Apprentice Safety, Health and Environment Technician
KILNBRIDGE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LTD.
London (E16 4TL)
Closes in 23 days (Friday 7 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 October 2025
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Summary
This role is an opportunity to join an established engineering company with an initial apprenticeship programme to become a Level 3 Safety, Health and Environment Technician. The job role will involve a mixture of office-based work completing paperwork, writing documents and procedures, coupled with site visits across London.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.30pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
The candidate will have good IT skills, strong written English, a confident approach and the ability to work to high standard without constant supervision.
Your main duties will be:
- Assisting consultants with administration duties
- Assisting consultants in managing their clients' service levels both on-site and from our office
- Developing health and safety management systems and distributing them to clients
- Providing a range of guidance and advice to clients
- Assisting clients to work towards and achieve a range of health and safety accreditations
- Working with our consultants to undertake audits and inspections
- Gathering info for pre-construction information documents and writing reports
Where you'll work
Mcdermott House South Crescent Cody Road Business Park
London
E16 4TL
Training
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 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
- The occupation covered by this standard is that of a Health & Safety Advisor or SHE Technician role – who is usually part office based and part at the workface
- A SHE Technician will assist to develop, review and check on the implementation of safe systems of work, deliver training (eg toolbox talks and inductions), investigate accidents, analyse data and present findings to the management team
- The apprentice upon successful completion will achieve Level 3 Safety, Health and Environment Technician, NEBOSH National General Certificate (optional), IOSH Environment for Business
- The apprenticeship will be delivered in the work place and have contact with the provider via online with monthly tutor/assessor visit
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Initiative
Other requirements
This job may be repetitive with the administrative task. You will be required to travel to different sites. Most sites are outdoor, you will be expected to work outside for some parts of the day.
About this employer
Kilnbridge has a hard-earned reputation for delivering construction and civil engineering projects – particularly those with difficult or unusual challenges to resolve. Founded in 1991 by our Chairman and Founder, Dermot McDermott as a general building and civil engineering contractor, we initially undertook builders’ work packages across the Canary Wharf development and southeast London. We quickly developed into a multi-disciplinary, national engineering and construction business that currently employs more than 1,000 people. Today, Kilnbridge offers expertise in Building & Civil Engineering, Concrete Cutting and Controlled Demolition, Fire Protection and Waste Management. These key service areas are supported by our in-house capabilities in Engineering & Design, Fabrication (K FAB) and Plant and construction equipment (K PLANT). Working collaboratively with clients in a wide range of industry sectors, we capitalise fully on our teams’ in-depth knowledge, experience and skills to realise their vision. Our diverse and highly talented workforce delivers outstanding and often award-winning bespoke solutions through innovation, courage and determination. Kilnbridge proactively embraces equality, diversity and inclusion throughout the business, and has an industry leading safety culture. In March 2021 we became an employee-owned business, with the aim of safeguarding our future for the benefit of everyone who works here.
https://www.kilnbridge.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Access to discount websites Cycle to work Scheme Access to 24 virtual GP Free access to legal and financial advice 25 days holiday a year
After this apprenticeship
- Once you have achieved the level 3 qualification you will have the opportunity to progress on to the next level
- Ultimately, and depending on the individual, you could advance into an advisor and work towards IOSH chartership
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KILNBRIDGE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LTD.
HR Department
apprenticeships@kilnbridge.com
020 7511 1888
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346144.
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Closes in 23 days (Friday 7 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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