Health & Safety Officer

With over 50 years’ experience, SAP Landscapes is one of Ireland’s leading landscape construction and maintenance companies. We employ more than 375 people across six divisions — grounds maintenance, landscape creation, small works, winter maintenance, tree works, interior planting and we are backed for continued growth.

Our work is genuinely safety-critical: tree works at height with chainsaws and machinery, winter gritting through the night, a large vehicle fleet and daily work on live client and construction sites. As we grow, we want an experienced Health & Safety Officer to help us build and lead a strong, practical safety culture across the business.

Position: Health & Safety Officer

Contract: Full Time (40 hours per week)

Reporting to: Health & Safety Manager

Base: Head Office, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Coverage: Greater Leinster (primarily Dublin-based sites)

The Role

Based at our Head Office in Maynooth with regular travel to client sites, you will make sure our health and safety policies, procedures and legal obligations are implemented and maintained across all operations. Working closely with the Health & Safety Manager, operational teams and site crews, you will provide hands-on support, guidance and coaching — not just paperwork — to keep our people and our clients safe.

Although SAP Landscapes is a landscape company, much of our work is construction-adjacent — landscape construction, working on and alongside live construction sites, plant and machinery, working at height and traffic management. The role carries strong commonality with construction and civils health and safety, including the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations and PSCS/PSDP coordination, so experience gained in construction, civils or facilities environments transfers directly.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and review Risk Assessments and Method Statements and produce Safety Plans for new projects.
• Carry out site audits and inspections across live client and construction sites, giving practical guidance and coaching to crews.
• Record and investigate incidents and accidents and report notifiable matters to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) where required.
• Deliver inductions, manual handling training and toolbox talks and maintain the company training matrix.
• Chair Health & Safety meetings and liaise with Safety Representatives on legislative compliance.
• Ensure all equipment registers are kept up to date.
• Review and update the company Safety Statement annually, and keep up to date with legislation and best practice.
• Conduct vehicle and equipment audits and ensure PPE and safety-equipment compliance.
• Coordinate fire safety procedures and emergency drills.
• Prepare documentation and statistics for internal and external audits and management reporting.
• Support environmental compliance and promote a positive, practical safety culture across the business.

Desired Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Health & Safety role (5+ desirable).
• A recognised H&S qualification or a related discipline.
• IOSH membership, held or working towards.
• Safe Pass, and familiarity with ISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety).
• Experience delivering training and presentations — Manual Handling Instructor or Occupational First Aid Instructor an advantage.
• Familiarity with construction/civils H&S — SHWW (Construction) Regulations and PSCS/PSDP coordination — an advantage.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong organisation and reporting.
• High attention to detail.
• Confident with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Full clean driving licence — essential, as regular field site visits are required.

Package:

• Salary €47,000 – €55,000 per annum (DOE).
• Full time, 40 hours per week.
• Regular site travel — mileage reimbursed or, access to a company van for business travel.
• Annual bonus (T&Cs).
• Investment in continuous professional development, including support for H&S qualifications and IOSH membership (T&Cs).
• PPE and mobile reporting tools provided.
• Company pension (T&Cs).
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Bike to Work scheme (T&Cs).
• Company events and Christmas Savings Club.
• Free on-site parking.

Ready to help us create better spaces, safely? We would love to hear from you.

SAP Landscapes is an equal opportunity employer.