Health & Safety Manager

Next Careers; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading retail company as a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager, responsible for ensuring health and safety policies are effectively implemented across warehousing and distribution. This influential role includes compliance, training development, and direct partnership with local authorities to enhance safety standards within the organization.

Benefits

25% off most NEXT products

Company performance based bonus

On-site Nursery

10% off partner brands

Early VIP access to sale stock

Access to discounts at Staff Shops

Restaurants with great food

Access to a digital GP

Free on-site parking

Discounted gym memberships

Qualifications

• Experience of legal action (desirable from an enforcement background).
• Experience in developing training courses related to health and safety.
• Understanding of fire safety provisions and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations across all sites.
• Develop and maintain safety management systems.
• Conduct audits and inspections to gauge compliance levels.

Skills

Risk assessments

Compliance auditing

Safety management

Training development

Influencing team management

Ergonomics

Noise monitoring

Job description

Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Team :

Salary :

NDL Health and Safety Team

Competitive

About us

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!

Your role

The Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager is responsible and accountable for ensuring that the Warehousing and Distribution H&S management systems and procedures are developed, communicated, delivered and monitored for each site and location they are responsible for and that the site management then maintains these systems and procedures ensuring their ongoing suitability.

The Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager will also maintain a consultative and expert relationship with each of their sites and ensure ongoing compliance with NEXT standards.

This role is based from our warehouses in South Elmsall.

About you

Legal

• Work with local authorities on building a positive partnership, (Lead authority)
• Work with local authorities and the HSE on any enforcement activity, ensuring the best outcome for Next.
• Ensure that appropriate design strategies and risk assessments are developed, and significant findings acted on appropriately for all projects, builds, materials and equipment.
• Ensure that systems and procedures reflect current changes in legislation and thinking reflects current enforcement initiatives.
• Work with Group insurance, insurers, legal counsel on developing and maintaining systems and procedures that assist with any EL & PL claims.
• Interpret safety law that affects Next and drive for legal compliance.
• Gauge our compliance levels by conducting audits and planned inspections
• Experience of legal action (desirable from an enforcement background)
  

Influencing and developing the Management team

• Drive best practice safety management standards through the line management structure; in particular ensure the effective use of Operational Facilities Managers and Safety Coordinators in the local management of safety
• Use H&S MI to gauge their success against agreed standards.
• Produce reports and other information that address issues & concerns and reinforce what works well.
• Ensure that CPD; continual personal development of managers continues and is maintained at an appropriate level

Training, information and instruction

• Develop new training courses and packages
• Develop instructional and educational material to support risk assessments and SSOW’s
• Actively promote and participate in Management 1.2.1’s
• Work with, support and if required help develop the safety knowledge of our network of Operational Facilities Managers.
• Ensure CPD is maintained throughout the Management team.
  
• Ensure that PDI (Pre delivery inspections) are completed for all new equipment and fleet.
• Ensure new CDM projects are audited and receive adequate H&S support and guidance.
• Ensure available expert and consultative recourse is available for all new projects.
• Ensure the continued suitability of systems and procedure for the management of contractors.
• Ensure the continued suitability of systems and procedure for the assessment of contractors and sub-contractors.
• Experience of noise monitoring.
• Experience / qualification in ergonomics.
  

High risk

• Ensure Fire Safety provisions, Fire Risk Assessments and regular reviews are in place throughout NDL
• Ensure that WAH (working at height) is given a high priority and systems and procedures are maintained.
• Ensure workplace transport risk is managed and that emergent risks are communicated effectively and appropriate action taken.
• Ensure that all CDM, and complex contractor based projects are audited and that appropriate H&S resources are always available.
• Ensure that an appropriate Asbestos management plan is maintained.
• Ensure that Emergent risks are communicated and escalated.
• Ensure that appropriate expert and consultative advice is available for all known risks.

What's next

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.

We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [e-mail] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.

Job Info

• Job Identification 71014
• Job Category Health & Safety
• Posting Date 06/16/2025, 12:18 PM
• Apply Before 06/23/2025, 12:18 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Dale Lane Industrial Estate, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 2RH, GB