Apprentice Health & Safety Technician

BEAR Scotland; Scotland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading highway maintenance provider in Scotland is offering an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice Health & Safety Technician. This role is essential for promoting a proactive safety culture and involves responsibilities such as developing compliance documentation, analyzing data for improvements, and supporting internal audits. Candidates must hold a full UK driving licence and have a foundational knowledge of various ISO standards. A competitive salary and additional benefits are included.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday balance

Annual leave purchase

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Full approved UK driving licence is essential.
• Experience working to tight deadlines is necessary.
• Knowledge of ISO standards is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Support a close working relationship between all business processes.
• Analyze business data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop documentation including Toolbox Talks and Risk Assessments.
• Maintain compliance documentation for all premises.
• Assist with Internal Audits and provide accident investigation support.

Skills

Traffic Management knowledge

Road maintenance experience

Internal Auditor qualification

UK driving licence

ISO standards familiarity

Deadline management

Microsoft Office proficiency

Job description

Overview

Apprentice Health & Safety Technician – Location: Scotland – Category: Health & Safety – Full Time / Permanent, 40 Hours per week, Monday - Friday

BEAR Scotland is a leading provider of highway maintenance services across Scotland. We manage and maintain over 2,000km of Scotland's trunk road network, tackling just about every imaginable task and working round the clock to help keep Scotland moving.

We have a vacancy for a Health & Safety Technician to join our existing team. This role is key to the ongoing development and promotion of a proactive safety culture across our business.

The Health, Safety Technician will undertake continuous improvement supporting BEAR Scotland's management system certification. While you will be primarily office based, location is flexible as you will undertake site and depot visits / inspections.

Responsibilities

• To support a close working relationship between all business processes, to remain focused on continual improvement and best practice through proactive involvement with all managers and employees.
• Analysis of business data to identify opportunities for improvement
• Development of documentation, including Toolbox Talks, Method Statements, Risk Assessments, and Behavioural Safety developments
• Maintaining and development of documentation ensuring compliance for all BEAR Scotland premises
• Audit process documentation.
• Delivery and development of inductions and presentations.
• Assist with Internal Audits, including Evaluation of Compliance
• Assist with the preparation of certification and tender documentation.
• Provide accident investigation support.
• Inductions for Supply Chain / Clients
• Production of 'Management System Alerts'
• Preparation and co-ordination of HSE Committee
• Participate in document reviews and updates
• Development of processes and systems to provide an effective Health & Safety system maintaining certification to ISO 45001
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Detailed knowledge of Chapter 8 / Traffic Management (Desirable)
• Road maintenance experience (Desirable)
• Internal Auditor qualification
• A full approved UK driving licence (Essential)
• Conversant with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 and National Highway Sector Schemes
• Experience of working to tight deadlines.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages

Why BEAR?

We believe that the people who work with us are our greatest asset and, for us to succeed, we make sure we retain and attract a talented, innovative and dedicated team. In return, we offer a competitive salary, generous holiday balance and other additional company benefits such as annual leave purchase, employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work Scheme.

Grow your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, flourish, and succeed.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees