Graduate Health & Safety Officer

at  Roadstone

ROADSTONE IS THE LEADING MANUFACTURER AND SUPPLIER OF BUILDING MATERIALS IN IRELAND. ROADSTONE’S NATIONWIDE BUSINESS INCLUDES THE MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF A WIDE RANGE OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS INCLUDING CONCRETE, AGGREGATES, ASPHALT AND MACADAM, CONCRETE BLOCKS AND PAVING PRODUCTS.

Graduates are invited to apply for the position of Graduate Health & Safety Officer. Successful candidates be based in one of our main Roadstone Quarry locations and will get exposure over a number of different locations in order to gain an understanding of our business. The successful candidate will report to the National Health & Safety Manager.
Graduates will take part in our two-year graduate development programme, which will guide you through a semi-structured programme across various areas in our business in order to develop technical, interpersonal, commercial and management skills. Roadstone’s 2024 Graduate Programme will commence the beginning of September 2024.

COMPANY CULTURE

Our company is committed to leadership and skills development at all levels of the organisation, encouraging and supporting the continuous professional development of its employees to achieve their potential. Our development philosophy involves leveraging challenging work assignments with targeted coaching and mentoring, augmented by formal training and education.
Our Success is built on your Success
Roadstone offers exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented, dedicated people. There’s no single type of person who succeeds in Roadstone. We are looking for people who have a passion for excellence and achieving results.
You’ll need the ability to challenge and influence others, along with the capacity to adapt to new and different situations. The ability to build strong and effective relationships and to inspire and motivate others.

THE CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive awareness & improvement of all H&S regulations and requirements to their allocated company locations, employees and contractors.
• Provide support and learn from the Health and Safety Officers.
• Develop accident prevention and reduction plans and programmes.
• Organise and carry out inspections and investigations.
• Involved in driving and communication of safety initiative programmes.
• Involved in organising and training employees and contractors.
• Provide accurate health and safety advice and guidance.
• Remaining up to date with any changes to H&S legislation, CRH requirements etc
• Involvement in maintaining and progressing our health and safety management systems.
• Ability to communicate information effectively to both employees and contractors.