Job Description

Who we are

RED OHMS Group is a leading consultancy servicing the resources, oil/gas, construction, manufacturing, agriculture, education, infrastructure, and federal/state/local government sectors across Australia. We specialise in providing occupational hygiene, environment, and hazardous materials services, training, support, and solutions for our clients.

We promote workplace safety and health to ensure our community leaves work not only in the same health that they arrived, but in much better health due to the services we provide.

The opportunity

Occupational hygiene is the practice of identifying hazardous agents in the workplace that could cause disease or discomfort, evaluating the extent of the risk due to exposure to these hazardous agents, and the control of those risks to prevent ill-health in the long or short term.

A day as a Hygiene Technician involves collecting samples for risk management and legislative compliance. A career in Occupational Hygiene at RED OHMS Group starts at this level with progression through the business to various consultant opportunities.

About you

You will either have experience in, or a keen interest to learn the following:

• Conducting air sampling for fibres, dust, heavy metals (e.g. welding fumes) and volatile organic compounds in accordance with relevant standards or guidance documents
• Conduct noise surveys and noise dosimetry
• Use of scientific testing equipment / maintain calibration requirements
• Conduct respiratory and hearing personal protective equipment (PPE) fit-testing, and other health and hygiene risk assessments
• Have a current Standard 11 mining induction and medical, or work towards this
• Mine Air Quality Technician training

You will bring:

• Attention to detail and the ability to maintain focus on the task in hand
• Be highly organised and great at planning work activities
• Ability to be flexible with working arrangements, site travel according to client requirements is required (i.e. FIFO)
• Willingness to learn, to guide, and be guided
• Enthusiasm and a can-do attitude
• Be willing to engage with and contribute to a dynamic team
• Full drivers’ license
• A lover of numbers!

What we offer

There are many aspects of our lives that are important, so we offer benefits to enable your work to enhance your life. These include:

• flexible work options
• a work environment where safety is the number one priority
• a fun, supportive, and diverse workplace
• the opportunity to influence and build a supportive workplace culture in a fast-growing operation
• learning and development opportunities for qualifications and accreditation as needed
• wellbeing support for you and your family
• • Our mission is to protect worker health and safety by partnering with clients to understand their risks and how to manage them

Our business is unique, which means we offer interesting, challenging, and diverse career opportunities.

Our values are important to us so to be successful, you will have to share them:

• We look after each other
• We work with integrity and respect
• We take accountability for our actions

We work smart, are committed, and keen to succeed. If this sounds like you and you are looking for the chance to work for a company where the health, safety and wellbeing of employees is paramount, we would like to hear from you!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We don’t discriminate based on gender, age, nationality, race, religion, sexuality, physical ability, or cultural background.

If you are selected for a position, depending on your role, your employment may be conditional upon successful completion of background checks, a pre-employment medical review of physical fitness for the role, and drug screening.