Health and Safety Advisor

GXO Logistics; Kettering; Presencial; GBP 35.000 - 43.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Company pension

Life assurance

Retail discounts

Descripción de la vacante

GXO Logistics, Inc. in Kettering is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor to lead safety culture on site and partner with operations to drive performance. The role offers a full‑time, permanent contract with a Monday–Friday 08:00–16:30 schedule and flexibility for business needs.

You will embed our H&S strategy, coach leaders, investigate incidents, and use data to prioritise risk. NEBOSH/NVQ Level 3 is essential; logistics experience is a plus.

Formación

• Proven ability to influence and engage operational leaders to improve safety.
• Strong investigative and problem‑solving capability in fast‑paced environments.
• Committed to safety ownership, accountability and continuous improvement.

Responsabilidades

• Deliver and embed the H&S strategy with measurable safety outcomes.
• Advise site leadership with pragmatic guidance and challenge decisions.
• Provide visible safety leadership to strengthen culture and drive behavioural change.
• Coach managers on safety ownership, investigations and root cause analysis.
• Use data and trend analysis to prioritise risk and drive timely actions.

Conocimientos

Safety leadership

Stakeholder management

Investigation

Coaching

Effective communication

Educación

NEBOSH / NVQ L3

Descripción del empleo

Are you a confident Health and Safety Advisor who can go beyond compliance, acting as a visible presence on site to influence behaviours, challenge decisions, and embed a proactive safety culture as part of our values?

Do you thrive in a site based leadership role, partnering with operational and senior teams to shape culture, build capability, and drive H&S performance while supporting wider sites when needed? If so, we want to hear from you!

Join us at GXO as our Health and Safety Advisor, based in our Kettering depot for our customer Sainsburys.

This is a full time, permanent position. Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16:30 (with flexibility required for business needs).

Pay, benefits and more:

We're looking to offer a salary of up to £39,000 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts.

What you'll do on a typical day:

• Deliver and embed our H&S strategy, translating priorities into measurable operational outcomes while maintaining strong safety governance through audits, inspections, and risk management
• Act as the trusted H&S advisor to site leadership, providing pragmatic guidance, constructive challenge, and influencing decision making to balance risk, compliance, and business needs
• Provide visible, hands on safety leadership within operations, strengthening safety culture, driving behavioural change, and moving performance beyond basic compliance
• Develop leadership and operational capability, coaching managers on safety ownership, investigations, root cause analysis, and accountability across the site
• Use data, insight, and trend analysis to prioritise risk, manage competing H&S priorities, lead effective incident investigations, and deliver timely corrective actions, while collaborating across sites and supporting wider operational needs

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proven ability to influence and engage operational leaders, driving measurable safety improvement through coaching, investigation, and effective stakeholder management
• Strong investigative and problem solving capability, able to manage complex issues, lead outcomes, and drive continuous improvement in fast paced operational environments
• Highly organised, self motivated, and disciplined, with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently while maintaining high standards and integrity
• Confident and effective communicator, able to build trusted, professional relationships with colleagues, customers, regional teams, and external stakeholders at all levels
• Experienced and technically competent safety professional (NEBOSH / NVQ L3 Qualification essential), with experience in a supervisory or safety related role (logistics background beneficial)
  

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.

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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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