Job Description

Pfizer is involved in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of medicines for the treatment of diseases in humans. It is vital that we conduct our business in a manner that safeguards not only the health and safety interests of our customers, colleagues, investors, business partners but also the communities and environment in which we operate and all live. We believe that environmental, health and safety excellence enhances our business and social performance through the minimisation of losses and liabilities and we constantly strive to improve our culture to one where environment, health and safety is embedded across the business and accepted as ‘the way we do business round here’.

The Commercial and Hubs Environmental, Health and Safety Team manages and maintains a global management system framework and provides support in the form of advice, guidance and training across a hugely diverse range of environmental, health and safety topics, to allow the business to achieve their aims safely and sustainably.

As an apprentice, you will naturally focus your efforts on promoting our environmental programmes and initiatives, both locally in the UK and globally across our Commercial network. You will gain knowledge of a wide range of environmental topics and activities, to support delivery of our environment and sustainability strategy to achieve Net Zero by 2040 and have the opportunity to promote our environment and sustainability programmes through participation in the hugely successful Pfizer Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Ambassador programme.

If you would like to help us change behaviours and further improve our culture to one where working sustainably and thinking about environmental impact of our activities becomes second nature to all of us working at Pfizer, then we would like to hear from you.

What can I achieve and what will I be accountable for whilst completing an apprenticeship at Pfizer?

After the necessary training and under close tutelage this role will provide valuable resource for the delivery and day to day activities described above. The role will involve interactions within Research and Development laboratories and facilities and will provide the role holder with valuable first-hand experience of the environment, health and safety management systems and programmes necessary to maintain business operations and the risk profiles in each of these workspaces.

What can I achieve and what will I be accountable for whilst completing an apprenticeship at Pfizer?

After the necessary training and under close tutelage this role will provide valuable resource for the delivery and day to day activities described above.  The role will involve interactions within Research and Development laboratories and facilities and will provide the role holder with valuable first-hand experience of the environment, health and safety management systems and programmes necessary to maintain business operations and the risk profiles in each of these workspaces.

Job Responsibilities

• Providing support to the UK Risk Management programmes, initiatives and systems in place across Pfizer UK Research & Development businesses by updating systems in line with changes in legislation or best practice.

• Assisting the environmental, health and safety governance structure, through attendance at UK Environment, Health and Safety meetings, conveying key information and documenting outcomes.

• Involvement in and, where appropriate, opportunity to lead improvement projects in health and safety management, incident reporting and culture.

• Providing hands-on practical advice, guidance and support to the Research and Development businesses across a range of topics, such as risk assessment, incident investigation, change control, etc.

• Maintenance of health and safety information on the teams’ SharePoint site.

• Data enquiry and review, including preparation of performance reports for site leaders to identify trends and continuous improvement opportunities.

• Assistance with health and safety auditing, inspection and monitoring programmes.

• Assistance with maintenance of UK Legal Register, reviewing Global EHS standards and recommended practice documents, communicating changes as appropriate.

• Assistance with updating health and safety procedures for the UK research and development business.

• Compiling promotional communications for topical health and safety items to be included in the monthly EHS communications programme.

• Participating in the Pfizer environmental, health and safety culture programme, to foster a ‘Generative’ Culture within Pfizer.

What other opportunities and benefits do Pfizer offer?

You will have an opportunity to travel within the UK and visit our Research and Development and Commercial facilities. You will be expected to attend relevant conferences and seminars to represent Pfizer and disseminate relevant information as necessary.

Skills

• Good verbal, written and presentation skills.

• Good soft people skills, with an engaging personality.

• Confidence to liaise with Pfizer personnel within different departments and different levels of seniority.

• Ability to interpret data using Microsoft suite of tools to manage the UK carbon footprint and generate creative reports.

• Passionate and energetic approach with an interest in the environment and health and safety.

Personal Qualities

• Hard-working.

• Ability to solve problems, interact with others and manage a varied workload.

• Is self-motivated to achieve high quality results within defined timeframes.

• Attention to detail.

• Has good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.

• Can use own judgment to make decisions, non-routine issues within and outside of scope of responsibilities., using judgment to set own schedule.