Occupational Health Technician We rise to challenges together Salary: Up to £32,000, depending on experience Benefits: Life Assurance (1 x salary), 25 days holiday, Staff Shop, MyBargains Discount Platform Location: Tilmanstone, Kent, CT15 4NL Ways of Working: Site based Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday, flexible hours Contract: Permanent 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. What we do. In our Tilmanstone Salads site we produce first class Salad’s products including leafy salad bags, leafy salad bowls, takeaway salad meals, prepared vegetables & side dishes for one of our most prestigious customers in our state-of-the-art factory. About the role. We are excited to offer an opportunity for an Occupational Health Technician to join the OH team at our Tilmanstone Salads manufacturing site. In this role, you will assist the Occupational Health Department in addressing the health monitoring needs of the site and manufacturing units, ensuring compliance with legal, customer, and Bakkavor internal standards. The Occupational Health Technician will be vital in providing high-quality occupational health services, promoting employee well-being, and ensuring adherence to health and safety regulations. The role requires expertise in health screening, data management, and reporting, as well as a strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel to analyse and present occupational health data effectively. Role Accountabilities: • 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. • Complete medical confidentiality and awareness of GDPR requirements • A thorough and organised approach to record-keeping and compliance • Fluency in Microsoft Packages, specifically Excel. • You will be a great communicator and be able to organise and prioritise your workload. • Flexibility in hours to meet the needs of the manufacturing units • Experience of working in an Occupational Health environment • Basic levels of formal OH surveillance training (i.e. Audiometry / Spirometry) with a desire to develop further 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. • 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. LI-EG1 CVL We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,500 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 2,900 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.