Safety, Health & Environmental Advanced Apprentice (SHE)

You will have a real job from day one and make a genuine contribution to the businesses

Typical weekly tasks will consist of: 

Investigating incidents and accidents and near misses and using robust root cause techniques Learn about Safety, Health and Environmental management and best practices and be able to suggest tangible control measures Develop an understanding of compliance to UK safety laws, provide governance and support to sustain legal compliance Grow to understand how you can influence a positive safety culture, complete training and coaching of teams to help grow safer actions and habits Undertake and/or assist with the monitoring, analysis and reporting of SHE performance Support the embedding of Health, Safety & Environmental values and procedures where good communication skills are essential

This is a mobile role so a full driving licence and access to a car with appropriate business insurance is essential.

You will have a ‘home’ site to work from but will cover a number of sites across the region.

Training:
Advanced Safety, Health and Environment Technician (Level 3) and then progressing to Improvement Practitioner (Level 4) Upon completion of the apprenticeship programme, you will be able to join the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) at TechIOSH level

Training Outcome:
Best of all, upon successfully completing this two year apprenticeship you will be guaranteed a full-time role with Bakkavor

Employer Description:

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

 

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Working Hours :
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Team working,Initiative