Occupational Health & Industrial Hygiene Advisor

Role Purpose & Scope

The role delivers professional occupational health services across operational and office environments, ensuring alignment with legislative requirements and corporate health standards. It provides frontline clinical expertise, supports assurance and audit readiness, and contributes to continuous improvement of occupational health performance at site level.

Deliver occupational health risk assessments, including exposure-based evaluations, site gap analyses, and self-verification activities. Execute statutory and corporate medical surveillance programs, including pre-placement, periodic, and exit medicals. Provide clinical case management within scope of practice, including triage, treatment, documentation, follow-up, and referrals. Implement and monitor controls for occupational health stressors such as noise, heat stress, ergonomics, fatigue, and chemical exposures. Maintain audit and inspection readiness through accurate health records, compliance documentation, and corrective action tracking. Deliver occupational health training and awareness programs to employees and contractors. Manage drug and alcohol testing programs, including chain-of-custody and incident-related testing. Support emergency medical response capability, including first aid team training and readiness.

Education & Experience

• Nursing/medical degree qualification with specialization in Occupational Health.
• Registered Occupational Health Nurse with current professional council registration (desirable).
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) (desirable).
• Experience delivering occupational health services in industrial or operational environments, including medical surveillance and health risk management.

Skills & Competencies

• Occupational health legislation and compliance;
• Clinical assessment and case management;
• Health risk identification and control;
• Audit readiness;
• Training delivery;
• Emergency response preparedness.