Engineering
Occupational Hygiene Consultant
About Us
We are a team of enthusiastic and collaborative planners, designers, environmental consultants, engineers and health & safety professionals. Our client base includes public and private sectors. We have grown significantly over the last few years and now employ 200 individuals across the UK. Teamwork and a people-first culture are at the heart of everything we do and we wish to engage an enthusiastic professional to join our team.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities
- Support business and service growth initiatives
- Contribute to the technical delivery of occupational hygiene projects
About You
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proficient at using Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Ability to review literature to understand occupational hygiene techniques.
- Ability to accurately analyse, and report upon, technical data.
- Having a growth mindset, with a proactive and resourceful approach
- Be self-motivated, and able to work under pressure.
- Prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Ability to learn new skills quickly.
- Ability and willingness to learn from experience and take on greater responsibility.
- Commitment and desire to develop personal CPD.
- Sound communication and personal effectiveness skills to liaise with colleagues and clients.
- Flexibility and willingness to travel to project sites.
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Carrying out occupational hygiene assessments for chemical agents (e.g. airborne hazardous substances) and/or physical agents (e.g. noise, hand-arm vibration (HAV)); indoor air quality assessment; thorough examinations and tests of LEV systems.
- Liaising with clients to ensure provision of representative samples using suitable sampling media and methods for relevant work equipment / areas.
- Ability to communicate work being carried out and findings to individuals at different levels, including enforcement agencies.
- Preparing high quality reports to include monitoring results, technical documents and specifications, risk assessments and method statements.
Qualifications
- Successfully completed BOHS W501 and W503 modules (minimum requirement)
- Professional chartership(s) desirable and viewed favourably
- Membership of relevant professional bodies (e.g. Faculty of Occupational Hygiene, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) desirable
The following qualifications would also be viewed favourably:
- BOHS accredited degree
- Certificate of Operational Competence in Occupational Hygiene
- Successfully completion of the BOHS P601 module.
Additional Information
The opportunity to upskill will be available to the successful candidate