Health & Safety Officer

ABOUT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

The Land Development Agency (LDA) is the State’s affordable housing delivery body.  Its main role is to acquire and develop State and other land to deliver affordable homes, supporting the creation of thriving communities and delivering ongoing positive social impact. It is overseen by an independent Board of Directors and has total capitalisation of up to €8.75bn. To date €6.25 billion of equity capital has been committed by Government and a further €2.5bn capitalisation is permitted under legislation from other sources/debt.

The LDA is active on more than 20 State Land sites and has a delivery pipeline in excess of 25,000 homes.  The Agency also works in partnership with the country’s largest and most experienced homebuilders and will deliver a further 8,000 homes under its Project Tosaigh initiative.

Additionally, the LDA is working on large-scale longer-term strategic areas by master-planning and bringing forward planning applications in locations such as Limerick Colbert Quarter, the Digital Hub in Dublin and Sandy Road in Galway.

Role Summary

Reporting to the Safety Health, Environment & Quality (SHEQ) Manager in our Delivery Department, the role of the Health and Safety Officer is to assist in ensuring compliance with all safety, health and welfare at work legislation and to foster a culture of health and safety across the Agency and its operating locations. The Health and Safety Officer will assist in the continual development of safety, health and welfare at work policies and procedures, drive continuous improvement and maintain the LDA’s commitment to a safe working environment at all times. The role will involve travel to LDA construction projects, where the successful candidate will undertake site inspections/audits, reporting findings to the Contractor / Project Supervisor (PSCS) and track close out of identified actions.

Key Responsibilities:

Promote safe working practices and the implementation of LDA company policy and procedures across all projects and offices.

Assist in developing and implementing guidelines, processes, and documentation to support the Company in addressing and enforcing the required standards, within health & safety and environmental legislation.

Ensuring client responsibilities under relevant legislative Acts are implemented across all projects and within the office.

Carry out regular site audits on LDA projects and report findings to relevant personnel.

Review contractor project safety and health plans against legislative requirements and LDA standards.

Monitor the adequacy and timely close out of incident reporting and inspections.

Regularly review Contractors Risk Assessments, Safe Operating Procedures and Safety Statements ensuring they meet the required standards.

Champion a culture of safety, health and environmental awareness and ensure issues are considered, discussed and addressed as required at project review meetings.

Assist with incident investigations, identification of root cause and ensure that corrective actions are implemented without delay.

Identify new and on-going safety related training requirements and in collaboration with relevant colleagues, ensure all mandatory training is defined, reviewed, recorded and delivered on time.

Key Requirements:

Hold a relevant 3rd level degree qualification in Health & Safety.

2-5 years’ experience in a similar position.

Experience with relevant Safety, Health and Environmental standards and management systems.

Excellent knowledge of relevant Safety, Health & Welfare legislation, and regulations.

Have a positive attitude with a passion to succeed, an energetic approach and an ability to take accountability.

Be conscientious, have excellent attention to detail and an ability to multitask.

Ability to prepare reports and administer the necessary paperwork.

Person Specification

Excellent relationship management skills (both internal and external).

Strong interpersonal skills, including ability to foster positive working relationships and work collaboratively with internal colleagues (multi-disciplinary), third party experts and external stakeholders.

Solutions and results focused.

Excellent attention to detail and proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Ability to work well within a team environment. 

Must have own car and full, clean driving license

To Apply:

The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 8th May 2026

The Land Development Agency is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promote and support a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we endeavour to provide reasonable accommodation as required.