Certified Occupational Hygienist

Location: Auckland, New Zealand – with regional and occasional national travel
Salary: $95,000 – $110,000 per annum, flights, 2 weeks accommodation upon arrival, assistance with Visa, car, fuel card, phone and holiday entitlement.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced and professionally certified Occupational Hygienist to join a specialist technical team in Auckland.

This is a senior technical position where you will lead and deliver workplace exposure assessments, occupational hygiene monitoring programmes and practical risk-control strategies across a diverse range of industries.

You will work closely with clients, workers, management teams and other technical specialists to identify workplace health risks, interpret exposure data and provide practical, evidence-based recommendations to control occupational exposures.

Important Certification Requirement

Applicants must already hold a recognised professional occupational hygiene certification.

Suitable certifications include:

Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH)

Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and undertake comprehensive occupational hygiene exposure assessments.
• Conduct personal and static monitoring for airborne contaminants and physical hazards.
• Assess workplace exposure to contaminants including: Respirable crystalline silica, Welding fumes, Wood dust, Metals, Solvents,  Gases, Other hazardous workplace contaminants
• Undertake noise, heat stress, ventilation and respiratory protection assessments.
• Develop appropriate Similar Exposure Groups (SEGs) and defensible sampling strategies.
• Communicate technical findings clearly to workers, managers and senior leadership.
• Support clients with ongoing health-risk management programmes and monitoring strategies.

Essential Requirements

• Current recognised professional occupational hygiene certification, such as COH or CIH
• Demonstrated experience conducting workplace exposure assessments.
• Strong knowledge of occupational hygiene sampling methodologies, analytical limitations and quality assurance requirements.
• Ability to interpret exposure data and develop practical, proportionate and defensible control recommendations.
• Effective project-management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.

Interested?

If you are a COH, CIH or equivalently certified Occupational Hygienist looking for a senior technical opportunity in Auckland, we'd be keen to hear from you.

Contact Becky Kerridge on 0161 507 3363 or simply apply with your current CV.

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