Join us at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin): Where purpose comes to life.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team.

Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we work for. How about you?

At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments!

We are currently looking for an Occupational Health Advisor to join us at Chippenham. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

The role

Reporting to the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager, the Occupational Health Advisor will work at our Chippenham site 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. Occasional travel to Balbriggan and for cover to other UK sites may be required. As the Occupational Health Advisor with the assistance of the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager and Physician you will be responsible for supporting the business to grow by providing a quality professional portfolio of services that best meets and matches the business requirements. The Occupational Health Service will be delivered in accordance with Company Health and Safety legislation to ensure that the health and wellbeing of all employees is maintained to the highest possible level, thus enabling all employees to work to their full potential.

The main duties and responsibilities of your role are to:

• To work closely in conjunction with the HS&E team, line managers and the People Team to provide a proactive and effective occupational health service to the business.
• To work as an independent practitioner and be able to provide professional specialist advice and support to the Business
• To conduct health assessments with referred employees and consequently provide timely and clear advice and recommendations to line management, people team and employees. 
• To provide and manage surveillance and fitness to work programmes in relation to a variety of legislative and best practice needs such as audiology, blood lead, spirometry, night worker assessments and any other relevant types of surveillance. This list is not exhaustive.
• To assist in the development of Company surveillance programmes and health/wellbeing/awareness campaigns and to take full responsibility for their subsequent launch and promotion.
• To attend and participate in operational and health and safety meetings and seek to add value in relation to occupational health issues.
• To create reports on potential health issues, where required.
• To conduct and participate in relevant audits, when required.
• To support the Mental First aiders when required.
• To ensure all new employees to the business undertake a pre-employment medical and that all leavers from the business undergo an exit medical.
• To actively participate in the creation and delivery of training sessions across a wide range of occupational health issues, as agreed with Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager.
• To contribute to Company newsletters and health related leaflets.
• To maintain confidential medical records in line with all legal and statutory regs.
• To assist with compilation of medical information for employer liability claims for release to claimants’ solicitors and employer brokers and insurers.
• To maintain and grow professional competencies, skills and knowledge base by networking and continued professional education.

To be successful in the role you will have:

• RGN qualification (part 1 NMC register) - Essential.
• Recognised qualification (part 3 of NMC register) in Occupational Health at degree level or equivalent - Essential.
• Previous participation in the creation of policies and procedures, the promotion of workplace health strategies and training experience is vital.
• Possess a broad knowledge of health and safety legislation.
• Up to date training and competence in all aspects of Health Surveillance.
• Up to date knowledge on Occupational Health law.
• Previous experience in an occupational health setting within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in preventing occupationally related diseases and injuries through the implementation of effective health risk management.
• Experience in working as an independent practitioner to be able to support managers and HR with all aspects of case management.

What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers

Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin)! Here we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Above all we encourage all our employees to develop their talents and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Orbia B&I is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organisation

Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Orbia B&I collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Orbia B&I has 11,000+ employees and 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network. Our key commercial brands are: Wavin, Amanco Wavin, Pavco Wavin, Plastigama Wavin, and Bow Wavin.

Orbia Building & Infrastructure is part of Orbia – a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in several sectors including: Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura). These five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has a global team of over 24,000 employees, commercial activities in more than 100 countries and operations in over 50, with headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $8.2 billion in revenue in 2023.

Contact us

If you have questions or want to know more about the position, please contact our People Team via HR.UK@wavin.com. To apply, use the ‘apply’ button.

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