H&S Manager

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Reporting to: H&S Manager

Salary: TBC

Hours: 40 hours

Role Purpose

The Senior Health & Safety Manager is responsible for leading the organisation’s health & safety strategy, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and best practices. This role oversees the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of H&S policies, risk management processes, and safety culture across the client site. The postholder provides full time, expert guidance to senior leadership and manages the H&S initiatives and systems to deliver a safe and compliant working environment.

This position should have the capability to identify gaps, design and implement H&S systems to mitigate risk and decrease H&S incidents onsite. A senior H&S person who can represent ISS HSEQ at a global level both metrically and individually.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Leadership

• Lead the development and execution of the company-wide H&S strategy.
• Champion a proactive safety culture and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide expert advice to senior leadership on emerging risks, legislation changes, and strategic planning.
• Lead and mentor the ISS team in H&S, ensuring high-quality performance around our safety culture.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure full compliance with all relevant Health & Safety legislation, standards, and codes of practice.
• Maintain and continually update H&S policies, procedures, and documentation.
• Manage regulatory audits, inspections, and reporting obligations.
• Liaise with external bodies (HSA, local authorities, insurance providers, auditors).

Risk Management

• Oversee the risk assessment programme, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, and controlled.
• Lead incident/accident investigations and implement preventative actions.
• Ensure robust safety management systems (SMS) are maintained.

Training & Awareness

• Develop and deliver H&S training programmes to employees and contractors.
• Ensure mandatory training compliance across all functions.
• Promote awareness campaigns and behavioural safety initiatives.

Operational Oversight

• Conduct regular site inspections, audits, and safety reviews.
• Support project teams with H&S planning for new works, refurbishments, and operational changes.
• Manage contractor H&S compliance and onboarding processes.
• Monitor H&S performance indicators and present reports to senior management.

Incident Management

· Carry out accident investigation in order to identify route causes using analysis tools such as 6 box.

· Ensure control measures are identified and applied.

· Ensure hazards are identified, risks are documented and minimised.

· Assist, identify and champion best practice.

· Manage non-conformances and complaints and record centrally.

Qualifications:

· Third level qualification in Occupational Health & Safety Management

· IOSH/NEBOSH Certified

· Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Health and Safety role

Highly Desirable:

· Competency in the Facility Services Sector.

· Knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation.

Skills:

· Ability to develop safety programs and safety innovation.

· Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

· Audit and review.

· Training delivery and presentation skills.

· Experience developing risk assessments and method statements

Competencies:

· Adaptability and flexibility.

· Communication skills (written and verbal, fluency in English required also).

· Customer service & people management skills.

· Decision making.

· Drive & determination.

· Initiative, Innovation, Problem solving.

· Relationship building.

· Risk awareness.

· Self-confidence.

· Team building.

Other features of the job

• It may be necessary to work alternative hours, shift patterns or unsociable hours, including weekends and sometimes more than contracted hours.
• As part of your job, you will be expected to attend training events and/or meetings and travel to other locations may be required.
• Local requirements will govern your patterns and locations of work.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Bike to work scheme
• Company events
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness program

Application question(s):

• Third level qualification in Occupational Health & Safety Management

Experience:

• Health and Safety Manager: 5 years (required)

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• IOSH/NEBOSH (required)

Work authorisation:

• Ireland (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 03/04/2026