Trainee Group Health, Safety & Environment Advisor

From the commitment we pour into our homes, to the belief we bring to supporting amazing careers, a role at Persimmon is a springboard for Building Your New Possible. Discover new opportunities to grow, learn new skills and release your potential.

We’re Persimmon Homes, a FTSE 100 listed company and a leading UK house builder serving local communities across the UK and delivering around 10,000 homes a year. We have 29 operating businesses in England, Wales and Scotland, three house-building brands and three off-site manufacturing facilities.

We’re looking for people like you, and this could be your opportunity to start Building Your New Possible.

What is the role?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Group Health, Safety & Environment Advisor to join the Health & Safety Team. This role typically reports to the Senior Group Health, Safety and Environment Advisor.

The purpose of the role is to ensure that health, safety and environment (HS&E) standards are met throughout the company.

The role will include:

• Develop, prepare, review and enforce HS&E plans across the region to ensure safe and compliant operation of the region.
• Identify, risk assess and report potential hazards and non-compliance issues during site visits, working with site management teams to ensure corrective action is taken and escalated where appropriate to maintain company safety standards.
• Produce accurate and timely management reports and management information, such as non-compliance figures, potential hazards and further escalations to enable management teams to deliver a safety first approach.
• Regularly inspect construction activity on site, meeting company targets, ensuring compliance with the Group HS&E Policy and overarching HS&E legislation. Including periodic out of hours inspections to ensure safe and compliant operation of the region.
• Carry out incident led investigations and report applicable incidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) under RIDDOR to ensure adherence to Government regulations.
• Manage and monitor contractors’ performance against their Risk Assessment and Method Statements to ensure HS&E risks are minimised.
• Effectively communicate with Regulatory Enforcement Agencies such as the HSE, Local Authority and Environment Agency, maintaining good relationships.
• Provide HS&E advice, information and training to the business to ensure up to date HS&E standards are maintained, including regular HS&E meetings are undertaken and recorded.
• Manage any referrals through the safety concerns line, to ensure that when necessary corrective action has been taken to maintain the company values on being customer focused and social impact.
• Develop strong effective and trusted working relationships, where collaboration and communication is key to promoting a safe working environment.

What we need from you?

• Excellent organisational skills, being able to manage own time to meet targets and deadlines.
• Strong verbal communication skills, being able to develop strong relationships with all levels of the business from site teams to senior management.
• Excellent written communication skills, being able to produce accurate reports and maintain both written and IT based reporting systems.
• A good understanding of Microsoft Products, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Awareness of key HS&E workplace hazards.
• A NEBOSH National General Certificate in Health and Safety.
• Member of IOSH desirable but not essential.

What’s in it for you?

Salary and benefits package

• Competitive Salary (DOE)
• Company Car / Car Allowance
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Bonus
• Health Care

Persimmon has a Hybrid Working Policy for core roles in the business allowing staff to apply for home working up to 2/3 days per week.

When you join us, the future is yours to explore. You can realise your full potential through industry-leading training and clearly signposted career paths. Persimmon is where hard graft and team spirit means real variety, satisfaction and rewards. A place where you can be at your best, and even go beyond what you thought you were capable of.

If this sounds like the place for you, apply today and start Building Your New Possible.

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No Agencies please – Persimmon will not accept speculative CVs as a means of introduction

Persimmon is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

If you have any questions about the job or application process please contact us at talentacquisition@persimmonhomes.com