Health & Safety Apprentice

Comprising the SEC Centre, SEC Armadillo and the OVO Hydro, the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) is Scotland's premier venue for events, gigs, conferences, and exhibitions. We enjoy an enviable reputation as one of Europe’s most prestigious venues with the OVO Hydro consistently ranked in the top 3 busiest venues in the world, attracting over 2 million visitors per year.

We’re looking for a motivated and friendly Health & Safety Apprentice to work as part of our Health & Safety Team and in line with our vision to become the Best Event Campus in Europe.

Our Health & Safety Apprentice will be committed to developing their career and be equally committed to working in a fast-paced environment covering the responsibilities below: 

• To assist with monitoring and auditing compliance with the SEC’s Health and Safety Policy and associated procedures.
• To assist the Health and Safety manager to carry out on-site health, safety and fire inspections during all work activities and prior to events, reporting and taking action where required.
• To support the maintenance of Health and Safety records, including staff training, Approved Contractors, Authorised Plant Operators, PPE issue, and statutory inspections.
• To support the review of the Fire Prevention Strategy including, Fire Prevention Policy and Fire Action plan.
• To support the administrative tasks for the Health and Safety Team, for example, report writing and collation, arranging meetings, drafting agendas and taking & circulating minutes.
• To maintain accident statistics and monitor and report on accidental statistics, carrying out investigation and reporting on the more serious accidents, near misses and non-medical incidents.
• To undertake and attain recognised Health and Safety Qualifications to include but not limited to NEBOSH General Certificate, NEBOSH Diploma, and other Fire Safety Training, as required.

Our ideal candidate

 Our Health & Safety Team work closely together in a busy environment, ensuring that all expectations are exceeded and providing the highest quality service to each event. Our desirable qualities include:

• Have a proactive approach to your work and strive to achieve the BEST outcomes
• Believe in our culture of doing the right thing and be willing to adopt our company values
• Be comfortable with Microsoft packages and be willing to learn new ways of working

Hands-on, passionate, and flexible? A clear and concise communicator? Confident working with clients and skilled in multi-tasking, with a dedicated and enthusiastic attitude? If yes, then we’re looking for you – and if you have knowledge and experience in the event industry and evidence of a proven track record for delivering results… even better!

Our ideal candidate should embrace our mission, Best Venues, Best People, Best Events. In adopting our core values for teamwork and collaboration you should share our passion for providing excellent customer experience, acting as a role model, and setting an example for the team and wider business.