Senior EH&S Compliance Manager

<p> </p>      <p><a> </a></p> <p> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><span><span><span><b><span>Senior Environmental Health &amp; Safety Compliance Manager </span></b></span></span></span></p> <p align="center"><span><span><span>Abbey Quarter, Kilkenny/Hybrid</span></span></span></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><b>Tirlán </b></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Tirlán, is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands. </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Tirlán owns leading brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, mymilkman.ie and GAIN Animal Nutrition.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>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.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><b><span><span><span><span>Role Profile: </span></span></span></span></b></p> <p><span><span><span><span>The Senior EH&amp;S Compliance Manager reports to the Head of EH&amp;S and ensures our operations comply with all legal, regulatory, and company requirements related to EH&amp;S. This role collaborates with our operations teams supporting EH&amp;S site leads to ensure the success of all EH&amp;S systems and standards while driving and promoting continuous improvement.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span>The role is responsible for leading and embedding our EH&amp;S policies and standards within the business, ensuring their successful application. The Senior EH&amp;S Compliance Manager will verify site compliance through a defined internal audit process and coordinate EH&amp;S data reported through the network 3M structure, reporting to the Head of EH&amp;S on performance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span>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&amp;S. The Senior EH&amp;S Compliance Manager also plays a wider leadership role as part of the Quality &amp; Compliance Leadership Team.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><b><span><span><span>Responsibilities</span></span></span></b></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span><span><span>Health and Safety First, Food Safety Always, Compliance Every day to lead (develop &amp; 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. </span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span>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.</span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Live the Tirlán PVV, coaching mentality, and foster positive intent in Ways of Working (WOW)</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Ensure regulatory compliance readiness and a strong understanding of relevant regulations impacting our Environmental Health &amp; Safety (EH&amp;S) agenda.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Lead the Tirlán 3M process for the EH&amp;S compliance network team.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Assist in developing and embedding the Tirlán Environmental Health &amp; Safety Compliance Strategy.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Define and lead EH&amp;S compliance programs.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Collaborate with Operations &amp; Supply Chain to enable EH&amp;S compliance programs and support strategic compliance projects.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Foster strong collaboration across the business and with internal &amp; external stakeholders.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Work with site teams on continuous improvement, COVI, and developing tomorrow projects.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Verify EH&amp;S systems to ensure compliance with Tirlán, licence, and regulatory standards.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Support the EH&amp;S NT in closing internal audit findings</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Capture key learnings across the group for focused improvement, standard development, training, and shared learnings.</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Identify, create, and deliver relevant EH&amp;S training to develop a strong EH&amp;S Network Team Culture.</span></span></span></span></li> <li>