DSEAR Consultant

Job Title: Risk & Safety DSEAR Consultant

Location: Flexible anywhere in the UK (ideally Manchester or London)

Salary: Competitive + £4250 car allowance enhanced maternity/ sick pay+ further fantastic benefits package

Type: Permanent

Early in Your DSEAR or Process Engineering Career? 

Are you starting out as a DSEAR or Process/Chemical Engineering professional and looking for your next opportunity to grow?

Do you enjoy working with different stakeholders, developing your technical skills, and contributing to safety and performance improvements in fast‑paced environments?

Are you looking to join a global organisation that will support your development, offer great benefits, and provide a positive, collaborative culture?

If this sounds like the next step, you’re ready to take, we’d love to hear from you!

About the Role

We are growing International Risk & Safety Management team and looking for a Risk and Safety DSEAR Consultant to provide high quality consulting support to the delivery of DSEAR and other Risk and Safety services. 

Responsibilities involve:  

• Play an active role in the delivery and growth of the DSEAR services
• Contribution to Marketing the services
• Take ownership and provide high quality technical consultancy to clients and colleagues within the Risk & Safety Group.
• Be exemplar in client management and relationship building
• Keep abreast of current legislation, relevant national and international standards and guidelines and technical developments within the relevant field
• Ensure the use of the Consulting Group technical tools and methodologies in delivery of projects to the standard set
• Follow Consulting Group financial procedures in the delivery of projects
• Adhere to site safety practices where site work is undertaken
• Contribute to the forward workload forecast, supporting visibility and planning across the team.
• Monitor individual utilisation versus targets and activity manage optimal utilisation

What are we looking for?

Skills and Experience

• Strong practical understanding of DSEAR, including gas and dust explosion hazards.
• Experience working in operational site environments and understanding real‑world constraints.
• Knowledge of relevant regulations, standards and guidance, including IGEM, British Standards, and HSE publications.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving and technical report‑writing skills.
• Confident and clear communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A positive, proactive approach to change, viewing it as an opportunity for improvement.
• Ability to prioritise, plan and manage workload to optimise time, cost and quality.
• High level of personal drive, ownership and professional commitment.
• Continuous improvement mindset, with a willingness to adopt innovative methods and tools

Qualifications

Essential 

• Degree in Engineering (Chemical, Process, Mechanical preferred) or a relevant scientific discipline.

Preferred 

• Familiarity with Hazard Identification techniques, such as HAZOP, HAZID, or similar, either as a Scribe or Chair.

What’s in it for you:

We aim to cultivate a supportive learning environment so team members can enjoy development and progression alongside an interesting, technically challenging career.  

We offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary and industry leading training and development to support you throughout your career.

Core benefits include:

• Private medical
• Life assurance
• Professional membership subscription
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme and up to
• Paid volunteering

Flexible benefits include:

• Cycle to Work
• Tech scheme
• Travel insurance
• Dental insurance
• Gym and retail discounts
• option to buy and sell holiday
• Give As You Earn scheme.