Apleona is seeking an experienced and influential EHS Manager to lead Environment, Health & Safety performance for our integrated facilities management operation supporting a global biopharmaceutical client's operation across Ireland. ***Travel required***
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5pm
Main duties and responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop a team of EHS professionals supporting operations across Cruiserath, Dublin Plaza and Shannon.
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Establish clear objectives, priorities and development plans for direct reports.
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Foster a positive, proactive and accountable safety culture across all locations and provide EHS guidance to operational management teams.
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Develop and implement the Ireland EHS strategy aligned with objectives.
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Drive continuous improvement initiatives and monitor emerging regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
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Lead EHS programmes, campaigns and cultural improvement initiatives and support strategic business growth initiatives and mobilisation activities.
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Ensure compliance with Irish H&S legislation, environmental requirements, Apleona policies, Apleona Key Account requirements and BMS expectations.
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Maintain oversight of legal registers and ensure actions arising from legislative changes are effectively implemented.
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Ensure operational activities always remain audit ready and support regulatory inspections, client audits and internal key account and Apleona audits.
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Monitor contractor compliance with site-specific and statutory requirements.
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Ensure suitable and sufficient risk assessments are developed, reviewed and maintained for Apleona activities in accordance with both Apleona and client requirements.
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Oversee high-risk work activities and critical risk controls and lead identification and mitigation of operational hazards and emerging risks.
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Ensure lessons learned are captured and implemented across all Irish locations.
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Lead investigations into significant incidents, near misses and environmental events and ensure causes are identified and appropriate corrective actions implemented.
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Monitor Apleona Investigation and CAPA effectiveness and closure performance across all three sites.
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Analyse incident trends and develop proactive prevention strategies.
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Provide EHS governance and oversight of contractors, and support contractor onboarding, qualification and performance monitoring processes.
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Accountable for the governance, assurance and performance oversight of contractor EHS programmes across all supported locations.
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Partner with procurement and operational teams to manage supplier EHS performance.
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Act as the primary EHS interface with BMS EHS leadership and site stakeholders, and build strong relationships across operational, technical and quality functions.
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Present EHS performance, trends and improvement initiatives to senior leadership forums.
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Support client inspections, regulatory interactions and strategic EHS discussions.
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Partner with Quality, Engineering and Operational teams to ensure EHS requirements support GMP and GxP expectations
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Develop, monitor and communicate account EHS KPIs and performance metrics and produce reports, dashboards and executive summaries.
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Drive achievement of contractual EHS goals and account objectives, while utilising digital tools and analytics to identify improvement opportunities and emerging risk trends.
Qualifications and experience
- Minimum 7 years' EHS experience with at least 3 years in a leadership or management role within a regulated industrial, pharmaceutical, life sciences or manufacturing environment.
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Degree or equivalent qualification in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering or related discipline.
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Facilities Management experience and GMP/GxP environment experience is desirable.
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Demonstrated experience leading and developing EHS professionals.
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Strong knowledge of Irish health and safety legislation.
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Experience managing contractors within complex operational environments
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Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
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Strong analytical, investigation and report-writing capabilities.
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital EHS reporting systems.
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Experience leading or participating in compliance, client and management system audits.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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