Job Title: Incident Prevention Officer
Based: Ballymount
Reporting to: Risk and Compliance Manager
Purpose: To focus on the reduction of incidents and company safety initiatives.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks
- Lead on safety incentives and champion a culture of safety across the business.
- Focus on incident trends, location hot spots, multiple fault incidents, etc., and introduce safety-related ideas to reduce such incidents.
- Attend and manage the scene of incidents.
- Investigate incidents, produce detailed reports of the findings, and present these to the Learning Group for continuous learning.
- Ensure delivery of route risk assessments by relevant departments.
- Act upon road risks raised by colleagues.
- Attend Public Transport Forums on the network and represent the company.
- Organise and manage the Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Task Force meetings.
- Support the Risk and Compliance Manager with delivering Incident Manager training and the Incident Manager rota.
- Work collaboratively with Operations teams to identify potential risks and develop practical solutions.
- Deliver Incident Management classroom training to all new drivers.
- Focus on reducing incidents involving Incident Prone Drivers (IPD).
- Report serious incidents to the parent group in a timely and accurate manner.
- Build and maintain key relationships with external stakeholders.
- Work with the Training department to ensure learnings are acted on proactively.
- Assist with the development and maintenance of safety improvement documentation.
- Be an integral part in the delivery of the Risk programme, with a particular focus on engagement, training, and data.
- Support, contribute, and lead (when required) the introduction of new technology for road safety.
- Present campaign ideas and findings to senior managers, including the executive team.
- Support other members of the HSEQ Team as required.
- Ensure that Health and Safety requirements are monitored and managed proactively.
- Responsibility in managing, participating, and complying with the Integrated Management System (IMS).
- Any other tasks as required by the Risk and Compliance Manager.
Knowledge and Skills Requirements
Essential:
- A confident speaker and presenter
- Experience of building relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience in report writing
- Experience in managing safety campaigns
- Track record of meeting performance and KPIs
- Experience in understanding data trends
Desirable:
- Proficient in using computers and creative applications to design engaging posters, campaigns, and safety materials
- Experience of working in the transport sector
- Experience in investigations
Competencies, Desirable Traits or Attributes
- A relationship builder
- Speaks up and focuses on solutions
- Effective and supportive leadership and mentoring experience
- An effective communicator
- Strong customer focus
General Safety Responsibilities
- Act in a manner to ensure the health, safety, welfare, environment, and fire safety of yourself and others in the organisation, as well as any clients and visitors
- Ensure that you and any guests to company premises understand emergency and evacuation arrangements
- Maintain your working environment in a safe and tidy condition
- Proactively identify any unsafe practices or safety risks in the organisation and report these through the appropriate channels
- Ensure adherence to all relevant company policies and procedures
