AI Specialist (EHS)

Ideagen Plc; Barton-in-Fabis; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Ideagen Plc is seeking an AI EHS Specialist with proven operational EHS experience to shape safety-critical AI behavior. You will annotate data, validate model outputs, and collaborate with AI engineers to improve decision-making in risk, permits-to-work and incident scenarios.

The role emphasizes judgement, clear documentation, and practical safety leadership, with a hybrid working pattern (three days in head office). A NEBOSH General Certificate is preferred.

Qualifications

• Operational EHS experience across incidents, permits and risk assessment.
• Ability to evaluate decisions rigorously and document rationale clearly.
• Strong written communication to explain EHS responses.

Responsibilities

• Label and classify EHS data to support AI model testing and calibration.
• Evaluate AI outputs against expert rubrics and document correct EHS responses.
• Work with AI engineers to translate practitioner feedback into model improvements.
• Contribute to building an AI platform that supports safe and responsible decision-making.

Skills

EHS knowledge

Risk assessment

Incident investigation

Communication skills

Professional judgement

Education

NEBOSH National General Certificate

Job description

Location- Ruddington, Nottinghamshire Level - Professional Department - Product R&D Working Pattern - Hybrid (three days a week in the head office) Benefits - Salary - To be discussed at next stage Ideagen is building AI for environments where safety, accuracy and professional judgement truly matter. As an AI EHS Specialist, you'll apply your real-world EHS experience to shape how AI systems understand, assess and respond to safety-critical scenarios. This role is designed for practitioners who have worked operationally - investigating incidents, managing permits, assessing risk, and making decisions that directly affect worker safety and now want to apply that expertise at scale. Rather than managing EHS within a single organisation, you'll help define what good and safe practice looks like for an AI platform used by thousands of safety professionals. Your judgement will directly influence how models classify incidents, assess serious injury and fatality (SIF) risk, validate permits-to-work, and interpret regulatory requirements. You don't need AI experience for this role. What matters is operational credibility, strong professional judgement, and the ability to evaluate decisions rigorously and consistently.

• 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
• Work closely with AI engineers and domain leads, translating practitioner feedback into concrete improvements in model behaviour
• Help ensure the AI system doesn't just sound plausible, but genuinely supports safe and responsible decision‑making
• 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
• An interest in contributing to AI used in safety‑critical environments, even without a technical background

Ideagen is the invisible force behind many things we rely on every day - from keeping airplanes soaring in the sky, to ensuring the food on our tables is safe, to helping doctors and nurses care for the sick. So, when you think of Ideagen, think of it as the silent teammate that's always working behind the scenes to help those people who make our lives safer and better. Everyday millions of people are kept safe using Ideagen software. We have offices all over the world including America, Australia, Malaysia and India with people doing lots of different and exciting jobs.

We're building a future‑ready team, and AI is part of how we work smarter. If you're curious, adaptable and open to using AI to improve how you work, you'll thrive at Ideagen!

All matters will be treated with strict confidence. At Ideagen, we value the importance of work‑life balance and welcome candidates seeking flexible arrangements.