Lead Occupational Hygienist

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Location:

Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid:
On Site

Job Title:
Lead Occupational Hygienist

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

Lead the strategy that protects the health and wellbeing of a complex industrial workforce

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as Lead Occupational Hygienist at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

As Lead Occupational Hygienist, you’ll be the site's subject matter expert for occupational hygiene, driving the identification, assessment and control of workplace health risks across one of the UK's most complex industrial environments. This is a highly visible leadership role where you'll shape occupational hygiene strategy, influence senior stakeholders and lead a specialist team that helps keep our people safe and healthy every day.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide expert advice, develop robust health risk management programmes and ensure compliance with occupational health legislation and industry standards. In return, you'll gain exposure to a broad range of operations while developing your leadership skills within a purpose-driven organisation supporting critical national infrastructure.

• Leading and developing the Occupational Hygiene team, providing technical direction and professional leadership.
• Acting as the site's occupational hygiene subject matter expert, advising senior leaders on health risk management and regulatory compliance.
• Reviewing and approving occupational hygiene assessments, reports and recommendations to ensure technical quality and consistency.
• Developing and overseeing control strategies for workplace exposure risks and assuring their effectiveness.
• Ensuring compliance with occupational hygiene legislation, standards and company requirements.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week, based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard. Limited travel to other sites may be required where there is a business need.

• Significant experience working in occupational hygiene within a complex industrial environment.
• Experience identifying, assessing and controlling occupational health risks, including chemical, physical and biological hazards.
• Experience interpreting occupational exposure monitoring data and providing practical, risk-based recommendations.
• Experience ensuring compliance with occupational health legislation, standards and regulatory requirements.
• Experience developing occupational hygiene strategies, health risk assessments, monitoring programmes and governance frameworks.

• Degree (or equivalent qualification) in Occupational Hygiene, Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics or a related scientific discipline.
• BOHS Certificate of Operational Competence in Occupational Hygiene, or an equivalent recognised qualification.
• Membership of the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) or an equivalent professional body.

• Chartered status or progress towards chartership would be advantageous.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels -  () .

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life…