Operational Field Safety Manager

Sainsbury’s Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Westminster is seeking an Operational Field Safety Manager to oversee health and safety compliance across various locations. The role includes managing incidents, conducting risk assessments, and coaching leaders in implementing safety initiatives. Candidates should have a strong background in health and safety practices, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to personal development. The position offers a range of benefits including discounts, healthcare, and flexible working options.

Benefits

Colleague discount up to 15%

Pensions scheme and life cover

Performance-related bonus up to 20%

Private healthcare

Annual holiday allowance

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in health and safety management, ideally in retail or logistics.
• Strong understanding of food safety and hygiene standards.
• Commitment to personal and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards across multiple locations.
• Manage incident investigations and risk assessments.
• Coaching team members to improve safety performance.

Skills

Health & Safety compliance

Incident investigation

Coaching skills

Communication skills

Education

Recognised Health & Safety qualification (NEBOSH Diploma, NCRQ, etc.)

Job description

Overview

As the Operational Field Safety Manager, you will play a crucial role in providing end-to-end health and safety support and guidance across various locations, formats, and operations. Working closely with leaders across the business including senior managers, you will ensure the effective implementation of safety management systems and policies covering a wide range of health and safety, food safety, trading standards, environmental protection, construction, and fire safety. Your responsibilities will include managing incident investigations, regulatory visits, risk assessments, and coaching to drive continual improvements in health and safety standards and culture. Additionally, you will actively participate in company-wide projects, act as a policy owner for certain health and safety processes, and contribute to the development of safety-related guidelines and procedures to enhance operational safety and performance across the organisation.

Who you are

As the Operational Field Safety Manager, you are a knowledgeable and proactive health and safety professional with a strong track record in implementing safe and legal processes in operational settings, ideally within retail and logistics environments. Your ability to drive continual improvements in health and safety standards through coaching and support, coupled with your expertise in accident investigation and root cause analysis, allows you to effectively lead and guide location teams towards harm reduction and optimal safety outcomes. With excellent communication skills, a dedication to ongoing personal development, and a commitment to fostering a culture of safety and care for our customers and colleagues. You play a pivotal role in ensuring the effective implementation of safety management systems across all locations and formats, ultimately contributing to the overall success of the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrable experience applying safe and legal operational processes to ensure compliance across multiple locations.
• Proven understanding of Health & Safety and Food Safety & Hygiene standards, ideally within retail, logistics, or similar operational environments.
• Commitment to achieving a recognised qualification in Health & Safety or Food Safety (e.g. NEBOSH Diploma, NCRQ, CIEH Level 4) within an agreed timeframe.
• Evidence of coaching others to improve performance and support fair, consistent decision-making.
• Track record of influencing internal and external stakeholders to implement safety initiatives and drive compliance.
• We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new - whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we'll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week of holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to GBP10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well as access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.