Environmental Health & Safety Officer

Company Description

Eurofins Biomnis Ireland is the leading independent provider of Medical Laboratory Services in the country and part of one of the largest medical laboratory groups in the world.

We are a medically led and ISO 15189 accredited organisation dedicated to delivering accurate and reliable medical laboratory results to help health care professionals diagnose, treat and prevent disease. 

We are part of the Eurofins Scientific Group.

We are recruiting for a:

Environmental Health & Safety Officer

We are currently seeking to recruit a  Environmental Health & Safety Officer to join us in Eurofins Biomnis in Sandyford, Dublin 18. We are looking for an ambitious professional, passionate about Health & Safety and our environment, and looking to grow their career with us.

What we offer:

In the spirit of supporting and improving the health and well-being of our employees, building resilience, confidence and compassion through education and activities, our "Wellbeing Committee" was founded. "The Wellbeing Committee" plans activities, promotes participation, represents employees from all organizational levels, and creates and maintains open lines of communication between wellness committees and employees.

You will receive an overall benefits package, including:

• Financial Security
  • Pension Scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Income Protection
  • Annual Bonus Scheme
  • Company Credit Union Scheme
  • Long Service Award Scheme
• Health & Wellbeing
  • Health Insurance
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Career Development
  • Higher Education Policy
• Lifestyle & Perks
  • Bike to Work Scheme
  • Tax Saver Travel Scheme
  • Eurofins Employee Referral Programme

We’re a growing and ambitious company, so there is huge potential here to develop with us and enjoy fantastic rewards in your career.

Job Description

The Environmental Health & Safety Officer is empowered to stop any unsafe act that is observed. Proactive and enthusiastic to make the workplace safer and lead changes in environmental protection, noise exposure control, pollution control and waste management. Lead by example.

Environmental Tasks

• Carry out routine visits and inspections to ensure compliance with Environmental legislation
• Investigate complaints from customers and the general public in relation to environmental concerns or impact.
• Investigate outbreaks of infectious disease and prevent it spreading any further.
• Monitor agreed levels of noise, air, land and water emissions form site
• Schedule and Chair regular Environmental Health & Safety Committee meetings.   
• Assist managers/team leaders in implementation of Environmental H&S policy & procedures.
• Provision of advice & support on Environmental H&S issues within their level of expertise.
• Co-ordination of Environmental Health & Safety training for all departments.
• Management of the Environmental Health & Safety documentation on QPulse and related Environmental H&S systems.
• Review, update and implement relevant Environmental Health & Safety compliance.

Health & Safety Tasks

• Investigate accidents at work and complaints about poor standards of health and safety, identifying immediate, preventive and continual improvement actions.   
• Compile, analyse and prepare Health & Safety reports and/or presentations for Senior Management
• Lead the site risk assessment program
• Support line managers when requesting advice or guidance on specific H&S issues.
• Monitoring of the Biological & Chemical management programmes including COSHH assessments, Safety Data Sheets and Registers.
• Ensuring contractor management is maintained including induction and review of contractor risk assessments and method statements.
• Champion and Support occupational health within all departments.
• Oversee arrangements for emergency response including arrangements for fire, first aid and spill response.
• Carry out Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessments and risk assessments where applicable and support departments in implementing any required corrective actions
• Co-ordinate and support the activities of Safety Representatives across departments
• Organise, support, and participate in Safety Committee meetings, ensuring actions are documented, communicated, and closed out in a timely manner
• Monitor Health & Safety performance metrics and contribute to Group Health & Safety reporting and ESG objectives

Qualifications

Education

• Registration with the relevant professional body and/or bodies in Ireland as a Health & Safety Officer (IOSH Membership). 
• A Level 8 qualification in Environment, health and safety.

Experience

• 1-2 years experience in a Environmental H&S role. 

Skills & Abilities

• Good communication skills.
• Enthusiasm to make the workplace safer and lead changes.
• Proactive - takes opportunity to use initiative where possible.
• Highly self-motivated.
• Team player, supports others.
• Leads by example.
• Determined – results focused, driven to achieve successful outcome.

Additional Information

Additional Information

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, which provides a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. The Group believes it is the world leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and for supporting clinical studies. In addition, Eurofins is one of the leading global emerging players in specialty clinical diagnostic testing.

Yes (In 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR €7.296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years)

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                                Eurofins Biomnis is an Equal Opportunities Company