Environmental Degree Apprentice

Worksop, England, United Kingdom

9/30/2024

Premier Foods - Worksop - S81 7AY

Environmental Degree Apprentice

• Start Date - Monday 6th January 2025 **
  
  
  

Worksop site – S81 7AY

5-year Apprenticeship

08:30-17:00 Monday to Friday

Closing date for applications: Friday 1st November 2024

Please note if we receive a high number of applications, the vacancy may be closed early.

Starting salary of £22,500 per year with an annual increment each year of Apprenticeship, on successful progression through the apprenticeship programme and performance in the job role.

You will be studying towards a 5-year Degree Apprenticeship.

Academic delivery will be held at Coventy University under block release, where expenses and accommodation will be provided.

Here at Worksop, we have four factories on site that produce a variety of well-known brands and products including:

• OXO
• Sauces - including Sharwoods and Homepride
• Batchelors Supernoodles
• Sharwoods Poppadoms
• Bisto gravy granules
• SAXA salt
  
  
  

Some of our benefits include:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Enhanced Pension scheme
• Sharesave programme
• On-site subsidised canteen offering a variety of hot/cold meals and snacks
• Employee discount scheme including travel, food and shopping discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• On site Electric Vehicle Charging Point
• Manager and peer recognition programme
• Cycle to work – including excellent bike storage facilities
• On-site Occupational Health
  
  
  

Role Purpose:

To complete the degree apprenticeship and putting into practice learnings and knowledge gained academically, to support Premier Foods to achieve our ESG strategy and the Enriching Life Plan which is focused around a greener, healthier, more sustainable work environment.

To support the Environmental Manager and the site to ensure that the Environmental Management System complies with statutory and Premier Foods requirements alongside the development and implementation of site energy monitoring and waste reduction initiatives.

 

What you’ll be doing:

• Assisting the Environmental Manager in providing the material for induction and training, ensuring material is inclusive and accessible to all.
• Attending key Project meetings to help to embed sustainable behaviours throughout project lifecycles
• Utilising research developed from personal and university learning to make meaningful contributions to projects and ways of working
• Assisting in reporting and investigating environmental incidents,
• Producing Project statistics and KPIs which can be presented back to project leadership and Environmental Manager
• Assisting in carrying out carbon and quality audits and subsequent reports, ensuring where required, follow-up of corrective actions overall meeting the ISO14001 requirements
• Supporting with detailed plans to tackle our energy consumption by improving efficiencies, increase renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions
• Developing a culture of embedded sustainability through innovation and lessons learned reports
• Supporting plans to achieve sustainability goals, providing governance, training and stakeholder engagement and building partnerships
• Helping to help to provide specialist environmental advice and support to our operations teams, including undertaking specialist environmental activity
• Ensuring compliance to and role modelling Health, Safety and Environment standards, in line with Company procedures
• Developing working knowledge of relevant geo-environmental legislation, standards, and guidance
• Application of theoretical and academic understanding gained during studies to real world projects
• Supporting the Environmental Manager with the sites EA & STW permits and consents
  
  
  

You will be working typically, 07:00-15:00 or 08:00-16:00 when working onsite.

What we need from you:

• 112 UCAS tariff points or relevant recognised prior learnings/experience
• Strong work ethic, and the ability to work effectively and intuitively either alone or in a small team
• Sound communication and personal effectiveness skills with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships at all levels
• Interest in sustainability and the environment
• Good working knowledge of MS packages including Outlook, Word and Excel.
• Enthusiastic, engaged attitude and eagerness to learn and develop personally and professionally
  
  
  

 

If you have any questions, please contact Worksop.Apprenticeships@premierfoods.co.uk.