Apprentice SHEQ Advisor

Are you looking to become a passionate health, safety, and environmental professional? Are you seeking an exciting new challenge in the construction industry? Look no further! We have an amazing opportunity for you to join the team and make a real impact on one of the largest construction projects in the country.

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

What you'll do at work

Turnbull are looking to invest in and support an entry-level professional in progressing their career into a Apprentice SHEQ Advisor.

This is a unique role for a talented individual, acting as a support to the SHEQ team and Senior SHEQ Advisor. You will be learning to support strategies, systems, monitoring performance, and the provision of advice and support to ensure compliance with statutory and company requirements.

Whilst we look to support and develop you through your apprenticeship plan to ensure your best competence as you develop in the SHEQ Team, with the potential to progress in the team.

You will learn about and eventually support the following responsibilities as you develop through this role:

• Learn to be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of risk assessments and management systems, while proactively following up on control measures.
• Learn to carry out collaborative site inspections and audits, once training requirements have been met.
• Upskill to support the team with the preparation of safe systems of work, risk assessments, method statements, inductions, and briefings.
• Learn to assist in the development of pre-start briefs and Point of Work risk assessments (POWRA).
• Learn to assist with integrated management systems (ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001).
• Be mentored with assisting with any accident/incident investigations, identifying root cause analysis, and reviewing trends.
• Learn to undertake action plans to ensure continued sustained compliance with legislation.
• Attend relevant training as required with progression plans.
• Learn to support with the upkeep of company accreditations.
• Attend SHEQ site meetings when required.

This role also brings an opportunity for you to drive continuous improvement with regards to the health and safety culture across the organisation by raising the profile and improving management and controls of the employee well-being aspect of health and safety whilst developing your career in health & safety.

Where you'll work

Hinkley Point C
Stogursey
Bridgwater Somerset
TA5 1UF

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

Training provider

COMPASS SKILLS TRAINING LIMITED

Training course

Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• 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 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 company's 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, 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 assist 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.