Head Of Health & Safety (With Environmental & Quality Oversight)

Brellis Recruitment; Coventry; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global supplier to retail and logistics operations is seeking a Head of Health & Safety in Coventry to lead safety initiatives across various environments, including warehouses and engineering. The ideal candidate should possess a strong Health & Safety background, excellent communication skills, and experience with safety regulations like PUWER and LOLER. The role offers a competitive salary, car allowance, and an opportunity to drive significant cultural change in a large operation.

Benefits

Car allowance

Performance bonus

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• NEBOSH minimum required for qualification.
• Strong leadership experience in Health & Safety environments.
• Experience engaging shopfloor teams for safety improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead Health & Safety across warehouse, logistics and engineering environments.
• Improve culture, communication and engagement with teams.
• Deliver training and toolbox talks for safety improvements.
• Manage investigations and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Strong Health & Safety background in logistics, warehousing, engineering or field service

Confident communicator

Experience with PUWER, LOLER and machinery/warehouse safety

Environmental experience

Education

NEBOSH minimum; Diploma or IOSH status desirable

Job description

Head of Health & Safety (with Environmental & Quality Oversight)

Mansfield, Coventry + travel

£60,000 - £65,000 + £7k car allowance + bonus

This is a hands‑on Health & Safety leadership role. ~70% H&S, ~20% Environmental, ~10% Quality.

Best suited to H&S Managers/Leads from logistics, warehousing, engineering or field‑service operations.

Our client is a global supplier to retail and logistics operations. You'll lead H&S across a busy warehouse, a national team of field‑service engineers, a small recycling operation and shopfitting project teams.

This role is all about workforce engagement, behavioural improvement and practical H&S leadership — not sitting in an office writing policies.

What you'll do

• Lead Health & Safety across warehouse, logistics and engineering environments
• Improve culture, communication and engagement with teams and supervisors
• Oversee RAMS, SSoWs, PUWER/LOLER, machinery safety and contractor control
• Support field engineers and mobile workers (lone working, client sites, vehicle safety)
• Deliver training, toolbox talks and behavioural‑safety improvements
• Lead investigations and implement corrective actions
• Manage environmental permits and basic ISO9001 compliance

What we're looking for

• Strong Health & Safety background in logistics, warehousing, engineering or field service
• Confident communicator who can influence shopfloor teams
• Experience with PUWER, LOLER and machinery/warehouse safety
• NEBOSH minimum; Diploma or IOSH status desirable
• Environmental experience beneficial
• Comfortable travelling between sites

Why apply?

• Senior H&S leadership role
• Large operational scope
• Global business
• Strong package + car allowance + PMI
• Opportunity to drive real cultural change