Health and Safety Specialist

The Opportunity

We are looking for a dedicated Health and Safety Consultant to lead the establishment of a strong safety culture throughout a new deployment programme. This role requires ensuring that all deployment stages comply with the company's Networks' Safety Management Systems, policies, procedures, and standards.

You will operate in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary setting, coordinating efforts with civil, mechanical, electrical, and environmental experts to deliver comprehensive solutions. Our teams serve prominent public and private sector clients, shaping sustainable water, wastewater, and environmental infrastructure.

Our team culture is supportive, ambitious, and collaborative, encouraging innovation, ongoing learning, and professional growth, while working on meaningful projects impacting communities across Ireland.

Role Overview

The position will involve embedding a strong safety culture across the deployment programme, assuring safety integration in all planning and operations. Responsibilities include compliance monitoring, investigation and reporting of safety incidents, and addressing findings from audits, near misses, customer complaints, and safety notices.

You will manage contractor incident logs, conduct audits on deployment contractor safety and quality systems, review safety observations and reports, assess contractor performance indicators, and visit sites to support continuous improvement and safe work practices.

Your Impact

You will be a critical advocate for safety, integrating risk identification, compliance enforcement, and team engagement to prevent incidents and improve safety outcomes. Through audits and site presence, you will elevate standards, influence behavior, and ensure safe, responsible work delivery. Your efforts will support Stantec Ireland’s mission to deliver vital infrastructure safely, sustainably, and with excellent quality.

Candidate Profile

This role is vital to protecting people, customers, and assets while enabling the delivery of a nationally significant infrastructure initiative.

Key Attributes and Experience

• Subject matter expert in Health & Safety, applying knowledge across all deployment phases
• Collaboration with internal and contractor teams to uphold safety system compliance and legal obligations
• Active site auditing, visits, and reviews to monitor and promote best safety practices
• Data analysis to recognize safety trends and lead corrective and preventive initiatives
• Advocacy for a strong safety culture by influencing behaviors and challenging standards when necessary

Why Join Us

• People-centered work environment fostering inclusivity, value, and collaboration
• Recognition as a top employer and sustainability leader in 2025
• Access to leading training, professional development, and paid subscriptions, with a clear progression pathway towards chartered status
• Strong team support encouraging career advancement
• An exciting phase of expansion across Ireland with growth opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits including competitive salary, enhanced pension, flexible annual leave options, private medical insurance, income protection, and life assurance

About Stantec

Ryan Hanley, part of Stantec, offers excellent career opportunities in engineering disciplines such as water and wastewater treatment process and network design, integrated network management, structural engineering, site development, road and bridge engineering, and project management.

Operating from Dublin, Galway, Castlebar, and Cork, we provide a dynamic work environment emphasizing team collaboration and valuing individual contributions.

We have earned the silver Investors in Diversity accreditation, highlighting our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.