Health & Safety Apprentice - Looking to start a new career challenge for a fantastic manufacturer?
This is a great opportunity to join GB Ingredients, part of the Lallemand Group. We are a well-established international company that specialises in the development, production, and marketing of yeasts and bacteria and we are looking for a Health & Safety Apprentice to be based at our site in Felixstowe, Suffolk.
With being an apprenticeship role, this opportunity has sponsorship for accreditation. There is a great opportunity for progression in this role.
Fantastic company benefits include:
- Competitive Salary: On offer is a competitive salary a circa of £20,000 per annum.
- Holiday: 25 days plus Bank Holidays
- Pension: matched up to 10% employer contribution
- Free Parking: we provide onsite free parking.
- Employee extras such as: Life insurance
About the role:
You will work with the QESH Manager and Line Managers to ensure that the health and safety of the site is controlled, maintained and appropriate documentation is updated to guarantee internal and external audit/inspection requirements.
Other duties will include:
- Health, Safety and Environment: Carry out health and safety checks on the factory and associated work areas.
- Report immediately to the Operations and Plant Director or QESH Manager any visible H&S deviations, practices, non-compliances which are prejudicial to the safety of employees and factory. This would include employees and contractors.
- Comply with the company Health & Safety procedures, legislation and regulations in production areas including PPE usage and COSSH guidelines.
- Create COSSH documents for new chemicals as well as manage MSDS and COSSH files.
- Properly dispose of materials with a focus on environmental impact
- Operations: Monitor the health and safety of Operations following standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Report incidents and deviations promptly.
- Contribute to the improvement of the H&S systems.
- Assist in troubleshooting incidents, offer support, and ensure good communication.
- Food Safety/Hygiene, Health and Safety and Quality: Participate in hygiene audits/H&S inspections at defined regular intervals and report and highlight non-compliances.
- Administration / Human resource / Training: Maintenance of H&S documentation, reporting of incidents and accidents. Adhere to the Company's Rules, Guidelines and policies appertaining to good Human Resources Practices.
The Health & Safety Apprentice role is permanent position, working 8.45am - 5.15pm Monday to Friday.
Are you someone who has high energy, is a self-starter and has a “can do” attitude? You will need to be determined, resilient and comfortable to challenge the norm. We're looking for someone who can really make a difference in this QESH role through continuous improvement. If so, we would love to hear from you!
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