HSE Apprentice

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

The HSE Assistance will play a vital role in supporting the company's safety, health, and environmental compliance programs. This position will work closely with the HSE & Security Manager and other departments to ensure a safe and sustainable working.

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain and update performance monitoring checklist including preventive maintenance and miscellaneous checklist related to area of responsibility.
• To ensure that the equipment of the pollution control system is service regularly for optimized performance, which includes servicing of pH sensor, filter unit, filter press, activated carbon and others.
• To record chemical consumption to ensure that chemicals used for treatment
• process are readily available and to top up depleted chemicals.
• To adjust chemical dosing as per jar test result to achieve optimum result.
• Immediately report minor and major upset of WWTP and ARCS, to troubleshoot upset condition as far as practicable.
• To update and maintain storage inventory checklist of scheduled waste moving in and out of the scheduled waste store.
• To assist with the proper packaging and labelling of scheduled waste in accordance with regulatory and internal guideline.
• Able to work overtime if required to support operation activity.
• To conduct routine inspection on equipment and perform task based on manufacturer and internal recommendation.
• To attend any training or courses for regulatory and internal compliance.
• Supervise the work of subcontractor and acting as guide for sub-contractors for duty not limited to pollution control system and scheduled waste collection within the company premise.
• To operate and to ensure that the waste water treatment plant and air pollution control system is in compliance with the Industrial Effluent Regulation and Clean Air Regulation 2014.
• To manage the scheduled waste by ensuring that the packaging, labelling,
• storing and recordkeeping of Scheduled Waste movement is up to date, in accordance with Scheduled Waste Regulation 2005.
• To conduct performance monitoring and total preventive maintenance to avoi unplanned production downtime and to optimize both WWTP and ARCS.
• To study the WWTP process, scheduled waste management system and air pollution control system in order to make sound and independent technical decisions in the absence of supervisor.
• To keep area of responsibility in clean and safe condition
• To perform any related duties as directed.
  
  

Job Qualifications

• At least Diploma Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Chemical or a related field.
• At least 1 year of experience as technician
• Basic knowledge on the environmental task
• Hardworking, proactive and willing to learn new skill
• Qualified forklift driver / competent person in Environmental Operation (Advantage)
  
  

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.