What to expect on our Health and Safety Graduate Scheme
If you’ve been searching for the next step in your career, you might not have considered a role in health and safety. If you’re still unsure of your next move after university, we’re here to explain why health and safety could be the perfect route to go down, as well as giving you some insight into our graduate scheme at AtkinsRéalis.
Health and safety jobs are deeply rewarding roles that see you making a tangible impact, protecting the public and promoting well-being every single day. Health and safety professionals are always in demand, looking to reduce workplace accidents and injuries and generally make workplaces safer.
It’s an exciting time to join our Health and Safety Graduate Scheme at AtkinsRéalis. Our graduates work across various market areas, ensuring that our projects maintain high safety and well-being standards. When you step into our trainee health and safety jobs, you can join our Project & Programme Services team, we’ll break down what that entails below.
Health and Safety Graduate Scheme - Project & Programme Services
Our Project & Programme Services team aims to make a positive difference to the communities in which we live and work as well as on our client’s projects. Our graduates are our future experts, and we look to give them the best opportunity to fulfil their potential.
Our graduate Health and Safety Consultants work across both the public and private sectors, on a range of complex projects for clients including universities, pharmaceuticals, government, and new and refurbishment development projects. Some of your day-to-day duties might include:
- Participating in Health and Safety risk management across the entire construction life cycle
- Supporting clients with integrated CDM Principal Designer and Advisory services
- Supporting colleagues to provide general health and safety consultancy services to clients
- Gaining hands-on experience through live construction site visits and compliance auditing
If you want to find out more about the scheme’s criteria and training, head over to our Health and Safety Graduate Scheme - Project & Programme Services page.
Is health and safety a good career path?
Jobs in health and safety continue to be in demand, with this demand only growing. Skilled health and safety experts will always be needed, especially as global awareness of sustainable practices rises.
Going down the health and safety route can provide a fulfilling and impactful career path where you play a critical role in protecting lives, complying with regulations, and fostering safe, sustainable environments for local communities.
At AtkinsRéalis, health and safety are at the heart of everything we do, we understand the critical role that safety plays in delivering projects that make a positive difference to our clients and the planet.
Securing a spot on our Health and Safety Graduate Scheme is the first step to making the most of this rewarding career where you can play a key role in shaping the future of health and safety.
Engineer a better future for our planet and its people with our Health and Safety Graduate Scheme
If you’re seeking a career with unparalleled opportunities to grow and make an impact in a rapidly evolving industry, you’ve come to the right place. Our trainee health and safety jobs on our graduate scheme offer all this and more.
Make sure to read our graduate FAQs as well as everything you need to know about joining AtkinsRéalis.
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Location
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Job Type
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Brand
Atkins
Career Area
Health and Safety Graduate Scheme 2024
Market
Project, programme & cost management
Category
Graduate
Location
Leeds
Bristol
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Description
As a Health and Safety graduate, you'll experience a dynamic career working on diverse projects big and small with opportunities to explore exciting paths in consulting, design, and beyond.
Reference
GR-196
Expiry Date
01/01/0001
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