily operationally focused, with in the field support for the team, finding workable solutions and mentoring/coaching on use of company safe systems of work.

This is a 12 month contract role, with the potential for extension, commencing in late November.

Key Responsibilities:

- Ensure the highest level of compliance to all regulatory Safety requirements within the team.
- Coordinate Safety related activities in the operating unit and to ensure sustained and continuous improvement in EHSS compliance.
- Facilitate local compliance with the Incident/Accident management system.
- Support/execute Safety investigations by providing SME input and support/execute subsequent CAPA completion, where required/assigned.
- Evaluate and promote a Safety Culture, embedding an intrinsically psychologically safe working environment.
- Attend weekly SAT (Safety Action Teams) forum to provide support and focus on necessary safety related themes/topics for discussion with Technicians and Engineers.
- Have complete oversight of area risk assessment program by ensuring non-routine tasks are identified and risk assessments are completed in a consistent and comprehensive way.
- Facilitate all RAMS reviews and approval with EHSS by being the focal point within the group (GMP Maintenance, Critical Utility Maintenance and Wastewater/Environmental Maintenance).
- Be the liaison in the operating unit with EHSS team for external audits. Network on EHSS issues within the business and across operating sites. Ensure any incident learnings are communicated across the business and the wider site network.
- Support wellbeing of all staff on site in accordance with company policies and regulations.
- Ensure safe working practices are written/documented and followed through.
- Ensure training and re-training of staff by facilitating required facilitator led training courses.
- Maintain a training matrix, recording all relevant EHSS training.
- Deliver ongoing continuous improvement to plant and processes when it comes to safe ways of working for a high performing team.
- Develop Safety compliance related metrics/KPIs/KBIs using appropriate data visualisation.
- Provide guidance, support and coaching to Reliability/Maintenance Technicians regarding safe ways of working in the field.
- Perform Safety focused field based GEMBAs at assigned intervals.
- Support development of Energy Control Plans, working alongside field Technicians.
- Be the Department LOTO (Lockout Tagout) champion and support rollout, training and sustained compliance of refreshed COHE site standard.
- Where required, support Maintenance Engineering teams with WO management (e.g. review of Safety centric work orders completed in field by Technicians).

Key Requirements:

- Hold a relevant Engineering related qualification (Level 7/Level 8 BTech/BEng).
- Have experience as an Engineering professional working with process equipment in a biologics, pharma, chemical or food manufacturing facility.
- Previous experience working alongside 24/7 shift teams is also desirable (NB: Shift work is not a requirement for this role).
- Previous hands on/Technician experience, with exposure to LOTO practices would be desirable.
- Have an good working knowledge of the relevant Engineering/Safety legislation.
- Have experience of risk assessment, auditing and incident investigation processes.
- It is essential that the candidate prioritises safety, quality, and reliability in every task.
- Working knowledge of Maximo or equivalent CMMS system.
- High level of attention to detail and strong problem solving abilities.
- Excellent communication/interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team, in a cross functional collaborative environment with all levels of the organisation as required and with interdisciplinary departments.
- Flexible and amenable to change with ability to work independently when required.

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