Occupational Hygienist

SLR’s Safety Advisory team offers a diverse range of process safety, engineering and management consultancy advice across the industrial, chemical manufacturing and associated sectors. Centred around our Manchester office, we are looking to appoint a Process Safety Consultant with a few years of experience within quantified risk assessment.
This role presents the opportunity to participate in, and manage, a range of projects focused on improving the design, operation and maintenance of hazardous processing facilities. It would therefore be ideally suited to an early-career chemical or process engineer with some experience in chemical-based manufacturing installations wishing to apply and grow your knowledge and expertise across a wider range of sectors. You will receive training and development aligned with CPD requirements to support them in gaining chartership of your relevant professional body.

SLR are global leaders in environmental and advisory solutions helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with over 3,000 employees across 6 regions – including over 1,000 staff within Europe. Our ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business, providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development.

Along with competitive salaries, our people enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance, critical illness cover and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 day’s annual leave, SLR offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, and our family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and family life.

In this client-facing role, you can look forward to working on several projects simultaneously (both individually and within a team) across a wide variety of high hazard sites, including chemical manufacturing, onshore bulk storage facilities, warehousing etc. and across a range of sectors, such as chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, explosives, waste to energy and industries where hydrogen is being generated, stored or used in relation to the decarbonisation of the energy sector etc.

Interfacing with relevant functional groups on the management of process safety risks
• On-site surveys of chemical process plant (vessels, tanks, pipework, structures, etc.) Hazard identification and risk assessment studies, including HAZID, HAZOP and LOPA
• Provision of process engineering expertise in support of engineering and EHS studies, design reviews and projects
• Additional project-based duties, as required

We are ideally looking for an early-career chemical or process engineer with experience in chemical-based manufacturing installations, ready to nurture and grow your knowledge and expertise across a wider range of sectors.

• A degree in Chemical or Process Engineering, and demonstrable experience within the Chemical Manufacturing industry (including design principles, process and standards for process plant)
• The ability to develop good personal relationships with work colleagues and to contribute constructively and effectively to projects as a part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are at the core of who we are and who we choose to be. We respect and celebrate difference to ensure SLR is a place where everyone feels included, is encouraged to be their authentic self and has opportunities to grow.

Across Europe, our DE&I agenda is driven forward through our DE&I Committee, which actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion across both our internal processes and our client work. Globally, our Global Culture & Diversity Council brings together representatives from across our regions to share ideas and best practice that can be incorporated into our global policies, enabling greater transparency and supporting the development of an inclusive culture, inclusive approaches to policies and practices, and to personal behaviours.