Regional Health & Safety Manager - North West & Cumbria

Morrisons; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supermarket chain is seeking a Regional Health & Safety Manager to support field-based retail teams in the Manchester area. This role involves ensuring safety compliance, managing stakeholder relationships, and coordinating health and safety practices across multiple stores, enhancing the safety and legality of operations. Candidates should have a NEBOSH diploma and significant knowledge of health & safety legislation.

Benefits

15% colleague discount

Generous holiday entitlement

Company pension contributions

Perks with over 850 retailers

Family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• NEBOSH diploma / Member of a relevant professional organisation and undergoing CPD.
• Knowledge of Food Safety & Trading Standards legislation.
• Understanding of HACCP.

Responsibilities

• Provide Safe & Legal management service for Retail supermarkets.
• Manage/coordinate safety concerns identified.
• Coach managers and colleagues in safe and legal standards.

Skills

Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation

Auditing experience

Good communication skills

Customer-focused

Education

NEBOSH diploma

Post-graduate experience

Job description

Overview

Regional Health & Safety Manager (North West, Manchester & Cumbria) role supporting our field-based retail team. Travel across Retail stores in Manchester up to Carlisle, across to Southport and surrounding areas. The role focuses on upholding safety and legality, supporting our Supermarkets, and acting as a subject matter expert in Health & Safety with knowledge of Food Safety and Trading Standards. You will have overall responsibility for Safe & Legal practices, aiming to protect customers and colleagues and ensure brand legality.

Responsibilities

• Provide a Safe & Legal management service for Retail supermarkets; occasional support for Logistics may be required.
• Attend regional and store meetings, engage with senior teams, share data trends, and work with teams to agree suitable solutions.
• Manage/coordinate activity where serious safety or legality concerns are identified; work with stores and sites to demonstrably improve standards.
• Work with stakeholders to manage Enforcement activity, arrange for necessary support, disseminate information, and liaise with Enforcement Officers to reach satisfactory conclusions.
• Provide a reactive service for serious food safety, trading standards, and health & safety issues and incidents.
• Oversee fire safety standards throughout the region, including undertaking fire and temp FRA risk assessments (training will be provided).
• Support central teams by providing timely information and advice.
• Coach Regional Managers, Store/Site Managers and colleagues in the required safe and legal standards and general good practice using a partnership approach.
• Build strong relationships with retail management teams to be recognised as the main point of contact for technical queries.
• Build and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Pest Controller) to promote safety and legality.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH diploma / Member of a relevant professional organisation and undergoing CPD.
• Post-graduate experience.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety, Food Safety & Trading Standards legislation.
• Auditing experience in Health & Safety.
• Understanding of HACCP.
• In-depth knowledge of catering, retail or manufacturing in Health & Safety, including Food Safety & Trading Standards.
• Appreciation of microbiological safety and quality aspects of high-risk products.
• Good understanding of health & safety, food safety, trading standards quality/management systems.
• Knowledge of Retail end-to-end operations.
• Customer-focused with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Great communicator with reporting and data manipulation skills.

Benefits

• 15% colleague discount in stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family member (subject to fair usage).
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• Company pension contributions.
• Perks with over 850 retailers.
• A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave.

Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain. Active with regular seasonal events, suppliers are often on site sharing their latest products. We’re committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.