Occupational Health Technician

Occupational Health Technician – FTC until March 2025

We drive our own success

Bakkavor Bourne: PE10 0AT

Salary: Competitive

Shift: Monday - Friday

Hours: Typically 8:30 – 17:00, flexibility required to work up to 10pm no more than twice a week.

Benefits include: 25 days holiday, Staff Shop, Stakeholder Pension Scheme, MyBargains Discount Platform and more.

Why join us?

We’re constantly evolving, progressing, and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more. We believe in fueling ambition and guiding success. In supporting everyone with talent and drive to own what they do, realize their potential, and build a brilliant future for themselves at Bakkavor.

What we do.

This OH Technician role will work across a number of our Lincolnshire sites, based predominantly from Bourne site (3 days a week) and at our other Lincolnshire sites up to 2 days a week (maximum of 1 hour drive from Bourne).

Our Meals division across Lincolnshire has over 2,000 colleagues, specialising in making prepared fruit, leafy salads, stir fry mixes and ready meals for a variety of retail customers.

About the role.

• Providing health surveillance support including audiometry, spirometry, skin surveillance and medicals for FLT Drivers & Engineers.
• Maintain accurate records of health surveillance data. Incorporating new starters and leavers into the recall system of screening programme and managing archiving of data as appropriate.
• Produce monthly KPIs to demonstrate health surveillance status and to monitor compliance.
• Preparation for audits and HSE visits as required, including building a good understanding of audit standards and key requirements.
• Participate in Wellbeing activities within the business as appropriate, supporting the OH Advisor.
• Ensure medical supplies are always available for health surveillance, including equipment calibration and maintenance within specifications.
• Oversee invoicing and raising POs within the Occupational Health Department.
• Communicate with all stakeholders regarding health surveillance requirements and ensure the plan is live and acted upon by all.  Escalate issues to OH Advisor where necessary.
• Refer to Occupational Health Advisor as appropriate following health surveillance and liaise with other healthcare professionals if required
• Keep up-to-date with developments within the world of Occupational Health through attending networking events and building relationships with other Occupational Health Technicians in Bakkavor to share best practise and ways of working.
• Administration relating the on-site physiotherapy provision including screening requests, confirming appointments and liaising with managers in relation to reports.

About you

• You must have previous Occupational Health Technician within audiometry and spirometry experience within a similar working environment and have knowledge of Health Promotion and Health and Safety at work.
• Audiometry and spirometry qualifications are essential for this role.
• Fluency in Microsoft Packages, specifically Excel.
• You will be a great communicator and be able to organise and prioritise your workload.

What you’ll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You’ll enjoy:

•              Life Assurance (1 x salary)

•              25 days holiday

•              Staff Shop

•              Stakeholder Pension Scheme

•              MyBargains Discount Platform

•              Personal Accident Insurance

•              Free Independent Mortgage Advice

•              Employee Assistance Programme

•              A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)

•              Discounted tutoring for children

•              Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary

•              Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service)

•              Free Carparking

Proud to be Bakkavor.

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

Find out more and apply.

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