Permit Officer

Permit Officer

Location:

Darlington, Co Durham

Contract Type:
Permanent / Full Time

Closing Date:
Apr 23rd, 2026

:
1653223

We're supporting a high-hazard industrial operation in the search for a Permitting Officer to play a key role in ensuring safe, compliant and efficient work execution across site. Operating within a fast-paced production environment, you'll act as the focal point for Permit to Work (PTW) activities—coordinating between production, maintenance, engineering and contractors to ensure all work is delivered in line with robust safety and compliance standards.

This is a critical position for someone who thrives in structured environments, takes ownership of safety systems, and is confident influencing behaviours across multidisciplinary teams.

• Coordinate daily permit activities across production, maintenance and engineering teams
• Act as the primary PTW Issuer, ensuring all permits are correctly prepared, issued and closed
• Conduct pre-job site visits to verify readiness, hazards, and isolation requirements
• Validate and enforce Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures
• Clearly communicate hazards, controls and site restrictions to all stakeholders
• Maintain a professional and controlled work environment to support accurate permit management
• Develop and maintain permit records, ensuring full traceability and audit readiness
• Support post-job verification to confirm work completion and safe reinstatement

• Ensure all permitted work is executed safely, efficiently and in line with site procedures
• Act as a subject matter expert for Safe Systems of Work and PTW
• Drive compliance through coaching and mentoring of permit issuers and acceptors
• Establish competency standards across PTW stakeholders
• Develop and monitor KPIs to measure compliance, conformance and efficiency
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities within work control processes
• Maintain accurate documentation for permits, isolations and associated activities

• Proven experience within a high-hazard or process environment (chemical, energy, manufacturing or similar)
• Strong working knowledge of Permit to Work systems and Safe Systems of Work
• Understanding of Process Safety Management (PSM) principles - typo fixed
• Experience coordinating work between multiple disciplines on site
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence and challenge where required
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement

Experience with in a COMAH environment is advantageous but not essential.

• Strong safety awareness and accountability
• Effective communication and collaboration
• Relationship building across operational teams
• Problem-solving and decision-making capability
• High levels of organisation and time management
• Continuous improvement mindset

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a critical safety function within a complex industrial environment, contributing directly to safe operations, compliance, and operational excellence. Apply Now