Health & Safety Manager

Sodexo; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Funded development opportunities

Autonomy

Travel across UK

Job summary

Sodexo Live! Heathrow is seeking a Health & Safety Manager to shape standards across the aviation lounge portfolio and travel to airports nationwide.

You’ll build relationships with airline clients and operational leaders while turning safety requirements into practical solutions to maintain a top guest experience. Applicants should hold a NEBOSH qualification with Level 4 Food Safety, come from a catering background, and have strong auditing and stakeholder-management skills.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH qualification and Level 4 Food Safety.
• Experience in catering operations with health and safety and food safety in an operational environment.
• Strong client-facing skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Ability to travel across the UK, including overnight stays.

Responsibilities

• Champion a positive health and safety culture across the aviation lounge portfolio.
• Build relationships with airline clients, airport stakeholders and operational leaders; align safety requirements.
• Support site teams with audits, inspections and Environmental Health Officer visits.
• Guide investigations into accidents, near-misses and food safety incidents; identify preventative actions.
• Maintain food safety standards with culinary and lounge teams; ensure hygiene and allergen controls.

Skills

NEBOSH

Health & Safety

Food Safety

Catering background

Audits

Stakeholder management

Education

NEBOSH qualification

Food Safety qualification

Job description

Health & Safety Manager to help shape the standards that underpin that experience. Joining our aviation senior team, you'll work in a fast-paced environment where hospitality, safety and strong client relationships go hand in hand. With Heathrow as your main site and travel to airports including Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow, you'll build relationships across a varied UK portfolio and see the impact of your work first hand. This opportunity would suit someone with a catering background who enjoys working with people, has the confidence to challenge established ways of working and can turn safety requirements into practical solutions. You'll have a voice in conversations with senior airline partners and operational leaders, helping everyone work towards shared standards while keeping an excellent guest experience in mind. In return, you'll have the autonomy to organise your diary, support from experienced health and safety colleagues and access to funded development opportunities. Whether you already work in a dedicated safety role or bring relevant qualifications and compliance experience from catering operations, this is an opportunity to develop your career in aviation hospitality. What you'll do

• Champion a positive health and safety culture across the aviation lounge portfolio, helping teams put safe working practices into action.
• Build strong relationships with airline clients, airport stakeholders and operational leaders, aligning Sodexo and client safety requirements and resolving challenges collaboratively.
• Support site teams with audits, inspections and preparation for Environmental Health Officer visits, ensuring actions are completed within agreed timescales.
• Guide managers through accident, near-miss and food safety incident reporting and investigations, identifying causes and practical measures to prevent recurrence.
• Work with culinary and lounge teams to maintain food safety standards, including effective hygiene and allergen controls.
• Identify training needs and support the delivery of practical guidance that builds confidence and capability across operational teams.
• Support new lounge mobilisations by establishing safety systems, documentation and a clear handover to site teams.
• Monitor compliance and safety performance, maintain accurate records and share findings with senior stakeholders to drive improvement.
  A NEBOSH qualification and Level 4 Food Safety qualification.
• Experience within catering, with a sound understanding of health and safety and food safety in an operational environment.
• Strong client-facing skills, with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders, negotiate solutions and constructively challenge existing practices.
• Experience managing compliance, audits, risk assessments and incident investigations.
• The ability to translate policies and technical requirements into clear, practical advice for busy operational teams.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage your own diary and priorities across multiple locations.
• Good IT, reporting and data analysis skills, with close attention to detail.
• Flexibility to travel regularly across the UK, including overnight stays and occasional unsociable hours in line with a 24/7 aviation operation.
• Able to provide a five-year checkable history, obtain clear DBS clearance and complete General Security Awareness Training (GSAT) to meet airside pass requirements
  Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.You'll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you'll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you'll be able to thrive in your own way.In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families, Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.
• About Sodexo Live! At Sodexo Live!, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services. We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer.We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities.We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins. Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins. We're a Disability Confident Leader employer.We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.