Health & Safety Advisor

Candidate Location: Latin America only
Job Location: Dublin, Ireland – On-site
Relocation: Mandatory relocation from Latin America to Ireland
Employment Type: Full-time
Minimum Experience: 3+ years of relevant Health & Safety experience, ideally within civil engineering, drainage, utilities, construction, or infrastructure projects

About the Company

Our client is an established organisation in Ireland operating within the civil engineering and infrastructure sector.

The company delivers projects across multiple sites and is currently expanding its Health & Safety team.

For confidentiality reasons, additional company information will be shared with shortlisted candidates later in the recruitment process.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Health & Safety Advisor currently based in Latin America to join the company’s team in Dublin, Ireland.

The successful Health & Safety Advisor will support the delivery of projects across the business from a Health & Safety point of view. A strong ethos on health and safety, compliance, reporting, and documentation are essential qualities.

Important – LATAM Candidates & Relocation to Ireland

This opportunity is exclusively for candidates currently based in Latin America.

The successful candidate must be willing to relocate from Latin America to Ireland.

Relocation is mandatory and non-negotiable for this role.

The company will support and manage the relocation process for the successful candidate.

This is not a remote position. Once hired, the candidate will be expected to work on-site in Dublin, Ireland and across project locations as required.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Provide health and safety training to employees including but not limited to manual handling, toolbox talks and safety induction.
Previous experience conducting safety inspections and audits.
Approaches accident prevention and protection of the environment in a positive manner with the ability to initiate and maintain this positive manner with effective and efficient measures to raise safety, health and environmental standards and awareness.
Assist in the preparation of reports on occurrences and provide statistical information to management.
Implement the company’s health, safety and environmental policy, procedures, and management systems.
Assist in the maintenance of Health & Safety KPIs to help drive improvement in all related matters.
Support management in the development of H&S procedures, policies, and programs.
Work as part of the HSQE team to ensure the provision of a safe and productive work environment.
Always seek to improve the standard of Health & Safety in a practical manner within the company management system and on specific sites.
Monitor and enforce the implementation of Health & Safety Management System.
Identify site specific hazards and ensure they are addressed in the site documentation and in a practical manner on the site.
Ensure clear lines of communication are maintained to the H&S Manager.
Ensure the site folders and statutory records are being maintained.
Ensure strict adherence to site rules by all.
Assist site management to comply with statutory H&S requirements.
Assist Health & Safety Manager to develop and implement Risk assessments and improvements to the Safe Systems of Work.
Assist H&S Manager and Site management to coordinate the safe systems of work for all.
Carry out H&S auditing on site and address non-conformances as they are identified with site management and contractors.
Contribute to accident and incident investigation.
Identify training needs on site for personnel and contractors.
Ad hoc tasks as needed by the wider business.

Required Experience and Competencies

Full clean driver’s license essential.
A 3rd level qualification in Health and Safety is desirable.
Civils, drainage or utilities (water & electricity) experience.
Confident, motivated and can work independently as well as part of a team.
Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines.
Time management abilities to meet targets.
Good communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
Integrity and respect for confidentiality and privacy.
Strong relationship builder and ability to leverage key relationships across the full spectrum of project stakeholders and statutory bodies.
Ability to manage risk and implement control measures.
Able to work and build strong relationships with contractors from various backgrounds and trades.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity for a LATAM-based Health & Safety professional to gain international experience and continue developing their career in Ireland.

The role offers exposure to site safety management, inspections, audits, risk assessments, incident investigations, contractor coordination, HSQE systems, training, and infrastructure project delivery.

The company will provide support throughout the relocation process from Latin America to Ireland.

Important Application Requirement

Only candidates currently based in Latin America who are willing and able to relocate to Dublin, Ireland will be considered.

The position is fully on-site in Ireland. Relocation is mandatory and will be supported by the company.