Full TimeENEurope
Occupational Health (OH) Specialist
Your Manager: Occupational Health Manager
Team: Occupational Health
Location: Kilmalid, Dumbarton
Contract Type: Permanent
Pernod Ricard is a worldwide leader in the spirits and champagne industry, blending traditional craftsmanship, state-of-the-art brand development, and global distribution technologies. Our prestigious portfolio of premium to luxury brands includes Absolut vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur, and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes. Our mission is to ensure the long-term growth of our brands with full respect for people and the environment, while empowering our employees around the world to be ambassadors of our purposeful, inclusive, and responsible culture of authentic conviviality
Chivas Brothers is the Pernod Ricard business dedicated entirely to Scotch whisky and is part of the Gold Brand Unit, our global division for Aged Spirits & Champagne, which brings together the prestigious portfolios of Irish Distillers, Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët and North American Distillers, alongside Chivas Brothers. Our award-winning portfolio features some of the world’s most revered single malt and blended Scotch whisky brands, including Chivas, Ballantine’s, Royal Salute, The Glenlivet and Aberlour, which are exported from Scotland to over 100 countries worldwide. As the world’s No.2 Scotch whisky producer with a 1,600-strong team across 26 sites, we are committed to upholding the heritage and pursuing the progress of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.
About the role
We now have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Health Specialist to be responsible for the delivery of an effective Occupational Health Service across our organisation that meets and exceeds the expectations of its customers by adopting the latest initiatives in business health practice and developing preventative policy to add value and significantly influence the performance of the business.
What you will do
Occupational Health Service
Support the day-to-day management and service delivery across agreed sites and develop influential relationships across the company to identify, promote and deliver OH data and services which enable improved health performance and organisational effectiveness.
Take the lead in appropriate initiatives and company health promotion activities and be responsible for the maintenance of appropriate employee medical files, ensuring confidentiality.
Employee Support
Provide general OH support and advice in line with business strategy to management, union representatives and employees, as well as being involved in the sickness absence management process and advising on long term absence issues, return to work plans and Equality Act advice.
Conduct both pre-employment and in employment screening as appropriate and provide advice and guidance to managers and employees on ways of promoting a healthy working environment.
Training
Conduct and educate key personnel on workplace health risk assessments.
Continuous Improvement
Integrate health considerations into business processes to help enhance productivity and individual capability and developing and implementing OH policies, standards and procedures to nationally accepted standards which reflect best practice and communicate these to appropriate personnel.
Your skills and background
Registered General Nurse, with a degree in Occupational Health Nursing/NMC specialist practitioner status.
Post registration experience, including experience in an Occupational Health environment.
Knowledge of current Health and Safety legislation and can demonstrate a sound knowledge of clinical health issues.
Knowledge of broader business issues and able to think strategically as to how OH can add value to the Company.
Strong project management skills, IT literate and can demonstrate a pragmatic, insightful approach to problem solving.
Current, Full UK driving licence.
Why join us?
Collective Spirit
You will be part of a connected, international community shaped by iconic brands, a performance mindset, and a proud legacy, where collaboration, fun and ambition coexist.
Craft your path
We empower you to own your career, innovate boldly and grow alongside our business, surrounded by leaders who value curiosity, energy, and impact.
Cultivate the future
You’ll help shape a business with a soul — one that cherishes the land, respects communities, and brings good times from a good place, responsibly and sustainably.
People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’. We promote inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture, an environment where we can truly be ourselves.
We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences, and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Our recruiting team are more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process, in order for you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.
Our mix of benefits
Competitive salary, along with performance related bonus
Defined Contribution Pension
Private medical insurance, including income protection
Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
25 days’ annual holiday (increasing with length of service up to 27) plus public holidays,
Pernod Ricard share incentive plan and share ownership plan
Life Assurance
An allowance each year to spend on our brands
Our reward & recognition scheme
Employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.
Regular events in our very own office bar
Learn more about working with Pernod Ricard https://www.pernod-ricard.com/en
Learn more about Chivas Brothers https://www.chivasbrothers.com/
Closing Date for Applications:
27th May 2026
Job Posting End Date:
2026-05-28Target Hire Date:
2026-06-29Target End Date:
