Junior H&S Officer

COMPANY

Energia

POSITION

Junior H&S Officer

LOCATION

Huntstown Power Station, Dublin 11

This role will be offered on a hybrid working basis.

At Energia Group, energy moves us to deliver careers that power a greener and fairer future. Across our two brands that serve the entire island of Ireland - Energia and Power NI - we supply hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses with positive energy solutions and innovative technologies leading Ireland's decarbonisation efforts. We're looking for people with positive energy who want to transform their ambition into impact in our environment and communities.

About the role

Energia, part of Energia Group, have an exciting opportunity for a Junior H&S Officer based in Huntstown Power Station, Dublin.

Reporting to the Health and Safety Officer, the Junior Health and Safety Advisor will coordinate, support and advise on all aspects with regards to Health and Safety at Huntstown Power Station.

This key role will implement and monitor safe working practices and procedures in accordance with legislation, establish, manage and monitor standards, processes, communications, training and systems to ensure all responsibilities associated with Health and Safety within Energia are adhered to ensure a consistent approach to our HSE practices.

What we offer

23-25 days holiday per year Plus 10 statutory

Annual cost of living salary review

Performance based bonus of up to 10% of your salary

Pension scheme - A generous matching pension scheme

Career progression - Great opportunities and year round learning

Fully paid private medical insurance

Opportunity to buy extra holidays

Employee assistance programme (Counselling Service)

Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity pay

Wellbeing / L&D calendars

Membership of sports and social clubs

Subsidised gym membership

Car parking

Cycle to work scheme options

Your key responsibilities and accountabilities

Day-to-day, here's what your new role would look like:

• Provide support to ensure we meet our statutory obligations in all areas pertaining to health, safety and welfare at work, including statutory training and reporting.

• Ensure that all Health and Safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to and are regularly reviewed, updated and communicated.

• Maintain and monitor existing safe systems of work and introduce improvements where necessary.

• Keep up to date with all aspects of relevant health, safety and welfare at work legislation and communicate and / or recommend relevant changes to the business.

• Maintain Health & Safety induction programmes for contractors and employees and ensure all other H&S training is kept up to date.

• Update and monitor the Health and Safety management system for Huntstown Power Station.

• Assist in the creation and review of Health and Safety plans, risk assessments and method statements to ensure they are prepared and reviewed for all planned work.

• Ensure that all incidents are documented, investigated and recommended improvements implemented.

• Carry out risk assessments, routine inspections and support with site audits as required.

• Ensure that all accidents and near misses are reported, recorded and investigated and that suitable corrective measures are put in place.

• Act as a contact for external Health and Safety agencies such as the HSA.

• Support with the power station health and safety plans for maintenance shutdowns, and act as the H&S expert for the duration of any outages.

• Ad hoc projects as they arise.

Our key criteria

These are the qualifications, experience, skills, or knowledge you must have:

• Possess or be working to a third level qualification in Occupational H&S, a NEBOSH general certificate standard or equivalent.

• Demonstrable experience of carrying out risk assessments and conducting H&S audits.

• Previous experience in a similar role.

• Strong MS Office skills.

Our desirable criteria

These help decide between talent who meet all the essential criteria:

• Proven experience of working to, adhering to and promoting Health and Safety policies and practices.

• Previous experience in a power plant environment.

• Experience of dealing with external contractors and regulatory bodies.

If you are enthusiastic about this role but don't meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Your past experiences might be the perfect match for this or other positions, making you the unique talent we're looking for.

Social opportunities

We have a number of social opportunities for employees to build peer to peer networks and provide feedback to the business including our Employee Connect Groups, Green Team and Women's Network - Women in Energy and of course not forgetting our Social Clubs.

Learning and development

At Energia Group we thrive best as a business when our employees are continually learning and developing core skills. In addition, we offer bespoke one to one mentoring for business skills via our in-house Mentoring Programme.

Our Values

TRUSTWORTHY

We're trusted to bring our best selves to work, treat our customers with care an empower people and communities.

DYNAMIC

We're adaptable and agile, always developing new ideas to improve our customers' lives, achieve our business goals and lead on climate action.

RESOURCEFUL

We're creative and capable, countering everyday problems and committing our resources to developing the solutions that deliver the best service for all.

COMMUNITY FOCUSED

We partner with charitable organisations, donating money, time and expertise to benefit good causes.

Apply now!

A reserve list will be held for six months in which you will be placed if you are suitable for the role. Energia Group is an equal opportunities employer.

Closing date: 20/10/2024