Job Description

About the role

Balfour Beatty are currently looking for a Occupational Hygienist to join our Major Projects team based in Hinkley Point C.

Within this role you\'ll be working with and supporting the Health and Safety team at Hinkley Point C (HPC), providing expert advice and guidance on occupational hygiene matters pertinent to the project. You\'ll also be supported by the central health team at Balfour Beatty who provide an integrated approach to health across Balfour Beatty and all projects.

What you\'ll be doing

As a Occupational Hygienist, you will have the following accountabilities:

• To work closely with Health and safety team in providing an integrated approach to health
• To provide expert, informed advice on occupational hygiene across a wide range of work activities
• Provide guidance on appropriate measures needed to identify, control and verify hazards and interventions
• Ability to undertake a monitoring programme and analyse results and implement outcomes
• Ensure that the current health risk profile at the project is managed through the use of robust health risk assessment
• To ensure the focus on pro-active health risks management through the use of appropriate health-related campaigns and promotional material
• To deliver training to operational business on health risks and the means of controlling them
• Communicating effectively and in conjunction with the health and safety team ensure stakeholder expectations are managed in line with Balfour Beatty procedures
• Contributing to the work of any specific health related project groups/forums
• Providing expertise to assist in investigations and incidents involving health risks
• Providing reactive support to the business on occupational hygiene
• Ensuring project systems and processes enable compliance on health-related matters

Who we\'re looking for

You will have the following:

• Ability to work well within a team environment living Balfour Beatty values and behaviours
• Occupational Hygiene Degree or Diploma; Certificate of Operational Competence (BOHS)
• Experience of the application of good occupational hygiene practice covering a wide range of industrial processes
• High level understanding of the causes of ill health and preventative strategies
• Good knowledge of the UK Health & Safety Regulatory framework and legislation pertaining to occupational health risks
• Collaborative, reliable, proactive and able to meet demanding deadlines
• Strong communicator at all levels, both in terms of written and verbal communication

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

About us

Balfour Beatty Major Projects have delivered some of the UKs most complex and iconic infrastructure projects, including Blackfriars Station, the Olympic Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Stadium transformation. We have the proven expertise to deliver large-scale projects safely and successfully, from consultancy and design, to all aspects of construction and maintenance. Through our expert capability, we work closely with clients to use the latest technology, machinery and innovative solutions to meet their engineering and construction needs.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence \'Employer Recognition Scheme\' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at:

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