Health, Safety & Environment Apprentice opportunity … commencing Summer 2025

Summary

You will be immersed in the Health Safety & Environment (HSE) team. You will work alongside seasoned professionals, gaining valuable experience in implementing strategies that align with the company's values and culture, ensuring compliance with legal and company standards.

Wage: £17,500 a year
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Training course: Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
Hours: Hybrid working – we spend three days of your choice in the office, with the remaining days working at home. Shifts to be confirmed.
38 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 1 July
Duration: 2 years 2 months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

On a day to day basis your key responsibilities will include:

Fostering a culture that prioritizes effective HSE practices
Assist in reviewing existing HSE policies and practices to ensure they are current and meet both country-specific and STADA Global HSE SOP requirements
Assist the HSE department in monitoring the workplace to ensure current control measures are effective and identify opportunities for continual improvement
Help prepare statistical reports and monthly data in line with KPIs for the site, learning to analyse and interpret HSE data
Contribute to the development and rollout of site-based HSE improvement plans
Assist in preparing safety training materials and presenting training courses as required
Maintain company training records to ensure employees are qualified for relevant H&S practices (e.g., FLT, First Aid, Fire Wardens)
Support HSE induction training
Support staff in understanding and implementing H&S policies and procedures
Chair and take minute at Health and Safety meetings

Where you’ll work

Linthwaite Nr Huddersfield

HD7 5QH

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

VALKYRIE SUPPORT SERVICES LTD

Your training course

Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Present and hold an audiences attention, for example when delivering SHE training, toolbox talks, inductions or presenting data or investigation findings to the workforce or management team. Show they can sell the SHE message, have personal impact, deal with challenge, reflect on personal performance, use appropriate language for the audience
Assist the management team in the development, management, implementation and monitoring of the Safety, Health and Environmental Management System by updating systems in line with changes in legislation or best practice, delivering training, coaching operational teams and undertaking workplace inspections
Provide advice on the practical implementation of the companys SHE policies and processes applying generic industry guidance into the context of the workplace
Identify the hazards and evaluate: workplace instructions that are relevant to the individual’s job; working practices in the individual’s job that may harm themselves or others’; aspects of the individual’s job that could harm themselves or others; which of the potentially harmful working practices and aspects of the individual’s work present the highest risks to themselves or others; how to deal with hazards in accordance with workplace instructions and legal requirements
Support the practical application of the workplace instructions and suppliers or manufacturers instructions for the safe use of equipment, materials and products
Support and assist in the implementation of SHE inspections and monitoring systems demonstrating the balance between enforcement and internal support
Undertake and/or assist with the monitoring, analysis of and reporting of SHE performance
Prepare and maintain records relating to safety, health and environmental matters that comply with legal and workplace requirements and are accessible to those who are authorised to use them. E.g. records associated with Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations, Lifting Operation and Lifting Equipment Regulations, Noise at Work Regulations, Hand Arm Vibration Regulations or Environmental Permitting Regulations
Assist the management team in establishing, managing and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders such as local authorities, Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Occupational Health, Occupational Hygienists and others as required and directed
Research Safety, Health and Environmental Issues and best practices. Review updates of health and safety regulations e.g. changes to Construction, Design and Management Regulations or updates to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health along with workplace instructions, making sure that information is from reliable sources
Assist and/or manage the investigation of accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses and other incidents as directed
Recognise where decisions have a financial cost and assisting to develop a budget
Recognise situations where the activity will benefit from contributions and expertise of other internal departments such as HR, Finance, IT or Occupational Health

Your training plan

Alongside your role as the HSE Apprentice, you will undertake the 24-month Health Safety & Environment Technician (Level 3) Apprenticeship to achieve your qualification through a mixture of on-site and online academic learning

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths & English (grade 4 or above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Patience

About this company

STADA Thornton & Ross is one of UK's fastest-growing producers of consumer healthcare products including Covonia, Savlon, Nizoral, Cetraben and Zoflora. Our Specialty and Generic medicines also address therapeutic areas including dermatology, bone health, kidney disease and more. With more than 700 employees, we’re proud that our growth journey is supporting Britain’s wellbeing in multiple settings, including consumer healthcare, hospital, primary care, pharmacy and homecare. Our mission is Caring for People’s Health as a Trusted Partner, and we’re always looking out for talented people to join our team and support our exciting growth plan.

https://www.thorntonross.com/careers (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

A permanent role with the HSE team upon completion of the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

VALKYRIE SUPPORT SERVICES LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000299990.

Apply now

Closes in 21 days (Friday 28 February)

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Company’s application instructions

Please submit your application through the STADA Thornton & Ross careers page

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