Apprenticeship - Environmental Health & Safety

Summary

To support planned, preventative and reactive environmental health and safety activities within a pharmaceutical environment, helping to ensure compliance with legislation, policies and best practices. 

Wage

£18,467 a year

Annual increments upon successful completion of apprenticeship academic year.

Pension

25 days holiday + BH

Private Medical Insurance

Company sick pay

EAP - 24/7

Life assurance

Training course

Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday. 37.5hrs per week with flexible start and finish times available (TBC).

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

4 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

• Follow/adhere to Kindeva’s Health and Safety and Environmental Policy
• Work within a Regulatory working environment
• Assist in developing, reviewing, and updating EHS policies, procedures, and risk assessments
• Support incident and near-miss investigations, including data collection and reporting
• Participate in workplace inspections and audits, identifying hazards and improvement opportunities
• Help deliver EHS training sessions, toolbox talks, and safety inductions
• Monitor waste management, recycling, and energy-saving initiatives
• Maintain accurate EHS records and documentation
• Contribute to sustainability and wellbeing campaigns across the organisation

Where you'll work

Up Brooks, Clitheroe, Lancashire
BB7 1NX

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

RHG CONSULT LTD

Training course

Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)

What you'll learn

• 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

Training schedule

This will be a site-based apprenticeship. Learning will take place remotely.

More training information

Training to be provided:

• Level 3 Diploma in Safety, Health & Environmental Technician
• RHG Level 4 Accident Investigation Course - IOSH Accredited
• Functional skills in English, maths and ICT (if not already achieved)

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 5+)
• Maths (grade 5+)
• Science or Engineering base subject (grade 5+)

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

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience

Other requirements

• Good organisational, interpersonal, and time management skills
• Enthusiastic, flexible, conscientious and proactive in approach
• To work efficiently with supervision
• Take a positive approach to own training and development
• Good communication skills
• Strong team player