Apprentice Sustainability Advisor

3 months ago


London, United Kingdom VVB Engineering Full time

**Who we are..**

VVB delivers sustainable mechanical, electrical and telecommunication engineering solutions with expertise and long-standing experience across Rail, Highways, Power, and Tunnels. Combining robust processes with specialist agility. Our approach to projects always takes into account the best interests of our clients, our people and our environment.

C - Care & Collaboration

O - Opportunity & Ownership

R - Responsibility & Respect

E - Excellence & End Result Focus

Our responsible business practices have recently been recognised through our ‘Brighter Future’ Award, through Achillies Carbon Reduce Certification for outstanding efforts to reducing our carbon emissions by a total of 50% over the last 5 years. This is a remarkable accomplishment and demonstrates just some of our efforts to being a responsible business.

**What we offer..**
- Competitive salaries and yearly appraisals
- Travel expenses to locations outside of your contracted location
- Perkbox giving you 24/7 access to perks, benefits, discounts and wellbeing tools
- 3 x Life Assurance covered under the VVB Group Life Assurance scheme, provided by Canada Life
- Private Medical Insurance scheme, provided by BUPA, inclusive of an online private GP
- Pension scheme (4% ER and 5% EE)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (3-4 to be used for Christmas shut down)

**What we are recruiting for..**

Through our VVB Trainee Programme we are currently recruiting for a Apprentice Sustainability Advisor.

**Our Trainee Programme.**

As a trainee at VVB, we’ll equip you with the skills, knowledge and experience you’ll need to become a qualified Sustainability Advisor. We’ll reward you with a starting salary of up to £21,000 a year. And on top of your salary, you’ll also have access to employee benefits package.

This is a three-year programme, where you can look forward to:

- A work-based learning programme designed to provide you with maximum exposure to our business and the wider infrastructure industry
- Achieving nationally recognised Level 3 qualification in Business Administration along with nationally recognised audit qualifications
- Getting involved in a range of projects and initiatives on top of your everyday role, giving you the chance to develop at a fast pace
- Exposure to our Executive Leadership Team and a unique opportunity to learn from colleagues leading our business
- Building your professional network working with colleagues from across the infrastructure industry
- Understanding of legal duties and compliance in regard to Safe, Sustainability and Wellbeing

**The role..**

The Apprentice Sustainability Advisor is responsible for assisting with the implementation, monitoring and measurement of the Safe, Sustainable and Wellbeing Strategy. This includes supporting the Sustainability Manager across the business and providing administrative support where necessary.

**Key Responsibilities.**
- Assist with delivering social value across the projects and VVB, such as volunteering days or supporting with careers talks.
- Assisting with driving carbon reduction and measuring VVB’s carbon footprint as a company and at project levels.
- Assisting the Sustainability Manager with inspections, audits and relevant information linked to these.
- Co-ordinating the flow of sustainable and wellbeing information required for projects and offices such as toolbox talks, presentations, records and communications.
- Assisting with Sustainable and Wellbeing campaigns.
- Recording and managing Sustainable and Wellbeing Data
- Supporting on data-based reports from our systems such as Notify, Power BI and A-Site for sustainability performance and compliance.
- Supporting and updating the VVB intranet ‘CORE’.
- Other administrative tasks as required.

**Key Qualifications.**
- 5 GCSE’s A*- C or 8 to 4 including English and Maths or equivalent

**Key Skills**
- IT skills
- Written skills I.e. report writing, communication to employees
- Planning skills (Time and workload)

This role’s contracted location will be at a VVB Office Location. You will be required to travel to sites and offices as and when required, in line with COVID-19 guidelines.

NO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.

**Job Type**: Apprenticeship

**Salary**: Up to £21,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person



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