Pinewood Healthcare is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of healthcare products, currently employing over 320 people across two sites in Tipperary and Dublin.
Originally established in 1976 to serve the renal care market in Ireland, Pinewood evolved over the years under indigenous Irish ownership until its sale in 2006 to the Wockhardt Group, an Indian global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in Mumbai, India.
Wockhardt employs over 7,000 people across 27 nationalities with a presence in the USA, UK, Ireland, Switzerland, France, Mexico, Russia and many other countries.
It has manufacturing and research facilities in India, the USA and UK and a manufacturing facility in Ireland (Pinewood Healthcare).
We are currently recruiting for an EHS&S Manager position.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the co-ordination of all environmental, health & safety and security matters applicable to our Tipperary and Dublin sites.
They will provide technical expertise across all functions to ensure a compliant and safe workplace for all employees, visitors, and contractors. The job holder will be expected to maintain an awareness of Safety and Occupational Health trends and participate in initiatives, which will help to ensure Wockhardt maintains a high standard of employee welfare.
Confidentiality is paramount and the jobholder is expected to initiate new ideas.
Key Responsibilities includes but not limited to: .
Ensure environmental objectives and targets are set and achieved throughout the organization.
Advise and monitor the implementation of safe systems of work encompassing current legislative requirements.
Recommend and implement emergency policies and ensure specific control systems meet required standards.
Advise on potential health risks at work, health of employees, health promotion.
Ensuring Safety Data Sheets are up to date.
Ensure adequate trained First Aid cover and provisions on site at all times.
Ensure risk assessment and approval process of introducing new chemicals to site is completed.
Ensure Directors and Managers are aware of their legal requirements and identify to them any shortfalls our safety management system Monitor, audit and review policies and procedures to ensure current legislative requirements are met and safe systems of work are being maintained.
Ensure environmental information is available for review.
Carry out external and internal environmental audits to ensure Pinewood meets the required standards.
Manage Occupational Hygiene campaigns and engineering control improvement projects.
Management of Environmental Licenses & certifications, reporting and renewals.
Implement and maintain the company risk assessment management system and carry out risk assessments for working procedures and operating equipment.
Determine and advise on acceptable risk levels.
Provide information to inspectors and emergency services, as appropriate.
Provide support during customer audits.
Ensure accidents and incidents are investigated and corrective actions are implemented to prevent recurrence.
Provide relevant information to insurance brokers.
Identify training needs and deliver training and awareness sessions to encourage a minimum risk site is maintained.
Ensure all new starters are fully inducted to site to minimise potential safety and health risks and records of attendance to be fed back to HR.
Maintenance of first aid provision, training and supplies.
Collation and presentation of statistics of injury or ill health at work Key Requirements Job Knowledge: A sound, wide ranging Environmental, Health & Safety knowledge with 5 years' experience in a similar role, gained within a Pharmaceutical manufacturing environment desired.
Possession of deep expertise in process safety management (PSM).
Qualifications: Formal H&S qualification, minimum degree level.
Extensive knowledge of Health and Safety legislation Extensive knowledge of Process Safety and ATEX Directives.
Knowledge of relevant environmental legislation Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to work with all levels of staff, contractors or customers.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Suite Skills: Have sufficient knowledge to advise on day to day operational EHS issues and apply knowledge in a team environment with personnel from other functions and different levels of the organization. Strong capability of driving safety culture in a multinational environment.