Health & Safety Graduate Programme

Job description

Help keep people safe while building a greener future

Be a part of our mission to implement robust health and safety practices throughout our business, ensuring we not only meet but exceed the evolving regulatory landscape whilst maintaining the highest health and safety standards.

As a Health and Safety Graduate within SP Energy Networks, you’ll be part of a dedicated team focused on keeping health and safety standards high. This role is critical in ensuring we embed strong health and safety practices across the business to meet and exceed growing regulations and tackle the challenges of large infrastructure projects.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the implementation and monitoring of health and safety policies, procedures, and initiatives across development and construction projects
• Help ensure compliance with industry regulations
• Promote a proactive safety culture
• Collaborate with operational teams to promote a positive safety culture and raise awareness of best practices.
• Help investigate incidents and near misses, contributing to root cause analysis and improvement actions

What’s in it for you

• Mentorship from experienced professionals
• Opportunity to earn a recognised Health & Safety qualification
• IOSH membership support
• Real-world impact on infrastructure and climate goals
• Stay up to date with relevant legislation and industry standards to support continuous improvement.
• Gain hands-on experience across both our office and site environments. While training is primarily office or site-based, you’ll enjoy increasing flexibility as you move beyond the programme and into your career

What we are looking for

• A 2:2 or above in Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or similar
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Calm under pressure and detail-oriented
• A genuine interest in safety, health, and sustainability

Accepted degree subjects

• environmental science and ecology
• business and management studies
• electronic and electrical engineering
• health sciences
• civil engineering and construction

Additional job details

How to apply

We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible as we reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

Click Apply to start your application now. This job will be available on Prospects until 4 January 2026

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