EHS Advisor

EHS Officer Distribution & Supply Chain

Reporting to: Warehouse Manager Location: Hybrid Office Site & Home Travel across the island of Ireland required; occasional UK travel Full driving licence required

The Role

This is a hands-on EHS role embedded in a distribution and supply chain environment. You will be the safety presence on the floor and the voice of EHS at management level able to shift between both without losing credibility in either.

The business operates at pace with lean teams. The expectation is not that you will be managed through every challenge it is that you will identify what needs doing and solve problems using your own initiative.

Health & Safety

• Develop review and maintain risk assessments relevant to warehouse and distribution operations manual handling racking vehicle movements loading/unloading
  
• Update and maintain the Safety Statement and supporting policies; work toward ISO 45001 compliance
  
• Deliver induction and on-site training: Manual Handling Fire Safety Fire Warden Chemical Safety
  
• Carry out monthly site inspections and produce structured inspection reports
  
• Manage the contractor management system review documentation approve permits supervise on-site activity
  
• Conduct H&S audits assessing both compliance and safety culture; produce audit reports and close out findings
  
• Manage the safety observation and near-miss reporting system through to close-out
  
• Investigate accidents and incidents; report to the HSA/HSE where required
  
• Carry out DSE pregnancy and vulnerable person risk assessments
  
• Manage chemical inventories SDS records and associated training documentation
  
• Coordinate external training providers for specialist requirements forklift MEWP working at height
  
• Support and advise management on all H&S matters
  

Environmental

• Conduct environmental audits and contribute to Environmental Working Group activity
  
• Track and trend carbon emissions data across sites
  
• Manage WEEE reporting obligations
  
• Review and update the Environmental Management System in line with ISO 14001
  

Requirements

• A qualification in Health Safety & Environmental management or a closely related discipline
  
• Demonstrable experience applying EHS principles in a warehouse logistics distribution or supply chain setting
  
• Confident communication skills you are as comfortable addressing a team on the warehouse floor as presenting findings to senior management
  
• Strong written skills your reports and documentation are clear structured and fit for audit
  
• The ability to work with initiative in a lean environment where priorities shift and self-direction is expected
  
• Proficiency in MS Office; accurate record-keeping is non-negotiable
  
• Full clean driving licence and willingness to travel regularly across the island of Ireland and occasionally to UK sites
  

What Would Strengthen Your Application

• Experience with ISO 45001 or ISO 14001 implementation or transition
  
• Familiarity with contractor management in a regulated distribution environment
  
• Exposure to carbon tracking or WEEE reporting obligations
  
• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent