H&S Compliance Manager

Are you a health & safety expert? Ready to take that next step in your career? Want the opportunity to apply your expertise and develop?

Hear at GXO, we are looking for a H&S Compliance Manager to join our team at our coldstore in Luton. You will be responsible for ensuring full compliance with all food safety, hygiene, cold chain, quality, health & safety, environmental, legal, and customer requirements across a temperature-controlled warehouse and distribution operations. You will lead the site's compliance strategy, ensuring the integrity of chilled and frozen storage environments, maintaining robust Food Safety and QHSE Management Systems, whilst driving a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement. You will have overall accountability for the implementation, management and continuous improvement of the Company's Quality, Health, Safety, Environment and Food Safety (QHSE) Policy.

This is a full time, permanent role, working Monday to Friday, 08:00 till 17:00. However, we do ask for flexibility, this is logistics after all!

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £44,000.00 and 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more! 

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Own, maintain and continuously improve the site's Food Safety Management System (FSMS)
• Ensure compliance with all applicable food safety legislation, customer requirements and company standards
• Develop, review and maintain HACCP plans, risk assessments and control measures
• Own and manage the site's Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QHSE) Management System
• Lead the implementation and deployment of the company's QHSE strategy
• Manage site hygiene, GMP, pest control and environmental compliance programmes & manage temperature monitoring, calibration and verification programmes
• Investigate incidents, non-conformances and customer complaints, ensuring effective corrective and preventative actions are implemented
• Deliver and coordinate food safety, compliance and QHSE training across the site
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing risk, improving standards and enhancing operational performance

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• NEBOSH General Certificate, HACCP Level 3 qualification – essential
• Significant experience within cold storage, food warehousing or temperature-controlled logistics
• Strong knowledge of BRCGS Storage & Distribution Standards
• Experience in HACCP implementation and food safety management
• Food Safety Level 3, Internal or Lead Auditor qualification - desirable

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

Promoting and driving a culture of safety engagement in line with the Road to Zero philosophy and improving performance through the implementation of relevant management systems current standards and legislation; maintenance of a safe and healthy working environment by the identification and control of risks, leading to the prevention of accidents and causes of work-related ill health.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.