Health & Safety Technician (GWE) Apprenticeship - Pfizer

Pfizer is looking to recruit a Safety Health and Environment Technician apprentice. The role will involve interactions within commercial offices, research laboratories and drug production facilities across our main sites and facilities and will provide the role holder with valuable first-hand experience of the environment, health and safety management systems and programmes necessary to maintain business operations and the risk profiles in each of these workspaces.

Qualification Requirements

• 5 GCSEs at grades C/4 or above (or equivalent) including Mathematics and English.
• A Levels or equivalent qualifications would be desirable.

Salary - £16,890 per annum

Pension - Employee 5%, Employer 3%

Flexible Working Hours

Casual Dress

Discount Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Onsite Canteen

Onsite Parking

Employee Recognition/Awards

Location - Pfizer Ltd, Discovery Park House, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NJ

Working Hours Monday to Thursday, 9am – 5.25pm. Fridays, 9am – 4.05pm

Duration - 24 months

Start Date - 1st September 2026

Interview Date - 19th May 2026

Closing Date for Applications - 24th April 2026

To Apply To apply, please click the Apply Now button and complete the form. If you are having difficulty in completing this, please contact recruitment on recruitment@cogentskills.com for assistance.

Next Steps Successful candidates will be progressed to a one way video interview, invites will be sent via email. The video interview will be reviewed by the Hiring Manager.

Job Responsibilities

• Providing support to the UK Risk Management programmes, initiatives and systems in place across Pfizer UK Research & Development businesses by updating systems in line with changes in legislation or best practice.
• Assisting the environmental, health and safety governance structure, through attendance at UK Environment, Health and Safety meetings, conveying key information and documenting outcomes.
• Involvement in and, where appropriate, opportunity to lead improvement projects in health and safety management, incident reporting and culture.
• Providing hands-on practical advice, guidance and support to the Research and Development businesses across a range of topics, such as risk assessment, incident investigation, change control, etc.
• Maintenance of health and safety information on the teams’ SharePoint site.
• Data enquiry and review, including preparation of performance reports for site leaders to identify trends and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Assistance with health and safety auditing, inspection and monitoring programmes.
• Assistance with maintenance of UK Legal Register, reviewing Global EHS standards and recommended practice documents, communicating changes as appropriate.
• Assistance with updating health and safety procedures for the UK research and development business.
• Compiling promotional communications for topical health and safety items to be included in the monthly EHS communications programme.
• Participating in the Pfizer environmental, health and safety culture programme, to foster a ‘Generative’ Culture within Pfizer.

Candidate Requirements

Skills

• Good verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Good soft people skills, with an engaging personality.
• Confidence to liaise with Pfizer personnel within different departments and different levels of seniority.
• Ability to interpret data using Microsoft suite of tools to manage the UK carbon footprint and generate creative reports.
• Passionate and energetic approach with an interest in the environment and health and safety.

Personal Qualities

• Hard-working.
• Ability to solve problems, interact with others and manage a varied workload.
• Is self-motivated to achieve high quality results within defined timeframes.
• Has good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Can use own judgment to make decisions, non-routine issues within and outside of scope of responsibilities, using judgment to set own schedule.

Training To Be Delivered

• Qualification to be delivered: Level 3 Business administration Apprenticeship Standard: Safety, Health and Environment Technician
• Training Provider: RHG
• Delivery model: Training for this apprenticeship will be completed online

Future Prospects Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be eligible to apply for other positions within the business.

Things To Be Considered The apprentice must be able to demonstrate the required attitudes, behaviours and interpersonal skills associated with the professional workplace. The apprentice must be willing to commit an amount of personal time to study. Please ensure you check out travel options to be able to commute to the workplace.

About Pfizer You’re the future. Your ambition, talents, ideas and unique way of looking at the world will help us drive innovation in every part of our business. At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacture of health care products, including innovative medicines and vaccines. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. We need people with a hugely diverse range of talents.