Health, Safety, and Environment Placement

About the Role

Do you want a career with a company where the boundaries of creativity and technical capabilities are relentlessly tested? Where your passion and involvement with the processes surrounding new technology and bespoke materials can ensure the safety and well-being of our teams whilst enabling us to stay ahead on the Formula 1 race track and the road? To allow us to create the greenest Power Unit on track?

At Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains we are responsible for the design, manufacture, testing and racing of the World Championship winning Formula 1 hybrid power units used by the Mercedes AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 team. We are also proud to supply power units to the Alpine, McLaren and the Williams Racing team.

As a team we are responsible for supporting the whole business, ensuring we do business in a safe, dynamic and flexible manner to win safely.  We are responsible for managing our ISO registrations in Health and Safety, Environment, always reviewing the latest technology to keep our people safe and enable them to succeed.

What are we looking for?

• A proven academic record with expected 2:1 or above in a relevant degree, for example, Engineering/ Industrial Systems/ Manufacturing/Geography, ensuring inclusion of Quality, Health and Safety and Environmental modules or alternatively you have a strong occupational health / risk or industrial environment background through a social sciences degree
• You will have a collaborative style, which will enable you to effectively challenge convention, offering solutions that are resourceful and appropriate.
• You will have an innate curiosity to learn and discover and not be afraid to constructively challenge established practices with a view to delivering high performance.
• You pride yourself on the projects you deliver, ensuring that every detail is considered and presented in a methodical, conscientious and professional manner.
• You will be team-orientated, organised with the ability to deliver within strict deadlines.
• You will be enthusiastic, with a genuine passion for what we do.
• People who are willing to go the extra mile to help the team succeed.

What development can you expect?

As a team we pride ourselves on sharing knowledge and developing our interns supported by our mentoring programme. You will have exposure to all departments and areas within the business.  You will be expected to troubleshoot, propose and deliver appropriate, value added and safe solutions within demanding deadlines.

You will be asked to familiarise yourself with legislation and the ISO standards to which the Company is registered, ensuring our compliance, and attend and contribute appropriately to safety meetings, both within the Company and those held with Safety Professionals from the UK based F1 Teams.  On successful completion of your probationary period, you will be able to gain a NEBOSH Certification in Occupational Health & Safety.

What can we offer you?

You will be working and learning within a small team, spanning all areas and covering a multitude of processes across the company. You will champion specific health, safety and environmental projects, providing advice regarding products, process and facility. You will assist the department and Senior Management Team with the collation of data which will be central to project delivery and company objectives.

You will support your colleagues at HPP by co-ordinating various key HSE resources and activities including conducting risk assessments, coordinating & delivering training, carrying out audits & inspections, writing & reviewing working procedures.  You will be encouraged to not only identify areas for improvement, but to be actively involved in implementing practical solutions.     

Our benefits package includes:

• A salary of £30,000pa
• Collective bonus
• Company lease car scheme
• 36 days' annual leave
• Access to a generous pension scheme
• Onsite Gym
• A variety of other benefits and staff discounts

The application process

• Submit your on-line application, CV and covering letter
• Your application will be screened by HR and the hiring manager
• If successful you will be invited to attend an Assessment Centre which will take place between February and March 2027
• If successful your scheme will start in August/September 2027

Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, there may be periods of time during the process where you don’t hear anything from us. Don’t worry! We will advise you of the outcome of your application regardless of the result so please bear with us. 

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