Health and Safety Advisor, Mainland Europe

PE Global are delighted to be working with our client, a dedicated data centre delivery partner, and we are pleased to announce we are seeking an experienced Health and Safety Manager for a large data centre project in Sandviken, Sweden.

Our client is a dedicated data centre delivery partner providing turnkey solutions to our clients, headquartered in Dublin and delivering throughout Europe.

Our client specialises in providing turnkey data centre solutions, providing services from design, through to construction across the full range of civil, structural, architectural, mechanical and electrical services as well as commissioning.

Our client has grown to become the leading and most trusted company in our sector and is the only dedicated Data Centre delivery partner in Europe.

We are currently constructing multiple turnkey data centre projects in 7 different European countries, equating to over 430 MW of IT load in flight.

Please note, this opportunity is only open to candidates who hold a valid EU passport.

Role Purpose
The role of the Health and Safety Advisor is to provide Health and Safety guidance working with the project team. The role is to coordinate all EHS Matters within various Project Management Teams and to report constructively all EHS matters to Project Manager. Under the direction of the Health and Safety Manager, the Health and Safety Advisor will be responsible for providing support to the Project Managers, supervisors and workers.

Health and Safety Advisor Responsibilities

• Reports to Health and Safety Manager, Site Managers/Supervisors and Project Manager.
• Provides advice, guidance, instruction and training in all EHS matters to management, safety representatives and employees (including where applicable to sub-contractors, suppliers and visitors to sites).
• Carries out internal audits and site inspections in conjunction with Site Management, recommends corrective actions, improvements and document findings.
• Prepares in conjunction with site management team a project specific EHS Plan, induction and Risk Assessment Method Statements (RAMS). These shall be compiled and agreed prior to work commencing and ongoing through lookaheads.
• Ensures that the project specific EHS Plan, induction and RAMS are up to date, reviewed periodically and communicated to all relevant persons (including clients, Main Contractor, other contractors, visitors and others who may be affected by that work).
• Visits each new project, sets up the necessary site safety files (Series 500 & 600), registers, abstracts of regulations, posters, SEOR program, etc., and ensures that site establishment complies with the legislation, client regulations and company regulations as a minimum.
• Reviews Contractor Appointments and ensures that correct appointment is carried out and that only competent contractors are used on projects.
• Introduces and implements effective measures aimed at the prevention of incidents at work.
• Reports on incidents and/or dangerous occurrences should they occur to the EHS Manager, Project Manager and Site Managers as required.
• Reports on areas of concern to the relevant party for correction. Persistent and serious areas of concern are to be reported immediately to line management as per (1) above. Retains evidence of communications with relevant parties.
• Carries out incident investigation in conjunction with site management, establishes cause of incident or dangerous occurrence and recommends method for future avoidance.
• Audits the company site safety file, (Series 500 & 600), makes sure that hazards/risks are regularly assessed, that control measures are implemented, that inspections are carried out and that all incidents are reported, investigated and closed out.
• Prepares Monthly KPI Report for their projects, issues monthly return of Site Visit Schedule, SEORs, KPIs, violations to the EHS Manager and the Business Unit Manager. Issues new SDS to EHS Manager.
• Provides training and information to the workforce using appropriate training aids and media as required. Issues records of training to HR to update the training matrix.
• Attends internal and external site meetings as required – safety meetings, coordination meetings etc.

Necessary Requirements of the Health and Safety Advisor

• 3 – 5+ Years’ Experience in similar industry. Knowledge of Electrical, Mechanical and CSA preferably.
• Experience in large scale construction projects
• Diploma to NFQ 8 in Occupational H&S. Certificate to NFQ 6 Environmental Management. Safe Pass, (CSCS (UK)), Train the Trainer, First Aid, Training Instructor.
• Experience with the Construction Regulations and CDM roles, with experience working with sub-contractors.
• Experience with EHS Management Systems, safety schemes and tendering e.g. ISOs, Achilles, SSiPs etc.
• Excellent communication skills, through presentations, reports, written and verbal.
• Ability to be able to prepare Audits and HS reports, to a high standard.
• Up to date with Legislation, Standards, Guidance, Advice and Compliance.
• Ability to lead and coordinate incident investigations and utilise root cause analysis.
• IOSH Member or Equivalent.