Senior EH&S Compliance Manager

Tirlán

Tirlán, is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands.

Tirlán owns leading brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, mymilkman.ie and GAIN Animal Nutrition.

We nurture a talented team across Ireland, the US, MEA and China, delivering annual revenues of over €3 billion, and over 2,300 people to manage our network of 11 processing plants and 52 agri branches. Our purpose is to nourish the world, while safeguarding our environment for future generations.

Role Profile:

The Senior EH&S Compliance Manager reports to the Head of EH&S and ensures our operations comply with all legal, regulatory, and company requirements related to EH&S. This role collaborates with our operations teams supporting EH&S site leads to ensure the success of all EH&S systems and standards while driving and promoting continuous improvement.

The role is responsible for leading and embedding our EH&S policies and standards within the business, ensuring their successful application. The Senior EH&S Compliance Manager will verify site compliance through a defined internal audit process and coordinate EH&S data reported through the network 3M structure, reporting to the Head of EH&S on performance.

Additionally, the role acts as the central liaison with external networks such as the EPA, Irish Water, H.S.A, or any other required bodies, in conjunction with the Head of EH&S. The Senior EH&S Compliance Manager also plays a wider leadership role as part of the Quality & Compliance Leadership Team.

Responsibilities

• Health and Safety First, Food Safety Always, Compliance Every day to lead (develop & manage) the Zero Harm culture across Tirlán and ensure a management led approach, embed a culture of continuous EHS improvement sharing and replication of best practice. 
• Track and develop trends for common causes of incidents at plants, mills, retail branches and all other sites across Tirlán, to inform and drive programmes for improved procedures.
• Live the Tirlán PVV, coaching mentality, and foster positive intent in Ways of Working (WOW)
• Ensure regulatory compliance readiness and a strong understanding of relevant regulations impacting our Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) agenda.
• Lead the Tirlán 3M process for the EH&S compliance network team.
• Assist in developing and embedding the Tirlán Environmental Health & Safety Compliance Strategy.
• Define and lead EH&S compliance programs.
• Collaborate with Operations & Supply Chain to enable EH&S compliance programs and support strategic compliance projects.
• Foster strong collaboration across the business and with internal & external stakeholders.
• Work with site teams on continuous improvement, COVI, and developing tomorrow projects.
• Verify EH&S systems to ensure compliance with Tirlán, licence, and regulatory standards.
• Support the EH&S NT in closing internal audit findings
• Capture key learnings across the group for focused improvement, standard development, training, and shared learnings.
• Identify, create, and deliver relevant EH&S training to develop a strong EH&S Network Team Culture.
• Enable & Ensure maintenance of certification to relevant ISO standards at all Tirlán sites.
• Develop and implement EH&S standards, policies, and procedures across the business.
• Support the RCA process for investigating accidents, incidents, and near misses, ensuring appropriate shared learnings.
• Promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement in health and safety practices.
• Conduct site visits as required to support EH&S function.

Key Requirements

• Engineering &/or Science based qualification.
• A high-calibre expertise with strong risk awareness and organisational savvy.
• Minimum 5+ years relevant work experience in an EHS role at a senior level.
• Experience in agricultural, food & dairy industries!
• Previous experience in Operations, Process / System Auditing, EHS Standards & Regulations
• Strong collaboration is a key success factor in the role across our entire business and with our external stakeholders.
• A proven ability of successfully developing and cultivating relationships with cross functional teams.
• Risk Awareness.
• Organisational Agility.
• Interpersonal Savvy.
• Detail focused.
• Conflict Management.
• Problem Solving.
• Domestic travel required.

We offer

• Hybrid working
• Free parking incl. EV charging – where applicable
• On-site gym free to use for employees
• Parenting room
• Work/life balance and collaborative work culture
• Career progression opportunities

About us

Through our expertise in research and development, customer insights, food safety and state-of-the-art manufacturing we bring innovative food and nutrition solutions to a global market. Our new and vibrant headquarters in Kilkenny City operates as a collaboration hub where multi-functional teams come together in a hybrid work environment.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion We believe in the value of difference. We know that different perspectives, life experience and backgrounds can drive innovation and deliver growth.

We welcome people from all walks of life without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status. 

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