Hybrid: Divisional Health & Safety Leader

Company Shop Group; Barnsley; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free membership to Company Shop for 10

10% CSG colleague discount

Doctor care Anywhere

Annual Flu Injections, vouchers, on‑sI

Subsidised staff Canteen

Free Tea & Coffee

Eye tests

Contributory pension with Life Cover

Cycle 2 Work, charity initiatives

Job summary

Company Shop Group, part of Biffa, is seeking an experienced Divisional Head of Health & Safety to provide strategic leadership across the division from Tankersley, Barnsley. The role is hybrid—3 days in the office and two days from home—with a salary in the £75–85k range and a 40-hour week.

You will report to the Divisional Managing Director and Group Director of Health & Safety, shaping policy, influencing operations and embedding a strong safety culture across a large, complex organisation.

Qualifications

• At least 8–10 years’ experience leading Health & Safety teams in a large, operational organisation.
• Strong track record delivering H&S improvement strategies.
• Excellent knowledge of UK H&S legislation and best practice.
• Experience contributing as a member of a senior leadership team.
• Understanding of operational risk in Retail, Logistics and Transport.

Responsibilities

• Act as principal H&S adviser to the Divisional MD and Leadership Team, influencing decisions.
• Build H&S capability across operational leadership, ensuring risk ownership sits with managers.
• Coach and challenge leaders to improve risk management and safety performance.
• Promote visible safety leadership and a proactive safety culture.
• Lead and develop the divisional H&S team and maintain high professional standards.
• Provide independent assurance on risk controls and escalate significant concerns.

Education

Level 3 NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety

Graduate Membership of IOSH

Level 6 NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent

Chartered IOSH membership

Job description

Company Shop Group, part of Biffa, is seeking an experienced Divisional Head of Health & Safety to provide strategic leadership across the division from Tankersley, Barnsley. The role is hybrid—3 days in the office and two days from home—with a salary in the £75–85k range and a 40-hour week.

You will report to the Divisional Managing Director and Group Director of Health & Safety, shaping policy, influencing operations and embedding a strong safety culture across a large, complex organisation.