Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality Manager

Tesco; Royton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food wholesaler is seeking a Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality (SHEQ) Manager. This role involves ensuring compliance with SHEQ standards and leading the depot's safety culture. Candidates should have relevant experience, strong communication skills, and qualifications in SHEQ standards. The position also offers a variety of benefits including discounts on company products and a robust holiday package. Working hours are Monday to Friday, totaling 40 hours per week.

Benefits

10% Tesco discount

Pension contributions

Health and well-being support

Generous holiday package

Qualifications

• Experience as an SHEQ Manager in distribution.
• Knowledge of SHEQ standards and legislation.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead compliance with Safety, Health, Environmental, Food Standards.
• Conduct training and audits.
• Coordinate internal and external audits.

Skills

Safety management

Communication

IT literacy

Cost management

Education

NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent

Food Safety Level 3 or equivalent

HACCP Level 3

Job description

Booker • Salmon Fields, Oldham • Working hours 40 • Apply by 03-Feb-2026

As a Safety, Health, Environment, Quality (SHEQ) Manager for Best Food Logistics, you will play a vital role in ensuring the depot operates in accordance with the laws that govern company, depot compliance and quality standards.

You will be responsible for leading our Safety Culture, supporting site leadership teams and heads of department in implementing, administering, enforcing all Safety, Health, Environmental, Quality policies and processes.

Key duties include:

• Ensuring the requirements of SHEQ and Food Standards policies are met by the depot leadership.
• Briefing depot teams on updated or new ways of working, risk assessments, safe systems of work and SHEQ alerts.
• Reviewing all depot accident investigations and completing depot and national SHEQ reports and presentations.
• Leading the implementation of safety, health, environmental, food standards and quality systems.
• Co‑ordinating internal audits, supporting external audits and ensuring audit requirements are closed out.
• Managing training, social audits, key performance indicators and supporting continuous improvement of SHEQ performance.
• Providing guidance on all aspects of site safety and attending health and safety committee meetings.

What is in it for you

Benefits

• 10% Tesco discount, increasing to 15% for 4 days every 4 weeks (all discounts apply to home delivery)
• 20% discount on F&F Clothing & Tesco Café
• 10% Booker discount
• Pizza Hut Restaurants: 25% discount after 3pm (excludes buffet and deals)
• 25% discount at selected Burger King restaurants
• Contributory Pension
• 1 year life assurance for all colleagues; 3 years if joined the pension scheme
• Health and well‑being support, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and virtual GP
• Exclusive deals and discount website for everyday purchases, cinema vouchers and cycle‑to‑work scheme
• A great holiday package – 26 days plus bank holidays

You will need

Requirements

• Sufficient experience as an SHEQ Manager in a fast‑moving distribution environment.
• Sound working knowledge of SHEQ processes, standards and legislation.
• Strong communicator, capable of persuading and influencing senior management and depot leadership.
• Ability to work independently, manage conflicting priorities and deliver effective training and presentations.
• IT literate – Microsoft Office applications.
• Cost‑management skills and ability to work within tight budgetary controls.
• Willingness to travel within the business network to support or investigate SHEQ matters.
• Relevant qualifications: NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent, Food Safety Level 3 (or equivalent), HACCP Level 3.

If you meet these requirements and are enthusiastic, positive, and flexible under pressure, we encourage you to apply today!

Working Hours

Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week.

About us

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler, serving independent retailers, caterers and small businesses across the country. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, and six support centre locations.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a core value at Booker – we want everyone to feel represented and be themselves at work.

We welcome flexible working conversations throughout the application process.

We are proud that Booker is a Disability Confident Comm‑mitted employer and we are committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility you can expect, please contact [e-mail].

Please note

• We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm, or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, drinks, or driving roles.
• On occasions when we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date to manage all applicants appropriately.
• We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

For more information about us please visit www.bookergroupjobs.co.uk.