AI EHS Specialist: Safety‑Focused AI for Real‑World Impact

careers-ideagenuk; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Ideagen is seeking an AI EHS Specialist in a hybrid role based at our Nottinghamshire head office. You will apply real-world EHS experience to shape how AI systems understand and respond to safety-critical scenarios, without requiring prior AI experience.

You’ll investigate incidents, manage permits-to-work, assess risk, and influence how models classify incidents and interpret regulatory requirements. This role focuses on operational credibility and professional judgement at scale.

Qualifications

• Proven operational EHS experience, such as incident investigation, risk assessment, permit‑to‑work systems, or similar frontline safety responsibilities
• A recognised EHS qualification (e.g. NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent) with evidence of applied, real‑world use
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain why an EHS response is safe, correct, or unsafe
• Comfortable performing detailed evaluation work at scale while maintaining accuracy and consistency
• Confident applying professional judgement in ambiguous or high‑risk situations
• Willing to challenge outputs that sound credible but could compromise worker safety

Responsibilities

• Label EHS training data in line with defined annotation guidelines, including incident classification, permit‑to‑work validation, SIF severity assessment, and hazard tagging
• Evaluate AI model outputs during testing cycles, scoring responses against expert rubrics and clearly documenting what the correct EHS response should be and why
• Test AI capabilities against realistic, high‑risk operational scenarios using the standard a competent EHS professional would apply in practice
• Contribute to EHS red‑team testing by identifying edge cases, unusual incident patterns, regulatory overlaps, and scenarios likely to expose model weaknesses
• Support the curation of the EHS regulatory corpus by identifying gaps, flagging outdated guidance, and recommending authoritative sources
• Participate in calibration sessions to maintain consistency across labelling and evaluation decisions, resolving differences through clear, evidence‑based reasoning

Skills

Operational EHS experience

Strong written communication

Evaluation at scale

Professional judgement under risk

Challenge outputs for safety

Interest in AI safety applications

Education

NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent

Job description

Ideagen is seeking an AI EHS Specialist in a hybrid role based at our Nottinghamshire head office. You will apply real-world EHS experience to shape how AI systems understand and respond to safety-critical scenarios, without requiring prior AI experience.

You’ll investigate incidents, manage permits-to-work, assess risk, and influence how models classify incidents and interpret regulatory requirements. This role focuses on operational credibility and professional judgement at scale.