Occupational Health Specialist

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Responsibilities:

• Support Site initiatives to prevent accidents and ill health at work, ensuring a proactive approach in identifying and addressing key Site Occupational Health and Safety concerns.

• Develop and implement Site Wellbeing strategy liaising with key stakeholders to implement proactive wellness and engagement initiatives.

• Maintain health at work through pre-employment medical health assessments, health surveillance and health promotion programmes ensuring that these programs meet best practices standards.

• Carry out individual occupational health related reviews of employees as required and arrange appropriate referrals to Occupational Medical services, General Practice or EAP services where required. 

• Manage all Occupational Health elements of absenteeism cases, applying best practice case management techniques in terms of fitness to work assessments. Assist HR and Line Managers in managing absenteeism and ensuring a timely return to work.

• Lead the Site Ergonomics Program, ensuring Ergonomic Top 5 and associated deployment plan meet requirements of the IP Safety & Ergonomics roadmap. Complete and track ergonomic workstation assessments for all existing and new work stations and implement Site DSE Assessment Program.

• Assist in the management and close out of accidents or occupational ill health cases and review employees on a case by case basis where required. Take a leadership role in terms of First Aid Team, coaching and mentoring the team as needed with regard to best practice in terms of first aid treatment and documentation.

• Participate in Site Risk Assessment and Audit programs, managing Pregnancy Risk Assessments across the Site and participating in other risk assessment and audit programs e.g. chemical risk assessment and internal and external audit programs.

• Maintain the occupational health unit, supplies and equipment and manage all other first aid supplies and equipment on Site e.g. defibrillators ensuring checks are completed and Occupational Health unit equipment is calibrated as required.

Requirements:

• Registered General Nurse (An Bord Altranais)

• Higher Diploma/Degree in Occupational Health & Safety related discipline essential.

• Computer skills essential.

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Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com