Regional Health & Safety Manager, Galway

Location: Connacht
Industry: Engineering / Energy / Infrastructure / Construction
Key Skills: EHS Leadership, Safety Culture, Compliance, Construction Safety, Stakeholder Management

Turner Lovell is a global recruitment specialist supporting organisations delivering critical infrastructure and energy transition projects worldwide. We are currently partnering with a major international engineering contractor delivering complex electrical, mechanical and infrastructure projects across Europe.

This organisation has built a strong reputation for delivering high-value engineering projects across sectors such as data centres, renewable energy, pharmaceuticals and advanced manufacturing. With a significant pipeline of work across Ireland, they are now looking to appoint a Regional EHS Manager to lead Environmental, Health & Safety operations across projects in the Connacht region.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced EHS professional to drive safety performance, influence project teams and ensure best-in-class safety standards across multiple high-profile projects.

With the support or the wider team, your responsibilities will include:

• Provide strategic leadership and direction for EHS operations across multiple projects and business units.
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of EHS Leads, Advisors and site safety professionals.
• Champion a strong safety culture and Zero Harm philosophy across all project teams.
• Ensure full compliance with regulatory frameworks, company policies and client safety requirements.
• Lead and coordinate EHS audits, inspections and compliance assessments across project sites.
• Oversee incident reporting and investigations, ensuring root causes are identified and corrective actions implemented.
• Monitor project risk management strategies, driving proactive hazard identification and mitigation.
• Ensure effective development and implementation of EHS plans, site inductions and RAMS documentation.
• Review and analyse EHS KPIs, safety trends and performance metrics to support data-driven improvements.
• Build strong relationships with clients, contractors, regulators and supply chain partners.
• Lead training programmes, safety briefings and competency development initiatives across project teams.
• Ensure robust emergency preparedness procedures and site safety protocols are in place and regularly reviewed.

The ideal profile is someone with:

• A degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Engineering or a related discipline. Professional accreditations such as NEBOSH are preferred.
• Proven experience in a senior EHS leadership role within construction, engineering, energy or infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of health & safety legislation, compliance standards and industry best practices.
• Experience managing multi-project safety programmes and leading EHS teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical ability to assess risk, safety performance and operational improvements.
• Passion for developing high-performing safety cultures within complex project environments.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced EHS professional to drive safety performance, influence project teams and ensure best-in-class safety standards across multiple high-profile projects.

If you are considering what your next role could look like within Health & Safety, and have a passion for playing a part in delivering complex projects across West Ireland, please apply and get in touch with Mark Canning via the link provided for more information.