Apprentice HSES Advisor - Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty plc

Description

Become Part of the Next Generation of Apprentices at Balfour Beatty

Are you looking to start your career after your studies? Our Early Careers programme gives you the opportunity to challenge yourself and be part of the solution to make the world work better.

The Early Careers programme we offer has been carefully developed by the business so that you will become the best professional you can be. We want to bring out the best of your abilities whilst giving you a deep insight into the world of Infrastructure Engineering so then you can be the catalyst for change.

You'll learn. You'll gain skills. You'll explore our business and our sectors having real control over where you go and what you experience next. And you'll do it all as part of a busy community of Apprentices, Year in Industry students and Graduates.

For this role we are looking for candidates based in the Inverness/ Aberdeen region

What you'll be doing

Your responsibilities as a Health, Safety & Environment Technician:

Assist the HSS Manager in providing the material for induction and training, ensuring material inclusive and accessible to all and embed an industry / sector leading HSE culture from day one

Attend key Project safety meetings with contractors and assisting in the production of minutes

Assist in reporting incidents in Horace

Interrogate project wide HSS performance and assist in producing Project statistics for the monthly report

Assist in carrying out field / on-site inspections and subsequent reports, ensuring where required, follow-up of corrective actions

Assist in developing innovative and effective digital solutions for HSS on site.

Who we're looking for

Who were looking for:

• You will have a minimum of 5 GCSEs 9-4 including Maths & English or equivalent coupled with an interest in health and safety.
• You will have a basic knowledge of MS packages including Outlook, Word and Excel.
• You will have a keen interest in construction and infrastructure and a good attention to detail.
• You will have a have a friendly, flexible approach to your working day and a willingness to work with and support colleagues
• You will have an enthusiastic, engaged attitude and eagerness to learn and develop personally and professionally
• Ideally hold a UK drivers license

Why work for us

To ensure you feel prepared and informed at each stage of our recruitment journey, we wanted to share with you our key stages;

Stage one: getting to know you Our team will review applications and if shortlisted for a role with us, you will be contacted by one of our amazing recruiters. They will be keen to hear about your interests and enthusiasm to join Balfour Beatty and will talk you though the next steps.

Stage two: In-person or online interview This is the final stage of our recruitment journey and is where we get to meet you in person, either in one of our offices, or online via Teams. For us, the most exciting part as we love hearing all about you. We also want to ensure you are getting the most out of your recruitment journey, so it's important you are curious and ask us questions too

About us

Join us We are more than construction. Every day, our projects change the way the world looks and improve the way it works. And because we do more, you will too So don't hesitate, our application window is open until midnight on19th April 2024. If you think you can make a difference here at Balfour Beatty then apply today To hear more about our programme, clickhere At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone D&I Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. Our Smart Working policy enables employees to work flexibly where operationally possible and we would be happy to explore this with you.

To find out more about our Value Everyone D&I Strategy and Action Plan, visit our website at As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. Further information about Disability Confident can be found at