Senior QHSE Leader – Logistics Safety & Compliance

GXO Logistics; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £48k

25 days leave

Pension

Private medical

Dental insurance

GP service

Life assurance

Employee assistance

GXO University

Cycle to work

Discount platform

Job summary

GXO Logistics in the United Kingdom is recruiting a QHSE Manager to lead the on-site QSHE and Facilities teams at Thorncliffe. You will drive health, safety and environmental performance, ensure legal compliance and foster a strong safety-first culture across the site.

Reporting to the General Manager with a dotted line to Regional EHS, you will shape policies, oversee risk assessments, incident investigations and audits, and coach colleagues to build capability and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Health & Safety is essential.
• Proven experience leading QHSE activity within a warehouse, distribution or automated environment.
• Strong knowledge of health & safety legislation and audit requirements.
• Confident stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and customers.
• Experience managing and developing teams, with a collaborative leadership style.
• Strong analytical, reporting and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, drive and continually improve the QSHE culture, champion safety philosophy to create a best-in-class safety culture.
• Drive a strong, visible safety culture where everyone takes ownership of safety and wellbeing.
• Develop, implement and maintain site safety policies, procedures and risk assessments.
• Lead incident reporting and investigations, ensuring root causes are identified and corrective actions embedded.
• Chair safety committee meetings, manage site action plans and report performance to senior stakeholders.
• Develop and coach the on site QHSE and Facilities teams, building capability and consistency.
• Monitor, analyse and report safety performance metrics, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinate audits, inspections, contractor safety and business continuity planning.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Reporting

Presentation skills

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate in Health & Safety

Job description

GXO Logistics in the United Kingdom is recruiting a QHSE Manager to lead the on-site QSHE and Facilities teams at Thorncliffe. You will drive health, safety and environmental performance, ensure legal compliance and foster a strong safety-first culture across the site.

Reporting to the General Manager with a dotted line to Regional EHS, you will shape policies, oversee risk assessments, incident investigations and audits, and coach colleagues to build capability and continuous improvement.