Occupational Health & Industrial Hygiene Advisor - Americas

bp•Warminster, PA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Occupational Health (OH) & Industrial Hygiene (IH) Advisor (Americas) provides OH and IH support to the Castrol lubricants business to help meet health regulatory obligations and improve health risk management across manufacturing, laboratories and offices. The role supports risk-based health and exposure management programmes, advises operations and functional collaborators, and helps verify the effectiveness of health controls, data, service providers and self-verification activities. It reports to the Castrol Global Health Lead and works with Castrol health, HSE, HR and business teams. The role provides technical OH and IH expertise to support conformance with Castrol’s health risk management system and applicable regulatory requirements. It supports practical programmes for a diverse workforce and operating footprint, including plant-based operations, office teams and mobile or commercial populations. It also coordinates day-to-day with contract health service providers and laboratories, supporting oversight of agreed scopes and service expectations, and helps identify, assess, monitor and control occupational health risks and workplace exposures while promoting workforce health and wellbeing. The position works closely with Local and Global HSE&C teams, Site Managers, internal and external customers, regulatory authorities and subject matter experts. Up to 25% travel is expected. The position is hybrid, combining office and remote working, and is not eligible for relocation assistance.

Requirements

Relevant degree or professional qualification in occupational health, industrial hygiene, nursing, medicine or a related health field.
At least 5 years of proven experience in occupational health, industrial hygiene or occupational/worker health risk management in an industrial, manufacturing or comparable operational environment.
Sound understanding of health hazard identification, health risk assessment and workplace exposure assessment.
Ability to interpret data, exercise professional judgement and recommend pragmatic, risk-based actions within an established framework.
Customer engagement and influencing skills across multidisciplinary and culturally diverse teams.
Personal integrity and strong commitment to confidentiality, ethics and protection of health data.
Clear written and verbal communication, strong organisation and ability to manage competing priorities.
Practical appreciation of regional complexity, varying regulatory environments and third-party/distributor operating models relevant to Castrol.
Willingness to develop depth in the complementary occupational health or industrial hygiene discipline when coming from an OH, IH or related health professional background.

Nice To Haves

Working toward or holding a recognised OH or IH professional qualification, such as an occupational health certificate, diploma or degree, CIH, or an internationally recognised IH qualification.

Responsibilities

Provide practical OH and IH advice to identify, assess and manage workplace health risks, regulatory requirements and exposure controls across operations, projects and contractor activities.
Support risk-based OH and IH programmes, including fitness for task or work, health surveillance, exposure monitoring, ergonomics, fatigue, travel health, infection prevention and other workforce health initiatives.
Contribute to investigations of occupational illnesses, health or exposure incidents and related causal factors, and help drive practical corrective actions with operations and HSE.
Conduct or support site visits, reviews and self-verification activities to assess OH/IH compliance, programme effectiveness and conformance with company standards.
Maintain, interpret and report OH/IH data, metrics and recommendations, with appropriate management of confidentiality, health records and sensitive health data.
Support development of OH/IH procedures, guidance and training, and build line and HSE capability in practical health risk management.
Provide OH/IH input to emergency response and contractor and service-provider oversight; collaborate with HSE, HR, legal, procurement and external partners to support programme delivery.
Participate in relevant professional networks and communities of practice to share learning and bring applicable good practice into Castrol.
Work closely with Local and Global HSE&C teams, Site Managers, internal and external customers, regulatory authorities and subject matter experts.
Coordinate day-to-day with contract health service providers and laboratories and help verify that agreed scopes and service expectations are met.