Senior Principal Consultant, Occupational Hygiene

The University of Queensland; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 135,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid working options

Salary packaging

Company benefits

Job summary

University of Queensland is seeking a Senior Principal Consultant, Occupational Hygiene. Based in St Lucia, this part-time 0.6 FTE continuing role combines technical leadership with practical risk controls across diverse workplaces.

You will deliver expert advice, exposure assessments and monitoring, shaping risk management and safety improvements through collaboration with the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Division and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Specialist advice on complex and high-risk occupational hygiene matters.
• Ability to plan and undertake exposure monitoring and interpret results.
• Translate scientific evidence into practical risk controls and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Provide authoritative technical advice to stakeholders on high-risk hygiene matters.
• Design and undertake occupational hygiene assessments and exposure monitoring.
• Lead inspections, audits and risk assessments to improve safety practices.
• Prepare clear reports and guidance for varied audiences and collaborate with teams.

Skills

Occupational hygiene expertise

Exposal monitoring

Analytical and written communication

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Occupational Hygiene

Job description

Part-time 0.6 FTE (21.75 hours per week), continuing position. Full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $120,317.28 - $134,892.52 + 17% super (HEW Level 8). Based at our St Lucia location.

About This Opportunity

Bring your occupational hygiene expertise to an environment where no two workplaces, hazards or challenges are quite the same. From specialist laboratories and research facilities to workshops, teaching spaces and operational environments, UQ offers a diverse and complex workplace setting where occupational hygiene plays an important role in protecting the health and wellbeing of our community. As our Senior Principal Consultant, Occupational Hygiene, you'll be a trusted technical specialist within UQ's Health, Safety and Wellbeing Division, providing organisation-wide advice, undertaking occupational hygiene assessments and exposure monitoring, and translating complex scientific evidence into practical, effective risk controls. You'll work alongside a supportive and engaged team of specialist advisers across Occupational Hygiene, Radiation Safety, Hazardous Chemicals Safety and Occupational Health, bringing your expertise to a wide range of workplace health challenges. This is an opportunity to combine technical depth with genuine variety, professional collaboration and the ability to influence how workplace health risks are understood and managed across UQ.

Key Responsibilities

• Specialist advice and assurance: Provide authoritative technical advice on complex and high-risk occupational hygiene matters, helping stakeholders anticipate, identify, assess and control workplace health risks.
• Exposure assessment and monitoring: Design and undertake occupational hygiene assessments and workplace exposure monitoring across chemical, physical and biological hazards, interpreting results and recommending practical, evidence-based controls.
• Risk management and improvement: Lead and contribute to inspections, audits, investigations, health-based risk assessments, training and improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to strengthen safety practices and outcomes.
• Technical leadership and collaboration: Prepare clear reports, briefings, procedures and guidance, while sharing expertise and supporting professional practice through UQ's Occupational Hygiene Community of Practice and collaborative working groups.

About You

You're an experienced occupational hygiene professional who enjoys applying specialist knowledge to real-world challenges. You bring sound technical judgement, a practical approach to risk management and the ability to build trusted relationships with people from a wide range of professional and technical backgrounds.

You’ll Bring

• Full membership of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH), which you will be required to maintain throughout the appointment.
• Strong occupational hygiene expertise and demonstrated capability in assessing and managing workplace exposure to chemical, physical and biological hazards.
• Sound knowledge of workplace health and safety principles and legislation, together with relevant Australian and international standards and codes of practice.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and undertake occupational hygiene monitoring, interpret exposure data including statistical analysis where appropriate, and translate findings into practical risk controls.
• Strong analytical and written communication skills, with the ability to prepare succinct, well-structured technical reports, briefings and recommendations for different audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all organisational levels and provide trusted specialist advice on complex or high-risk matters.
• A postgraduate qualification in Occupational Hygiene is desirable.
• Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH) status, or active progress towards achieving COH certification, is desirable.

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, working together to create a better world. Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available. UQ's commitment to safer workplaces is also reflected in research across our broader community. Recent work from UQ's Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre explores how effective risk management, strong safety leadership and injury-prevention approaches can be translated across different workplaces to help prevent harm. Read how UQ researchers are applying safety lessons to make workplaces safer. Enjoy up to 26 weeks paid parental and primary care leave, 17% super, 17.5% leave loading, flexible and hybrid working options, health and wellbeing programs, a heavily discounted Study for Staff program, on-campus childcare, affordable parking, and salary packaging.

Pre-Employment Checks

Pre-employment checks may include: verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications, professional registration (e.g. AHPRA) and criminal history checks. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements. You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

We’re dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We recognise that career pathways and opportunities differ, and encourage applications from candidates who may not meet every criteria but can demonstrate their potential relative to opportunity. We’re also happy to support any accessibility needs throughout the recruitment process. Just let us know how we can help by emailing [e-mail] or calling [phone].

Closing Date

Applications close Wednesday 25th November at 11.00pm AEST (R-70833).