Occupational Hygienist | Nationwide | Full Time | £28,000 – £55,000+ DOE
Our client provides occupational hygiene services, working with businesses across a range of industries to improve workplace health and safety. Their experienced occupational hygiene team has extensive technical knowledge and works closely with clinical professionals to help organisations make meaningful changes to protect their employees.
The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Hygienists to join an established and highly experienced team.
This opportunity is open to both experienced Occupational Hygienists and candidates looking to develop a career within occupational hygiene. Previous occupational hygiene experience is beneficial but not essential, as full training and professional development will be provided for the right candidates.
Working on significant, long-term projects, you will deliver workplace monitoring, provide technical advice and work closely with customers to influence positive changes to workplace health.
Unlike more traditional consultancy roles, you will become involved in projects from an early stage, working alongside customers and project teams to help implement improvements rather than simply carrying out monitoring and reporting.
You will have the opportunity to develop your technical expertise, work alongside highly experienced professionals and build a long-term career within the industry.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver occupational hygiene services to customers in line with agreed requirements and service level agreements
- Conduct workplace monitoring for physical, biological and chemical hazards
- Provide expert occupational hygiene advice and guidance to customers
- Work onsite and become involved in long-term customer projects, advising on workplace controls and improvements
- Build and maintain customer relationships, identifying opportunities to extend the scope of services
- Attend customer-facing meetings, including team and project meetings
- Produce technical reports in line with agreed reporting requirements and KPIs
- Identify opportunities to influence positive changes in workplace health
- Research assigned topics and develop toolbox training materials to share knowledge with colleagues
- Follow internal management systems, procedures and protocols
- Maintain and develop professional competencies through ongoing learning and development
Requirements
- A genuine interest in work and how health can be protected whilst at work.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with customers
- A proactive and innovative approach to identifying opportunities and influencing positive change
- The confidence to work with different people and become involved in customer projects
- A tenacious approach, with the ability to identify opportunities and take initiative
- A willingness to learn, develop technical knowledge and undertake professional training
Essential
- Passion for workplace health and an interest in the science behind it
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- A proactive approach with the ability to identify opportunities for improvement
- Willingness to undertake training and develop within occupational hygiene
Desirable
- Previous experience within occupational hygiene or a related scientific or health-based environment
- Experience conducting workplace monitoring for physical, biological or chemical hazards
- Knowledge of Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV)
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