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We have an exciting Graduate Trainee opportunity to join the team based at our Central London office. This will suit a Science Graduate (HND also considered) who will train with our senior consultants to assess the risk of Legionella bacteria within the built environment.
Indoor air quality monitoring will also form part of the job specification and suitable training will be given for the trainee to provide indoor air quality audits to a variety of clients and buildings.
RPS, A Tetra Tech company
Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With more than 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services.
As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.
About RPS - Legionella Services
We have been delivering independent legionella risk assessment, consultancy and training for over 20 years and deliver market leading technical advice with a pragmatic, solution focused approach.
Our long-term relationships with a number of large multinational clients to provide independent legionella consultancy services including legionella risk assessments, training and sampling in over 50 countries.
Key responsibilities
- Visit clients to advise on risks from legionella bacteria/indoor air quality
- Undertake site surveys of clients premises to assess risk
- Conduct regular audits
- Make recommendations to customers to enhance profitability and advise on compliance issues
- Indoor air quality monitoring
- Write up reports via web based risk management system to record outcome etc. from each visit
The skills/experience you will need are
- Degree/HND in a Science based subject required
- Excellent communication skills and a professional, friendly manner
- Ability to build good relationships with clients and colleagues
- A keen interest in health and safety issues
- Team-player, keen to learn with an adaptable/flexible approach to work and the ability to recognise business opportunities
- The ability to write clear reports to a professional standard
What we offer you
We will provide you with a flexible, friendly and creative environment to develop your skills and challenge yourself. We support our people to innovate, collaborate and build meaningful careers. Our network of people and knowledge will expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects.
Our employees are rewarded with competitive salaries, opportunities to invest and many other benefits including: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, Option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year, Company pension scheme, Group Disability Scheme, Share Incentive Scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health Screening, Employee Assistance Programme, Professional Memberships.
About RPS
Health and Safety sits at the core of many modern day businesses. Proactively managing risks to people, the environment and assets is a vital commitment to safeguard the future of your organisation. RPS provides effective techniques for the management of Health and Safety to ensure organisations are compliant with all legal obligations and backed by the correct accreditations.
RPS (a Tetra Tech company) is a leading global professional services firm of over 5,000 people. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value in a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Connecting with our global expertise we make it easy for our clients to create winning solutions for their communities and their clients. By being confidently pragmatic we solve problems that matter. We make complex easy.
We know we develop better solutions together
That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. For us to live our purpose of creating shared value and to deliver on our promise to ‘make complex easy’ – for us and for our clients, we continue to build a culture where different working styles and experiences can thrive to achieve exceptional results.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with Inclusive Employers. We’re also proud to support reservists and their families, having signed the Armed Forces Covenant. An inclusive culture enables our people to do things differently, working in ways to suit them while delivering their best for RPS. That’s why we’ve created working groups as true inclusion is a journey that involves learning, collaboration, and engagement.
Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process, we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability.
