Health & Safety Manager

Osborne are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced Health & Safety Manager to join a leading food manufacturing business based in Co. Kildare.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Health & Safety professional to lead the site’s safety strategy, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation while driving a proactive safety culture across a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining and continuously improving health and safety systems, supporting operational teams and ensuring the highest standards of compliance and employee wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure full compliance with Irish Health & Safety legislation, company standards and customer requirements.
• Develop, implement and continuously improve site Health & Safety policies, procedures, risk assessments and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Lead the investigation of accidents, incidents and near misses, ensuring root cause analysis is completed and corrective actions are implemented.
• Manage statutory reporting requirements and maintain accurate Health & Safety records.
• Monitor unsafe acts and unsafe conditions, identifying trends and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
• Act as the primary point of contact for regulatory inspections, customer audits and external Health & Safety assessments.
• Manage contractor safety, permit-to-work systems and site inductions.
• Coordinate Health & Safety training programmes, ensuring competency records remain up to date.
• Oversee emergency preparedness, including fire safety, emergency response procedures, evacuation drills and site emergency teams.
• Chair Health & Safety meetings and present safety performance reports to senior management.
• Promote a positive safety culture by coaching, mentoring and supporting managers and employees.
• Line manage Health & Safety personnel and provide leadership across the wider business.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance workplace safety and operational performance.

Candidate Profile

Essential Requirements

• Recognised qualification in Occupational Health & Safety (NEBOSH, IOSH, QQI Level 6 or higher, or equivalent).
• Proven experience in a Health & Safety Management role within a manufacturing, industrial or other high-risk environment.
• Strong knowledge of Irish Health & Safety legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Experience developing and implementing Health & Safety management systems.
• Excellent incident investigation, risk assessment and root cause analysis skills.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Excellent organisational skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Full, clean driving licence.

Desirable Experience:

• Previous experience within the food manufacturing, meat processing, FMCG or cold storage sectors.
• Experience preparing for and managing external audits and regulatory inspections.
• Knowledge of behavioural safety programmes and continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean or Kaizen.
• Experience managing Health & Safety teams and developing staff.

What’s on Offer:

• Permanent, full-time position.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to join a well-established and growing manufacturing business.
• A key leadership role with significant responsibility and autonomy.
• Supportive working environment focused on continuous improvement.
• Excellent opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• If you are an experienced Health & Safety professional looking to take the next step in your career within a dynamic manufacturing environment, we’d love to hear from you.
• Apply today through Osborne Recruitment for a confidential discussion.

For more information, please apply through the link provided for the attention of  Daniel Kirwan or email daniel.kirwan@osborne.ie
If you are interested in finding out more about the above role and would like to be considered for other suitable roles that we may have available for your skill set – please attach your CV via the link provided
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If you are living in Ireland and hold a valid work permit, we would love to hear from you, if however, you do not hold a valid work permit unfortunately we will not be in a position to assist you with your job search. 
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