Forensic Science jobs

Scientist
Buxton, Derbyshire (with travel to meetings, training and off‑site workplace visits across the UK)

About Us

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. We’re dedicated to protecting people and places, ensuring everyone can lead safer and healthier lives at work.

We are now looking for two Scientists to join our Control Team within the Science, Engineering and Analysis Division (SEAD), Health – Exposure & Control (HEC) Group on a full-time, permanent basis. Part-time working hours are available for this role. We can accept part-time applicants who can commit to a minimum of 30 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of £31,657 - £34,570 per annum
- Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme (with an employer contribution of 28.97%)
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- Flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- Family-friendly and carer-friendly policies
- 25 days’ annual leave increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege leave
- Parental leave benefits
- Access to a wide range of employee benefits, including Cycle to Work Scheme, E-Gift Cards, and Vouchers via EdenRed

This is an unrivalled opportunity for two enthusiastic and motivated scientists with laboratory experience in analytical, measurement or testing activities to join our essential organisation.

We’ll support you to develop your scientific skills and gain further practical experience, and we’ll provide plenty of training and supervision to ensure you progress and grow.

What’s more, you’ll discover that we are an internationally recognised organisation with tailored learning and development programmes, flexible working options and the chance to work in close collaboration with experienced scientific professionals.

We’re eager to hear from individuals at all stages of their career, but we feel these roles are ideally suited to those at the start of their scientific careers, who are looking to build on their practical scientific and laboratory experience.

So, if you’re ready to develop your expertise and help shape safer workplaces across Great Britain, read on and apply today!

The Role

As a Scientist, you will support laboratory and field-based research to help identify and control workplace health risks and improve safety across Great Britain.

You will carry out practical scientific work to support our regulatory, forensic and investigative activities. Contributing to projects focused on areas such as workplace air quality and respiratory protective equipment, you will undertake data collection, analysis and reporting under the guidance of senior scientists.

Working across laboratory and real-world environments, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring work is delivered safely, accurately and in line with established procedures while developing your practical and analytical skills.

Additionally, you will:

- Record, manage and present scientific data accurately
- Contribute to research projects and evidence reviews
- Provide technical and laboratory support across the group
- Follow health, safety and quality procedures at all times
- Support literature searches and background research

About You

To be considered as a Scientist, you will need:

- Experience in a scientific laboratory environment, undertaking analytical, measurement or testing activities, involving the application of scientific knowledge to generate, handle, analyse or record scientific data
- Experience of working to health, safety, quality and operational procedures in a scientific laboratory environment
- Evidence of developing new laboratory-based scientific skills
- The ability to independently record, collate and present scientific data accurately
- An understanding of data quality, traceability and reproducibility in a scientific context
- The ability to communicate effectively within a scientific team
- A full, valid driving licence (adjustments will be considered for applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability but can meet the travel requirements of the role by other suitable means)

Other organisations may call this role Graduate Scientist, Laboratory Analyst, Research Scientist, Laboratory Scientist, Environmental Health Scientist, Occupational Health Scientist, Research and Development Scientist, or Regulatory Scientist.

Webrecruit and the Health and Safety Executive are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re ready to contribute to safer and healthier working lives as a Scientist, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Pay: £31,657.00-£34,570.00 per year

Work Location: In person