Trainee Group Health, Safety & Environment Advisor in Exeter

Job Title: Trainee Group Health, Safety & Environment Advisor

Location: Sowton , EX2 (Initial Assignment)

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Trainee Group Health, Safety & Environment Advisor 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 Trainee Group Health, Safety & Environment Advisor, you\’ll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Bonus
• 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?

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.

Primary Responsibilities

• 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 experience do I need?

• 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.