Environmental Compliance Apprentice

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the maintenance and continuous improvement of the Environmental Management System (EMS).
• Assist in reviewing and updating environmental procedures, forms, registers, and supporting documentation.
• Help ensure compliance with ISO 14001, ISO 50001, and MCERTS requirements.
• Support the implementation of changes required by evolving environmental standards and business needs.
• Support the planning and delivery of environmental and energy audits across multiple operational sites to ensure compliance with ISO 14001 requirements.
• Assist with audit reporting, monitoring corrective actions, and helping to close out audit findings and non-conformances.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by tracking audit performance and supporting the development of effective audit programmes and plans.
• Support the collection, validation, and analysis of environmental and energy performance data.
• Assist with maintaining compliance records, developing dashboards and reports, and monitoring key environmental and energy metrics.
• Help manage energy consumption data across systems, ensuring data accuracy and investigating any discrepancies or anomalies.
• Support operational sites with environmental compliance activities, inspections, and assessments to ensure adherence to environmental standards and permit requirements.
• Assist with environmental incident investigations, follow-up actions, and promoting best environmental practices across site teams.
• Be involved in developing and delivering environmental training, toolbox talks, and awareness initiatives to promote understanding of environmental responsibilities and procedures.
• Support environmental and energy improvement projects, identifying risks and opportunities and contributing to performance reporting.
• Maintain accurate environmental records and documentation, supporting preparation for external audits and certification visits.
• Work independently and proactively as a part of a small team.This will require the ability to work cross-functionally across different departments and teams.
• Travel across key sites so must hold a full UK driving licence.

The right candidate may move into full-time employment with Avara Foods and opportunities for further development in line with their future career aspirations.

Avara Foods is one of the UK’s largest food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the nation’s most popular supermarkets and restaurants. We are a fully integrated business controlling the whole product supply chain, which include feed mills, farms, hatcheries and factories with associated transport and logistics functions that employ more than 6000 people. This is achieved by investing in people, utilising the latest technology and being uncompromising in our commitment to high quality and food standards.

31 days holiday allowance 3% pension Various lifestyle benefits, cashback perks, exclusive shopping discounts and discounted cinema tickets. Wellbeing resources, free online health advice & support, and wellbeing assessments.

Applicant may be required to travel to other sites within the organisation.