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

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

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for a Head of Health & Safety to oversee operations across logistics, warehousing, and engineering. This hands-on leadership role requires a strong background in H&S and a decisive communicator to drive cultural change. Candidates should have experience with machinery safety regulations and relevant certifications like NEBOSH. The position offers a competitive package, including a car allowance, and opportunities to influence operational improvements directly.

Benefits

£7k car allowance

Bonus

Private Medical Insurance

Qualifications

• Must have a strong background in logistics, warehousing, engineering, or field service.
• Experience in influencing and engaging shopfloor teams is essential.
• Knowledge of machinery safety regulations such as PUWER and LOLER is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead Health & Safety operations across various environments including warehouse and logistics.
• Improve culture and communication within teams.
• Manage compliance with environmental permits and ISO9001 standards.

Skills

Strong Health & Safety background

Confident communicator

Experience with PUWER and LOLER

Environmental experience

Education

NEBOSH Diploma or IOSH status

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