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EHS Advisor

Job description

Full-time, Permanent Position
Location - Dublin 15

*** Must hold Stamp 4 / EU Passport to apply***

Force Recruitment have partnered with one of the best pharmaceutical manufacturers who are on a look out for an EHS Advisor for their site based in Dublin.

Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the site is operating in accordance with current legislation, fully compliant with our Industrial Emissions Licence (IEL), EU and National environmental health & safety legislation.

  • Be visible to the operational and site teams ensuring an open communication path for all EHS queries or suggestions.

  • Coordinate environmental controls and ensure all environmentally critical equipment is operating correctly.

  • Liaise with external EHS Agencies, e.g. EPA, Fingal Co. Council, Irish Water, HSA, etc. as required, representing the company to the highest standard.

  • Coordinate site environmental and waste management programmes driving continuous improvements.

  • Highlight all pertinent environmental, health and safety concerns and issues, and propose suitable means of addressing them.

  • Ensure that all staff receive training relating to our IEL and environmental awareness, as appropriate.

  • Coordinate Health and Safety as well as Environmental audit programmes to global EHS standards and ISO requirements.

  • Maintain and generate EHS Metrics for our site weekly and monthly scorecards and analyse data to track progress toward our EHS goals.

  • Collaborate with the wider global EHS team on upcoming sustainability projects and strategies to support annual targets.

  • Develop and implement plant-wide improvements in risk reduction and risk management solutions arising from EHS assessment and monitoring.

  • Develop and implement adequate occupational hygiene measures, including measurement and analysis of defined levels, and implementation of suitable control measures if required.

  • Review and update, as and when required, EHS-related Standard Operating Procedures using document control system.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate global EHS & sustainability principles into new projects and manage change on site having due regard to IEL requirements.

About your skills & experience

  • A qualification in Environmental Science or EHS equivalent is required for this role, minimum Level 8.

  • 5 years’ experience in a similar role.

  • IPPC/IEL licence experience essential for this position.

  • Occupational hygiene measurement and assessment experience.

  • Waste management and recycling experience.

  • Trade effluent legislation and compliance experience.

  • Air emissions legislation and compliance experience.

  • Emergency response system implementation and management experience.