Construction Secretary
Job Title: Construction Secretary
Location: Bowburn, DH6 (Initial Assignment)
Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Construction Secretary and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.
Why Persimmon Homes?
At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Construction Secretary, you’ll benefit from:
- Competitive salary
- 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
- Life Cover & Contributory Pension
- Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
- Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development
What is the role?
The purpose of this role is to assist the Construction Director by providing comprehensive secretarial support in a range of administration duties to ensure smooth running of the construction department.
Primary Responsibilities
- Producing letters on a range of employee matters, arranging meetings, taking minutes, responding to emails and managing the Construction Director’s diary.
- Assisting members of the Public, Employees, Senior Management and Board Members effectively and efficiently thereby maintaining the highest standard of customer care and resolving queries to a satisfactory conclusion.
- Maintaining the Construction Departments holiday records for weekly employees
- Maintaining weekly absence sheets
- Liaising with CITB/Colleges regarding Apprentices, keeping their records up-to-date and coordinating annual pay increases
- Liaising with Contract Managers and Site Managers informing them of any accidents or incidents on site
- Arranging internal and external Health & Safety courses for site staff
- Coordinating CSCS cards for site staff
- Ensuring the Health & Safety Policy and Procedures are up to date
- Preparing and maintaining the Health & Safety filing system
- Updating build progress on to COINS
- Monitoring green cards/CMLs
What experience do I need?
- Previous experience in a similar role essential
- Fully conversant with Microsoft Office including, Excel and Outlook
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Experience in managing and prioritising multiple tasks
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