Principal Legionella Consultant

Description

• Ensure documentation aligns with current legal and regulatory requirements.
• Develop methodologies, quality frameworks, templates, SOPs, and assessment tools.
• Represent the consultancy at industry forums, conferences, and technical working groups as required.
• Build strong client relationships that drive retention and new business.
• Establish QA processes and internal competency frameworks for future team members.
• Serve as the company’s Competent Person for Legionella and water hygiene.
• Lead internal updates and training sessions to ensure organisational compliance and thought leadership.
• Establish a scalable operating model, ensuring consistent quality, compliance, and best practice.
• Design and build a full end-to-end Legionella service offering, including risk assessments, monitoring programmes, policies, training, and consultancy products.
• Support the business development team in identifying opportunities and positioning the consultancy as a market leader.
• Lead the technical element of tenders and bids, including writing method statements, pricing strategies, and client presentations.
• Provide authoritative guidance on all aspects of Legionella control, ACOP L8 compliance, HSG274 Parts 1–3, BS 8580 and related standards.
• Deliver expert technical advice internally and to clients, including root-cause analysis, remedial recommendations, and strategic planning.
• Lead complex Legionella risk assessments, written schemes, auditing, and compliance reviews.
• Keep abreast of emerging legislation, standards, research, and industry trends.
• Create and maintain robust internal policies, procedures, and governance structures relating to Legionella management and water hygiene.

Requirements

• BOHS qualifications such as P901, P902, P903, P904 or equivalent.
• Commercially astute with an understanding of client needs and market positioning.
• Membership of relevant professional bodies (e.g., Water Management Society, BOHS, IOSH).
• Proven experience as a Senior Legionella Consultant, Technical Lead, or Principal Consultant.
• Experience designing and delivering Legionella risk assessments of complex systems.
• Experience building or leading a consultancy function or technical team.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage at senior levels.
• Attention to detail and a focus on quality.
• Industry-Leading Software: Our innovative tools streamline risk and compliance management, putting clients in control and enabling them to demonstrate accountability to stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to act as a Competent Person for Legionella risk management.
• Deep technical expertise in ACOP L8, HSG274, BS 8580, Water Regulations, and water hygiene best practice.
• Demonstrable experience developing industry-leading policies, processes, and technical documentation.
• Proactive, adaptable, and a champion of best practice.
• Proven Expert Knowledge: With over 30 years of experience and a trusted reputation among 200+ UK organisations, we provide workable solutions that align with our clients’ organisational and business goals, as well as regulatory requirements.
• Strong leadership qualities with the ability to mentor others.
• Highly analytical with strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience delivering training and CPD sessions.
• Strong track record in winning tenders, writing bids, and supporting commercial strategy.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to build a capability from the ground up.

Benefits

• Social events with your colleagues.
• Competitive & tailored salary and benefits package
• Responsive Partnership: From every day, business-as-usual guidance to urgent, critical, complex, and contentious scenarios, we work in partnership with clients, becoming their trusted advisor and solution provider, whenever and wherever they need us most.
• Working with our diverse range of clients within the built environment, including residential and commercial.
• A wide range of benefits including a Private Healthcare plan, 5% matched pension plan, 4x salary life cover, 25 days holiday with option to increase via salary sacrifice, and Perkpal - perks and reward program.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression
• A collaborative and supportive work environment focused on achieving excellence in compliance, risk, and health & safety.
• Professional Membership reimbursement.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance