Principal Consultant

Role: Principal Occupational Hygiene Consultant

Location: Home based with travel to client sites (circa 3-4 days per week).  Based in Greater Manchester area

Package: Competitive salary + £4,250 car allowance/company car + private healthcare + buy and sell holidays + other Flexible benefits

Role Purpose:  To act as a senior member of the AVOH team and to provide day-to-day support on operational delivery of projects on budget and to required quality. Provide a point of reference on technical issues and to assist in the delivery of the Energy & Engineering LEAP28 strategy plan and Offshore BU operating year budget.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support, as required, in the definition of the current and future market, market drivers and service offerings of the AVOH team.
• Support in the development, and play an active role in the delivery, of an annual AVOH team plan on business development and sales.
• Provide tender responses to client requests for work and input into large bids through the Commercial Manager and Bid Support Team.
• Ensure that projects are delivered on time and to budget; to manage resources in the delivery of the projects; to undertake regular project reviews.
• Provide high quality technical consultancy to clients.
• Keep abreast of current legislation, relevant national and international standards and guidelines and technical developments within the relevant field.
• Be exemplar in client management and relationship building.
• Operate in line with Bureau Veritas Core Values and Code of Ethics
• Track and report on the status of active proposals.
• To follow all financial and risk procedures in the delivery of projects.
• Ensure that adequate technical tools and facilities are available and maintained to industry standards.
• Contribute to a rolling forward AVOH team order book and forecast to provide visibility of future workload.
• Work with AVOH Team Manager and Offshore Business Unit Manager to ensure resource plans match the order book demands.
• Resolve conflicts on a punctual basis.
• Monitor individual utilisation versus targets and actively manage optimal utilisation, making best use of the teams geographic spread, and identifying opportunities for upskilling.
• Ensure performance appraisals are conducted for all direct reports, as well as on-going performance monitoring and management, with appropriate feedback provided.
• Support through the recruitment process, including screening of applicants and leading interviews
• Ensure that a safe, environmental and high quality culture exists in the operations of the business

Experience & Skills Required:

• Technical consulting background
• Strong analytical and report writing skills
• Understanding of the line management responsibilities
• Ability to encourage others to develop new skills and enhance existing ones
• Ability to think both globally and locally when developing and communicating objectives and strategies
• Strives to improve performance and uses innovative methods to get there
• Good understanding of commercial risk

Qualifications Required:

• Degree qualified in relevant subject
• Member of a related professional institution close to achieving LFOH status (within 3 months)

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• £4,250 car allowance / company car
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays with the option to buy or sell 5 holiday
• Combined employee/employer pension contributions of up to 12%
• Flexible/Home Working
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay
• Flexible benefits scheme including Life Cover, Private health care, Dental Care, Gym Flex, Techscheme, Give as You Earn scheme & Travel Insurance, electric car scheme
• Health and Wellbeing Support through Mental Health First aiders, Employee Assistance programme & Smart Health services