Apprentice - Environment, Health & Safety (Level 3)

Siemens PLC; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering company in Manchester offers an apprenticeship in Environmental Health and Safety (EHS). This role involves promoting workplace health and safety, implementing environmental initiatives, and providing support for compliance with relevant regulations. Ideal candidates must have GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4 or above, alongside strong communication and organizational skills. Upon successful completion, a permanent position may be offered as an EHS professional.

Qualifications

• Empowering colleagues to lead healthier lives by promoting a culture of well-being and safety.
• Supporting the development and implementation of eco-efficient solutions.
• Regularly tracking progress towards carbon neutrality goals.

Responsibilities

• Assist the EHS Manager in compliance with procedures and legal requirements.
• Continually develop competence through hands-on involvement.
• Manage the implementation of SHE policies and procedures.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Customer care skills

Problem-solving skills

Administrative skills

Education

GCSE English Language (grade 4 or above)

GCSE Mathematics (grade 4 or above)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Promoting Health and Safety: Empowering colleagues to lead healthier lives by fostering a culture of well‑being and safety. You’ll facilitate learning and innovation in workplace health and safety, ensuring everyone can contribute their unique skills and expertise to create a safe work environment.
• Implementing Environmental Initiatives: Supporting the development and implementation of eco‑efficient solutions. You’ll work on projects that aim to reduce the use of materials, energy, water, and land resources while maintaining economic output.
• Monitoring and Reporting: Regularly tracking progress towards our carbon neutrality goal and other environmental targets. You’ll be responsible for collecting data, analysing performance, and reporting on key metrics to ensure we stay on track.
• Engaging with Customers: Communicating with internal and external customers about our EHS initiatives. You’ll share updates, gather feedback, and promote awareness of our sustainability efforts.
• Continuous Improvement: Finding opportunities for improvement in our environmental, health, and safety practices. You’ll be encouraged to bring innovative ideas to the table and help drive continuous improvement across the organisation.
• You will continue to develop competence and skills from administration and record keeping to hands‑on involvement with site inspections, inductions, risk assessments and presentations.
• As part of your programme you will complete a number of EHS related training courses to enhance your knowledge and skills.
• You will also undertake your apprenticeship End Point Assessment in your final year.
• Supporting the EHS Manager and the Digital Industries business to ensure compliance with internal procedures, legal requirements and customer requirements.
• To lead by example, demonstrating our EHS values at all times and actively promoting support to our people. Present and hold an audience’s attention, for example when delivering SHE training, toolbox talks, inductions or presenting data or investigation findings to the workforce or management team. Show you 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 company’s SHE policies and processes, applying generic industry guidance into the context of the workplace.
• Identify 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 present the highest risks; how to deal with hazards in accordance with workplace instructions and legal requirements.
• Support the practical application of 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 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, ensuring the 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 assist in developing 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.

Qualifications

• GCSE English Language (grade 4 or above)
• GCSE Mathematics (grade 4 or above)

Additional Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem‑solving skills
• Administrative skills

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Following the apprenticeship, subject to successful completion and provided there is a role available, you may be offered a permanent full‑time position as an EHS professional.