Regional Health and Safety Manager

Irwin and Colton; Fenny Stratford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Irwin and Colton is seeking a Regional Health & Safety Manager to lead health, safety, and compliance across multiple distribution centres and transport locations. You will collaborate with senior leadership to implement best practices and ensure legal compliance, while driving a strong safety culture across all sites.

The role requires proven HSE management experience in logistics/warehousing/transport, knowledge of UK H&S legislation, and NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing health and safety within logistics, warehousing, or transport operations.
• Solid knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and best practices
• Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills
• Relevant qualifications such as NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent (additional safety memberships a plus)

Responsibilities

• Leading safety strategy and promoting a strong safety-first culture across all locations
• Conducting audits, inspections, and risk assessments to ensure regulatory compliance
• Investigating incidents, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions
• Overseeing transport safety standards, driver compliance, and fleet safety procedures
• Developing safety training programmes and engaging with teams to enhance safety awareness

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Safety culture

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

Job description

Job Title: Regional Health & Safety Manager
Salary and Benefits: £60,000- £70,000 DOE
Location: Milton Keynes (Multi Site)

Are you passionate about promoting safety excellence across large-scale logistics operations? Do you thrive in coordinating safety standards and fostering a proactive safety culture in complex environments?

We are seeking an experienced Regional Health & Safety Manager to lead and implement health, safety, and compliance systems across multiple distribution centres and transport locations. This role involves collaboration with senior leadership to ensure best practices and legal compliance.

The key responsibilities include:

• Leading safety strategy and promoting a strong safety-first culture across all locations
• Conducting audits, inspections, and risk assessments to ensure regulatory compliance
• Investigating incidents, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions
• Overseeing transport safety standards, driver compliance, and fleet safety procedures
• Developing safety training programmes and engaging with teams to enhance safety awareness

The successful candidate will have:

• Proven experience managing health and safety within logistics, warehousing, or transport operations
• Solid knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and best practices
• Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills
• Relevant qualifications such as NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent (additional safety memberships a plus)

This is an excellent opportunity to make a real impact in a fast-growing, safety-focused organisation, with opportunities for professional growth.

Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England. We recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions. Irwin and Colton Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&Cs, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at our website irwinandcolton.com. Irwin and Colton is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.