Wanted: Principal Legionella Consultant

At Ark Workplace Risk, we empower our clients to confidently manage risk, compliance, and safety through a trusted partnership built on expert knowledge, innovative solutions, and proactive guidance and insight.

About Ark Workplace Risk:

• 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.
• Industry-Leading Software: Our innovative tools streamline risk and compliance management, putting clients in control and enabling them to demonstrate accountability to stakeholders.
• Insight-Driven Solutions: As industry thought leaders, we provide actionable insights into emerging legislation, guidance, and industry trends, ensuring court-readiness for their business.
• Responsive Partnership: From everyday, 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.

Role Summary

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Legionella Consultant to build and lead our strategic Legionella risk capability. This is a senior technical role for a recognised expert who thrives on shaping services, ensuring compliance excellence, and acting as the organisation’s competent person for Legionella and water hygiene. As a visionary consultant with deep expertise, commercial acumen, and the ability to deliver high‑quality technical solutions, you will spearhead the development of our Legionella services, ensuring our clients meet their legal obligations under ACOP L8, HSG274, Water Regulations, and all associated guidance.

Key Responsibilities

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