Senior EHS Advisor | Finsterwalde

• Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years • To build your career by assisting in the delivery of ‘leading edge’ engineering projects. • To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards. • To benefit from Kirby’s Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability. • To work with the best. • Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations About Kirby Group Engineering Kirby Group Engineering is an international multi-disciplinary engineering services contractor and leading provider of high-value engineering services to a number of ‘blue chip’ companies. Operating across Ireland, the UK, Europe and South Africa, Kirby has become the engineering service provider of choice in growth segments such as pharmaceuticals, data centres and power transmission and distribution. Our culture is innovative, collaborative and performance focused. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow and develop in a company committed to developing talent and rewarding performance. Role Purpose The role of the Senior EHS Advisor is to provide Environment, Health and Safety guidance working with the project team. You will implement and maintain the Kirby management system for the project. 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 EHS Manager, the EHS Advisor will be responsible for providing support to the Project Managers, supervisors and workers. This position will provide leadership and coordination of the day-to-day EHS requirements of the assigned project(s). Key Functions of the Senior EHS Advisor • Provide advice, guidance, support and instruction in all EHS matters to management, safety representatives and employees (including where applicable to sub-contractors, suppliers and visitors to sites). • Provide leadership through good example. Be proactive in all matters concerning the role. • Identify training needs, report requirements to project team and carry out training as required. • Audit and inspect projects, agree and prepare achievable corrective and preventive action plans towards compliance to and continual improvement of the EHS on the project. • Report on business EHS risks, KPIs and trends accurately with data and recommend constructive actions towards continuous improvements. • Ensure incidents are reported and investigations are carried out in a thorough and professional manner in order to identify root causes and corrective and preventive action plans. • Ensure that Site EHS Plans, RAMS and other associated site documents are updated and compliant with statutory and other requirements and that they are reviewed on a continuous basis. EHS Advisor Responsibilities • Reports to EHS Manager, Site Managers/Supervisors and Project Manager. • Is conversant with the contents of the Kirby safety statement, environment manual, risk assessments, aspects & impacts, legislation and procedures. • 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 P