Regional Health and Safety Manager

Regional Health & Safety Manager

Salary: £60,000 per annum

Hours: Full-time, Monday-Friday

Location: Milton Keynes and Coventry

About This Opportunity

Are you a health and safety professional ready to make your mark across a major logistics network? We're working with a leading technology-driven supply chain and logistics provider to find a Regional Health & Safety Manager who'll take ownership of safety standards across multiple distribution centres and transport operations.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth environment where warehousing, fleet operations and cutting-edge logistics technology come together. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping a strong safety culture, working closely with senior leadership to drive continuous improvement across a growing multi-site operation.

Key Responsibilities

Health & Safety Leadership

• Work with the Health and Safety Director to lead the health and safety strategy across distribution centres and associated transport operating locations.
• Promote a proactive safety-first culture across all operations.
• Provide professional health and safety advice to site leadership teams and operational managers.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation and logistics regulatory requirements.
• Maintain and review health and safety policies, procedures and risk assessments.

Risk Management

• Identify operational risks within warehousing, yard operations, vehicle movements and transport activities.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Transport & Fleet Safety

• Work closely with Transport teams to ensure compliance with transport safety standards and operator licence requirements.
• Oversee safe systems of work relating to vehicle movements, loading/unloading and yard management.

Training & Engagement

• Develop and deliver health and safety training programmes.
• Ensure managers and supervisors understand and fulfil their safety responsibilities.
• Support safety committees and employee engagement initiatives.

Performance & Reporting

• Monitor key safety metrics including incidents, near misses and audit findings.
• Produce regular health and safety performance reports for senior leadership.

Contractor & Third-Party Management

• Ensure contractors and service providers comply with site safety standards.
• Manage contractor risk assessments, permits and safe systems of work.

About You

• Proven experience in health and safety management within logistics, warehousing or transport operations.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation and best practice.
• Experience managing multi-site operations.
• Experience conducting investigations, audits and risk assessments.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and training capability.
• NEBOSH General Certificate (minimum); NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent desirable.
• Membership of IOSH (TechIOSH/GradIOSH or above desirable).

Benefits / What's on Offer

• Competitive salary of £60,000 per annum.
• The opportunity to shape safety strategy across a growing, technology-led supply chain network.
• A supportive, people-first culture with genuine scope for career progression.
• The chance to work with smart warehousing, autonomous delivery and innovative logistics technology.
• Food allowance
• Life insurance
• Health cash plan

Multitask Personnel Ltd is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond individually to every candidate; if you have not heard back from us within 7 days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

For more information about this role, please contact Terri, the managing consultant handling this vacancy.