QHSE Contract Manager

Are you driven by Health & Safety? Can you engage and lead others to build the future with you? Looking to make a real difference in your next role? Look no further!

Here at GXO we’re currently looking for a Contract QHSE Manager to join our Currys site in Newark, with regular travel to our regional distribution centres in Bolton, Bristol and London Gateway. You’ll take responsibility for all thing’s health and safety at site and help push our road to zero campaign. We’re looking for someone to champion and promote occupational health, safety and environmental awareness throughout the contract whilst always leading from the front. You’ll play an integral part of our team – are you ready for the challenge?

This is a full time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Pay, benefits and more:

You’ll be paid a salary of up to £53,350 per annum, you’ll also receive 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Your benefits package includes a company car or car allowance of £505 per calendar month, a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical and dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll 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. You’ll also have access to our GXO University which provides you with the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with. There’s also our continued focus on internal promotions, over 60% last year!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead, drive and continually improve the QSHE culture, champion the GXO philosophy in the management and communication of health, safety and environment to create a best-in-class safety culture
• Ensure that all health, safety, and environmental matters are dealt with efficiently, effectively and in line with legislation and best practice
• Develop strong relationships with internal and external customers to better understand and meet their QSHE based requirements 
• Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities and encourage and support staff in their development and training

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Experience in a similar multi-site QSHE Manager role, ideally within warehouse and transport environments, with detailed knowledge of UK H&S legislation
• NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent level 6 qualification in Health & Safety) qualified as a minimum
• Experience of leading audits, delivering outputs and an understanding of CI principles
• People focussed; able to demonstrate empathy, engagement, and development
• An effective problem solver who considers and validates facts before making decisions and shows conviction in own judgement

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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.

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