Health Safety and Environment Manager

Asda Stores Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd is seeking a Health Safety and Environment Manager to oversee compliance and operational safety within their logistics operations. This full-time role involves ensuring adherence to UK regulations, supporting incident management, and analyzing data to improve safety practices. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and a comprehensive benefits package, including a company car allowance and discretionary bonuses.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance of £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and online

Free access to wellbeing services

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Managerial experience in Health & Safety within a large retail/distribution business.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Strong operational background with a track record in managing Health & Safety.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety legislation across logistics.
• Support field teams on incident management.
• Develop procedures for safe implementation of new processes.

Skills

Knowledge of UK Health, Safety and Environment regulations

Operational background in Retail/Logistics

Excellent communication skills

Ability to engage across multiple channels

Strong analytical skills

Education

Membership of appropriate professional bodies (or working towards)

Job description

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Health Safety and Environment Manager

Apply locations Asda House time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: May 30, 2025 (6 days left to apply) job requisition id R-055497

Job Title

Health Safety and Environment Manager

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Compliance/Audit

Closing Date

29 May 2025

“Find your role”

As a fast-paced organization with over 1000 sites, Asda’s Health and Safety management system is continually evolving. The business has ambitious plans for growth and embraces new ideas and innovation to support operational teams to succeed.

As part of the Health and Safety compliance team, you will be supporting the business to effectively manage Health and Safety operations, particularly within our Logisitics estate which consists of 2000 drivers, 1100 vehicles, 27 Depots and delivering to over 1000 stores

You will:

• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety legislation, regulations and requirements for all Asda Logistic Depots and Online Grocery to ensure our regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Provide subject matter expertise across the business to support the delivery of corporate strategic priorities, for example load security training.
• Support the field-based teams on incident management and Enforcement contact in relation to health and safety matters
• Analyse data to support in the creation of meaningful awareness campaigns and leadership programme insights
• Review data sets and metrics to assess and evaluate operational performance to support in the delivery of continuous improvement
• Working with other key stakeholders to develop procedures for the safe and efficient implementation of new processes and equipment.
• Be the ambassador for Asda for health, safety & environment and develop close working relationships with other key partners. Eg Training, Operations and the GMB Union
• Horizon scan for new and emerging risks related to health, safety & environmental matters and be the lead to ensure compliance
• Analyse data from continuous improvement reviews of each subject area to identify risks/issues
• Analyse data from accidents, incidents, external bodies, and other companies to develop procedural improvements to reduce hazards and accidents.
• Support/Lead serious investigations to identify the root cause
• Set tactical direction for operational transport safety and road risk reduction nationally
• Support site operations as SME for Transport Safety and compliance with national safety processes
• Ensure suitable management systems are in place to reduce risk and improve legal compliance
• Help in the development of engaging training materials the plans and the business accountabilities
• Supporting involvement with regulators to ensure facility compliance with all health, safety & environment matters
  

“Let's find out about you.”

• The role requires a good knowledge of the UK Health, Safety and Environment regulatory framework and an understanding of the Good Vehicles (Licensing of Operators).
• You will be a manager with a strong operational background within a Retail/Logistics environment with a track record of managing Health & Safety or Road Safety across a large national retail or distribution business. You may hold, or be actively working towards, membership of appropriate professional bodies.
• An ability to engage across multiple channels and work effectively and collaboratively across different teams
• An ability to deliver at pace in a complex and ever-changing environment
• Excellent business partnering, written and verbal communication skills are essential
• This role requires a degree of autonomy and a ‘can do’ attitude but will be guided by the Senior Health and Safety Environment Manager

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves"

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