About The Role

Are you ready to dive into an exciting role, where you keep people safe and make a real impact? As a Trainee Health and Safety Equipment Technician at Arco Professional Safety Services you will embark on an exciting journey, understanding a wide variety of equipment, offering excellent customer support, supporting the coordination of our equipment hire. With our unique career opportunities with a wide range of services offered this is a unique opportunity to start an exciting career within the health and safety industry.

Key responsibilities include:

Servicing Arco Professional Safety Services customers with Compliance solutions.
Responsible for achieving financial target within role.
Carrying out repairs & calibrations to safety equipment (Winches, Tripods, Harnesses, Gas detectors & Breathing apparatus, Respiratory Equipment. Lifting Equipment and Working at Height Personal Protective Equipment) in Workshops and Clients Sites
Providing advice on which equipment is more suitable for the customer.
Providing onsite calibrations, maintenance & 6-month inspections of safety equipment.
Carrying out Face Fit Testing on client’s site or in one of our Safety/Training Centres.
Delivering Respiratory training courses on client’s site or in our Training Centre.
Supplying safety equipment for hire (Winches, Tripods, Harnesses, Gas detectors & Escape breathing apparatus)
Developing working relationships with vendors and third party suppliers

On top of working for the UK’s leading integrated health and safety experts, you’ll also receive:

A starting salary from £23,400 plus up to 10% annual bonus
Clear career pathways set out on completion of training
32 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, plus the option to purchase up to 5 more days
2 fully paid Community Volunteering days every year
An excellent pension and Life Assurance scheme
A huge range of high street retailer discounts to help with cost of living via MyArco Perks
Free, 24-hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Access to our Learning Management System, to support your personal and career development
Long-term service awards – we’re proud to have employees who have worked for us for 40 years

The ideal Health and Safety Equipment Technician will be/have:

Full Driving Licence
Presentation experience
Face to Face Customer Experience
Interest in Health and Safety
Understanding Face Fit Testing
Eager to learn new skills
Basic IT skills
Committed to continuous professional development; undertaking and maintaining the required qualifications

About Us

With a 140-year legacy, Arco are recognised as the UK's leading safety experts. As the only integrated safety products and services business, our size, scale and reputation in the sector are why we have such an impressive portfolio of accounts and customers. We're the expert safety partner with a unique mix of specialist expertise and practical real-life industry knowledge.

We are now on a transformation journey to become more profitable and sustainable, with investment into our growing business to help achieve this. This is an exciting and demanding time for the business. There is opportunity to shape and challenge the transformation journey and future growth, while balance the pressure to deliver sales growth and financial targets that are necessary to support the future growth. Our behaviours; Care, Collaborate, Perform and Deliver, are embedded within our culture, to drive performance and ensure we succeed together and are rewarded for that shared success. Because It’s on us. To deliver. Together.

Diversity and Inclusion at Arco means understanding everyone's views and giving colleagues a sense of belonging. We respect and value individuals for their unique skills, experiences and ideas; to ensure we can be at our best. By creating a supportive and inclusive environment we will be an organisation able to drive our strategic goals, attracting and developing great people to be a more profitable and sustainable business for generations to come.
Be Safe, Be Yourself, Be Your Best.

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