TITLE: Health & Safety Officer
BUSINESS UNIT: Dairy Ingredients
FUNCTION: Assist in the delivery of the organisation's Health & Safety strategy by ensuring regulatory compliance and contributing to a strong safety culture.
REPORTING TO: Health & Safety Manager
LOCATION: Nenagh / Tipperary Town
PURPOSE:
To contribute to a safe and healthy working environment by embedding effective health and safety practices, supporting risk reduction, and promoting continuous improvement across all site activities.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Implement, maintain, and continuously improve the site's safety management system.
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Support, advise, and provide technical expertise to managers to ensure legislative compliance and enhance health and safety performance across the business.
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Conduct and attend regular meetings with the site leadership team, managers, and supervisors.
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Perform risk assessments and implement corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
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Support and implement ArraTipp's leading indicator programme, including reporting good saves, completing safety audits and inspections, and conducting safety conversations.
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Ensure all accidents and near misses are reported, recorded, and thoroughly investigated.
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Review, develop, and implement health and safety procedures, policies, work instructions, checklists, and other documentation as required.
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Identify training needs and support the management and maintenance of training records.
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Assist in the design and development of training plans and programmes.
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Deliver health and safety inductions and other training as required.
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Liaise and coordinate with external consultants and relevant stakeholders.
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Coach and support employees in adopting positive health and safety behaviours and practices.
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Coordinate and support emergency preparedness activities, including emergency plans and fire drills.
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Support the Contractor Management System to ensure compliance and safe working practices.
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Assist in the preparation of health and safety reports for the business.
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Monitor, track, and report on key health and safety metrics.
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Attend monthly safety committee meetings and record accurate minutes for each division.
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Coordinate and manage the ordering of health and safety materials, including signage, PPE, first aid supplies, and spill response equipment.
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Carry out any other duties as required in line with business needs.
QUALIFICATION
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Relevant third level qualification in Occupational Health & Safety.
KEY COMPETENCIES
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Experience working in a manufacturing or food production environment is desirable.
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Strong knowledge of current health and safety legislation and best practice.
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Flexible and adaptable approach to working patterns where required.
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Strong computer literacy, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; experience with online management systems is desirable.
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Ability to work on own initiative with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
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Highly organised, motivated, and results-driven.
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Train the Trainer, Manual Handling, or other instructor qualifications are desirable but not essential.
Note: As with all positions, due to the nature of our business, key responsibilities will evolve and change over time.
