Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
At M Group Water we help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role is in our Demand management and network infrastructure department, our team is responsible for looking after 60 million meters and our teams provide advanced metering solutions to help manage demand for essential suppliers across the Group.
You'll be working across M Group's Water frameworks in the North, covering Yorkshire Water and United Utilities, there will be regional travel in the role around the operating area.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
As a Health and Safety Apprentice, you will be interested in learning, problem solving, and have a passion for health and safety. You enjoy working as part of a team, are adaptable, confident, and have high levels of attention to detail. This role is for someone who loves a challenge and isn't afraid to challenge the status quo.
Your remit would be to prioritise activities, multi-task, provide data for board packs and reporting, and put forward suggestions for improvement. You will be given the support and development to become a fully qualified health and safety professional.
In this role, you will assist with inspections, system audits, tool box talks, and investigations, and eventually take ownership of tasks, trend review & analysis, and risk assessments. You will be instrumental in driving improvements and ensuring the safety and well-being of our employees, championing our 'It Starts with me campaign'
To excel in this role, you'll need to be a team player with a willingness to learn and lead by example.
What You'll Bring
Grade C or above in at least 5 GCSEs including English and Mathematics (9-4 within the new grading system)
A full UK or EU Driving License
You must be able to demonstrate your Right to Work in the UK, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
You must be able to start on the 1st September 2026
You must live in a commutable distance from the office in Reading
Ability to work on own initiative without direct supervision with a high commitment for delivery and quality
Recruitment Process;
Online application
Minimum requirements check
Online assessment via Test Gorilla
Invite to interview in person
Start Date: 1st September 2026
Apprenticeship Development Scheme (ADS);
A blend of online and face‑to‑face sessions
Focus on soft skills development and mental health/pastoral support
Some residential elements within England
All travel, accommodation and meals fully funded during training
Time spent both with the training provider and under supervision on site
About The Apprenticeship
At the end of your apprenticeship, you will have achieved a Level 3 Health and Environment Technician Qualification. The course length is 24 months.
You can read the full overview here; Safety-Health-and-Environmental-Technician-Course- )
What's in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
Matched or contributory pension scheme
Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Employee assistance programme
My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts
Life assurance
Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
Discretionary bonus scheme
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Personal accident cover
Company car or car allowance
About Us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We're one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
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M Group Services delivers a range of essential infrastructure services within the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors in the UK & Ireland. We have built and maintained relationships with our clients over a number of years and have a strong culture that continuously focuses on safety, operational delivery, efficiency and customer service. We are committed to profitable growth both organically and through acquisitions. M Group Services, a trusted employer to over 10,000 skilled specialists working from 240 locations, operates a divisional structure aligned with its end markets.
At M Group Services we recognise and value the benefits from our workforce diversity. We work hard to build and maintain inclusive environments and develop a culture where our people feel included and valued.