Health & Safety Manager
Location: Athlone, Ireland
Hours: 37.5 hours Monday-Friday with core hours 10:00-16:00
Business Unit: Arran
Open to: Internal and External candidates
Ref No.: HRJOB11532
Salary: Starting salary for this role is 55,000
The Opportunity
At Almac, we are committed to delivering quality, safety and excellence across all our operations. As our Athlone facilities continue to grow, we are seeking a Health & Safety Manager to lead and develop our Health & Safety function.
In this key leadership role, you will be responsible for managing and evolving Health & Safety systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards while driving continuous improvement in both occupational and process safety. You will act as the subject matter expert across chemical safety and hazardous manufacturing environments, supporting safe, compliant and efficient operations.
This is a highly visible position where you will work cross-functionally, influence strategic direction, and promote a strong, proactive safety culture across site and wider operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and develop the Health & Safety team, driving performance and continuous professional development
- Act as the key point of contact for Health & Safety across the site, providing expert advice to stakeholders and senior leadership
- Promote and embed a strong safety culture through effective communication, engagement and leadership
- Ensure compliance with all relevant Health & Safety legislation, industry standards and best practice
- Support process safety activities, including hazard identification and risk assessments (e.g. HAZOP, LOPA, SIL)
- Manage and support the transition to, and ongoing compliance with, COMAH / Seveso equivalent requirements
- Develop and implement safe systems of work across manufacturing, engineering and operational activities
- Lead and oversee accident and incident investigations, ensuring robust reporting, root cause analysis and follow-up actions
- Lead site audits, inspections and continuous improvement initiatives
- Develop and manage site-wide Health & Safety training programmes
- Act as a key liaison with regulatory bodies, external stakeholders and local authorities
- Establish and maintain emergency preparedness and response systems
- Ensure strong governance, reporting and tracking of Health & Safety performance metrics
- Support cross-functional teams to ensure safety considerations are integrated into operational and project activities
What you need to be Successful
Essential Criteria
- NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent)
- Chartered Safety Practitioner (or working towards)
- Substantial experience managing Health & Safety within a chemical, pharmaceutical or manufacturing environment
- Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, including chemical safety and regulatory compliance
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing teams
Desirable Criteria
- Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related discipline
- Process safety leadership qualification such as HAZOP chair, PSM
- Experience supporting or implementing ISO 45001 management systems
- Thorough understanding of material characterisation, Reaction chemistry Calorimetry, Basis of safety, Hazard identification and Hazard study stages, LOPA and SIL determination, Relief sizing, DSEAR/ ATEX compliance
- Experience engaging with regulatory bodies and leading site compliance programmes
- Proven experience in Process Safety Management within a high hazard environment
What We Offer
Joining Almac means becoming part of a fastpaced, growing organisation within a highly regulated industry. We offer a supportive and collaborative working environment, with excellent opportunities for learning, development and longterm career progression across the Almac Group.
Our approach is simple we support, develop and reward our people, build fulfilling careers and together we advance human health. More information can be found here; Life at Almac - Almac.
How to apply
Apply online and tailor your CV to outline how you meet the role criteria. Please upload your CV in PDF format where possible.
Closing Date
Closing date for receipt of all CVS: 5pm, Sunday 21 June 2026
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE NOTE: Almac will only accept applications from agencies/business partners that have been invited to work on this role by our Talent Acquisition team. Speculative candidate CVs received or submitted directly to Hiring Managers will be considered unsolicited and no fee will be payable. Thank you for your cooperation.
