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Role: Integrated Management System (IMS) Manager

Area: HSQE
Sub-Area: Integrated Management Systems
Location: Dublin
Duration: Permanent
Salary: Competitive
Reference number: IW7/013

Irish Water is Irelands new national water utility, bringing the water services of the 34 Irish Local
Authorities together into one national service provider, with the aim of providing a secure, high
quality and sustainable service to the Irish public. A state-owned subsidiary within the Bord Gis
ireann Group, Irish Water is responsible for the operation of public water and wastewater services
and provision of these services to over 1.5m million households across Ireland. This involves an
expenditure of circa 1.1 billion per annum in the management of national water and wastewater
assets, maintenance of the water and wastewater systems, investment and planning, managing
capital projects and customer care and billing.
Irish Water will continue to grow over the coming months into a high-performance organisation
based both centrally in Dublin (with shared services in Cork) and across a number of regional offices.
It is currently seeking talented and dynamic individuals across a range of skill sets and backgrounds
who can work in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment to support the establishment and
success of Irish Water over the coming months.
The Role:
The Health, Safety, Quality and Environment function within Irish Water will be responsible for
ensuring and supporting compliance with company, national and European - level health, safety
quality and environmental standards for Irish Water. They will provide governance and specialist
advice across the business three regions in these areas, and manage the maintenance and
assurance of the Integrated Management Systems (IMS) to ensure appropriate HSQE compliance
with regulatory requirements.

Reporting to the HSQE Manager, the Integrated Management Systems (IMS) Manager will be
responsible for managing the IMS as a single system to ensure all areas of HSQE are integrated and
work in a seamless manner (Health, Safety, Quality, Environmental and Energy aspects). The IMS
Manager will also be responsible for driving an integrated and common approach to HSQE systems
including; planning and following policy, procedures, processes and methodology, as well as training
and operational control.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop, drive and review the IMS strategy for Irish Water
Drive and support development and maintenance of the IMS system as per legislative
requirements
Identify and manage legal and other requirements compliance across Irish Water
Report on IMS compliance and trends to the HSQE Manager and other areas of the organisation
Ensure that HSQE risks are identified and control measures are in place
Encourage and support a behavioural based HSQE culture within I rish Water in a holistic manner

Act as the Management representative for the IMS and liaise with external certification bodies
Ensuring that Incident Management is planned, conducted, documented and tested
Managing the delivery of the annual audit and inspections programme to verify compliance with
policies and procedures
Managing and driving the governance of energy management throughout the organization
Manage the provision of a Document Management System to support the control of relevant
documents and records for the IMS
Manage a team of HSQE specialists to maintain a streamlined IMS system and sustain integration
between all areas of Health, Quality, Safety, Energy and Environment within Irish Water
Manage the IMS Non-conformance, corrective and preventative action (CA/PA) process
Provide IMS support to the EHS Manger and Risk manager
Ensure HSQE requirements are incorporated within tendering processes, and ensuring that
qualitative assessments of submissions are conducted
Work with the wider Irish Water business to ensure that Energy Management and opportunities
for improvement are reviewed and implemented
Ensuring that HSQE requirements are considered in training and Occupational Health.
Participate in ongoing HSQE projects as required
Raise risks and issues to the HSQE Manager as appropriate
Other duties as required from time to time

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

3rd level qualification in Engineering, Science, Safety, Quality or an Environmental discipline.
7+ years experience in HSQE and with an integrated management system.
Experience working in a management system which has been externally accredited e.g. ISO 9001,
ISO 14001, ISO 5001, and OHSAS 18001.
Experience working in Utilities, Telecoms or the Water services sectors is an advantage.
Min 6 years experience managing people/teams.
Experience of working across a multi-site, service orientated business.
Driver of high standards for individual, team and organisational accomplishment and delivering
desired results.
Ability to interpret legislative information.
Excellent Interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal with all levels of stakeholders.
A good understanding of business operations and the commercial viability and impact of
technical / professional decisions on the performance of the organisation.
Previous experience with initiating and maintaining strategic relationships both internally and
externally, using strong influencing skills to achieve business goals
Very strong written and verbal communication skills.

The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is the 23
rd
August 2013

Applications, including a current Curriculum Vitae should be emailed to the following address:
irishwater@morganmckinley. ie

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