EHS Advisor

Job Introduction

We are recruiting an Environmental Health & Safety Advisor with responsibility for promoting a positive culture of health and safety by providing solutions across all service lines while ensuring compliance with Sodexo UK&IOI Health & Safety, Risk, Business Continuity and Environmental Policy and Processes.  

You will monitor and provide support, and expertise to operational teams with respect to Occupational Health & Safety issues, including statistics and suitable control measures and assist with and advise on all aspects of Health & Safety across all units under Account Managers remit.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.

Role Responsibility

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Min of 3 years’ occupational Health & Safety in a senior role in a multi-site business or facilities industry experience with a willingness to develop & gain a Health and Safety Qualification.
• Strong communication skills.
• Excellent operations/client relationship management abilities.
• Experience working in a standards/compliance environment.
• Ideally a Health and Safety Qualification - IOSH / NEBOSH / Food Hygiene (min diploma to Grad IOSH).
• Current knowledge of Health, Safety and Food Hygiene legislation.
• Able to work outside of normal hours if an emergency arises which needs urgent attention

Desirable

• Experience of delivering facilities management and ‘hard services’ key compliance areas is an advantage.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or FMCG industry sectors.
• NEBOSH (or equivalent) – National General Certificate and/or Diploma

Package Description

Competitive salary of  €55,000 - €60,000 depending on experience plus benefits including car allowance, pension, bonus, flexible benefits scheme.

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs which includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance, and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave to name but a few.

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.  

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. 

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process