Environmental Officer

What You'll Be Doing Own and oversee environmental compliance across the site, ensuring all activities align with our EPA waste permits and current legislation. Carry out internal audits, site inspections and environmental sampling, ensuring best practice and readiness for EPA inspections. Maintain and evolve our Environmental Management System (EMS), including SOPs and risk assessments tied to our waste operations. Manage and submit all environmental returns, including quarterly and annual reports to the EPA and other relevant bodies. Work directly with regulatory bodies, including the EPA, HSA, and RSA, representing with professionalism and confidence. Stay sharp keep up with industry developments, new legislation, and technological advancements in environmental compliance. Be the go-to advisor internally for all things environment : from supporting process improvement to raising awareness among staff. Develop and deliver training, inductions, and toolbox talks focused on environmental policies and procedures. Assist develop and help deliver training, inductions, and toolbox talks focused on environmental policies and procedures. Support the maintenance and delivery of the company's Health & Safety Management System. Assist in conducting routine health and safety inspections, audits, and risk assessments, ensuring corrective actions are tracked and implemented. Deliver Health & Safety inductions and ongoing toolbox talks to promote a strong safety culture across all teams. Investigate, report, and record any incidents, accidents, and near misses promptly, ensuring follow-up actions are taken. Maintain an accurate training matrix and ensure compliance-related training is scheduled and completed on time. Liaise with the HSA and other relevant bodies on health and safety matters, ensuring full compliance with statutory obligations. What We're Looking For Experience in environmental compliance, environmental science, waste management, or a related regulatory field. Proven understanding of Irish environmental legislation and EPA licensing. Familiarity with ISO standards (e.g., ISO 14001) is highly desirable Excellent communicator - both written and verbal with confidence dealing with regulators and internal stakeholders alike. Skills : Environmental Officer Environmental Manager Environmental Specialist