Environmental Health & Safety Consultant

Barbour Ehs; London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the EHS sector seeks an Environmental Health & Safety Consultant to support clients in navigating legal obligations. The role involves conducting audits, creating compliance documents, and providing expert guidance on EHS legislation. Ideal candidates will have a background in environmental health and safety, strong analytical skills, and a passion for compliance. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits, with occasional travel to client sites.

Benefits

Health Cash Plan

Gym Discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Exclusive Shopping Discounts

Volunteer Days

Professional Membership Fee Coverage

Access to Online Learning Library

Qualifications

• Experience in Environmental or Health and Safety role.
• Understanding of UK and EU legal systems.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct on-site and remote audits for clients.
• Create and update legal registers for compliance.
• Provide expert guidance on EHS legislation.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Research Skills

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Environmental Health and Safety

Professional Qualifications (PIEMA, NEBOSH)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Environmental Health & Safety Consultant

Location: United Kingdom - Occasional travel to client sites. You can expect to be on the road once a week

Salary: £26k - 27.5k per year + Benefits

Permanent

About us

Barbour is a trusted and comprehensive provider of regulatory information, guidance, standards and resources to support our clients wherever they are in the world. Through our knowledge of complex legislation and flexible resources, we empower our clients to simplify and manage their EHS compliance.

It's about more than just legislation. Working with Barbour, you have a partner to help put solid compliance foundations in place, tools to influence company culture, and specialist consultancy. We help you stay on top of ever-changing industry developments, ensuring your organisation keeps people safe and protects the environment.

About the role

We are looking for a passionate and self-motivated individual to join us working alongside our team of experienced environmental and health and safety consultants. We're looking for a detail-oriented professional to support our UK-wide client base in navigating their legal obligations. In this role, you'll be the key point of contact for clients, scheduling remote and on-site audits to assess compliance with environmental and safety legislation. You'll identify legal non-compliance, compile comprehensive legal registers, and provide expert guidance on ISO 14001 and 45001 standards.

You'll also play a vital role in keeping clients informed about evolving EHS legislation and helping them meet their legal requirements with confidence. If you thrive in a dynamic, client-facing environment and have a keen eye for detail, we'd love to hear from you!

This role will provide key support to our clients and therefore you will need to be available to travel occasionally to client sites. You can expect to be on the road once a week.

What you'll be getting up to

• Liaising with clients to book remote meetings or site visits
• Conduct on-site and remote audits for our UK wide client base to gather information required for their legal registers
• Identify legal non-compliance during site audits and questionnaires
• Create environment and safety legal registers in Word format to assist clients in complying with ISO 14001 and 45001 standard requirements
• Create and update an aspects and impacts register
• Assist clients in understanding and complying with their legal requirements in relation to environmental and safety law
• Answer client queries in regard to environment and health and safety legislation
• To keep on top of and understand legislation changes
• Carry out regular updates on legal register documents and inform clients on changes in EHS legislation
• Keep the CMS and client portal accurate and up-to-date
• Keep all paperwork and weekly reports correct and submitted on time

What we're looking for

The ideal candidate for this role will demonstrate behaviours that reflect our core values. Our colleagues are approachable and optimistic, focussing on solutions. We listen to understand client needs, delivering expert guidance and high-quality service. We foster collaboration by sharing knowledge openly and supporting others to thrive by sharing well-considered feedback. We continuously strive for improvement by being open to challenge, being curious and focussing on innovation.

In order to excel in this role,you need

• Experience and understanding of environmental health and safety, either through completing a degree, other professional qualifications such as PIEMA or NEBOSH or having worked in an Environmental or Health and Safety role
• A passion for environmental and health and safety laws -you'll need to understand UK and EU legal systems and be able to interpret and translate complex legislation into plain English
• Strong analytical and research skills - to interpret client needs and deliver tailored solutions
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills - confidently engaging with clients and providing expert advice and well-structured reports
• To be super organised - your ability to manage multiple tasks will be key to success in this role
• To be self-motivated and a team player - whilst you spend most of your time working independently, you'll be working with a supportive and experienced team
• To be tech-savvy - you'll regularly be using software systems and the Microsoft Office suite including Word and Excel
• A valid UK driving licence - you'll be travelling to client sites as part of this role

Why join us?

We put people first-whether it's our customers or our colleagues. When you join us, you'll be part of a supportive team that values collaboration, innovation, and professional growth. We'll give you the tools and opportunities to succeed, while ensuring you feel valued every step of the way.

Our benefits

We aim to support our colleagues both professionally and personally. Here's a snapshot of what we offer:

• £26,000 - £27,500 per annum
• Wellbeing-Health cash plan, gym discounts, cycle to work scheme and an enhanced employee assistance programme
• Financial-salary sacrifice pension scheme and exclusive shopping discounts
• Family - we enhance statutory entitlements for family leave policies
• Community -volunteer days and religious holiday swaps
• Social-we host an annual conference to get the whole business together as well as our team of Social Champions who arrange regular events for inside and outside of work
• Development-we'll cover the cost of a professional membership fee, support your personal and professional development and provide you with access to our online learning library

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