SHEQ Manager

Booker Group plc; Banbury; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

26 days Holiday + PH

Healthcare Cash Plan

Personal Accident Scheme

Employee discounts

Job summary

Booker Group plc is seeking a dedicated SHEQ Manager for Best Food Logistics at the Banbury depot. You will implement and enforce Safety, Health, Environmental, and Quality policies to ensure depot compliance with legal and internal standards.

You will lead safety training, risk assessments and audits, and collaborate with depot management to drive continuous improvements in safety performance.

Qualifications

• Experience managing Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) compliance in a depot.
• Ability to lead audits and ensure audit-ready documentation.
• Strong communication to influence senior management.

Responsibilities

• Maintain safety, environmental and quality systems across the depot.
• Brief teams on updated standards, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Coordinate internal audits and manage non-conformities.

Skills

SHEQ management

Safety leadership

Regulatory compliance

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

Food Safety Level 3

HACCP Level 3

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The following content displays a map of the jobs location - Dorcas Road Banbury

08:00hrs – 16:00hrs. Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week

Competitive

Working Hours:

Location:

Closing Date:

31/10/2026

Job Category:

Operations

Dept/Region:

Best Food Logistics

Business Area:

Best Food Logistics

What's in it for you

Benefits: Pension, 26 days Holiday in addition to Public Holidays, Healthcare Cash Plan, Personal Accident Scheme.

The additional Benefits of being part of the BEST team!

• 10% Tesco discount, which increases to 15% for 4 days every 4 weeks (all discounts apply to home delivery)
• 20% discount on F&F Clothing & Tesco Café
• Pizza Hut Restaurants:25% discount after 3pm, excludes buffet and deals
• Contributory Pension
• 1 year life assurance for all colleagues; or 3 years if you join the pension scheme
• Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family & the opportunity to join a healthcare cash plan.
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including cinema vouchers & a cycle to work scheme

About the role

As a SHEQ Manager for Best Food Logistics, you will play a vital role in ensuring the depot operates in accordance with the laws that govern depot compliance and quality standards. You will be responsible for implementing, administering, and enforcing all Safety, Health, Environmental, and Quality policies, processes, and standards.

Your duties will include ensuring that all requirements of the Health, Safety & Environment and Food Standards policies and standards are met by the depot by influencing and overseeing the depot management team. You will also be responsible for briefing depot teams on updated or new ways of working, standards, risk assessments, safe systems of work, and SHEQ alerts.

Your proactive problem-solving approach will be crucial in resolving any areas of non-compliance and ensuring that all Safety, Health, Environmental, and Food Standards training is completed on time and in full. You will also be responsible for managing conflicting priorities across several compliance areas and dealing with assurance and compliance issues in the depot that require immediate attention and resolution.

Overall, your role as a SHEQ Manager will be critical in ensuring the depot is compliant with internal and external audits and meeting business/legal requirements.

You will be responsible for

• Responsible for the maintenance of Safety, Health, Environmental and quality systems as documented on the Process Library. Ensures depot facilities are legal and insurance compliance is co-ordinated with the Depot Management Team
• Ensure that all requirements of the Health, Safety & Environment and Food Standards policies and standards are met by the depot through influencing and overseeing the depot management team
• Briefing depot teams on updated or new ways of working, standards, how to guides, risk assessments, safe systems of work and SHEQ alerts
• Ensure fire safety standards, tests, drills are adhered to, including equipment and emergency lighting and Fire Risk Assessment Report actions are completed
• Accountable for completing internal (first party) audits at the depot to support assurance, audits and risk objectives
• With the support of the appropriate central departments, provide guidance to the Depot Management team to comply with internal and external audits and close out requirements after audit. Works to ensure depot compliance to audit standards through induction training, ongoing development and refresher training as required
• Monitor standards & audit requirements to ensure compliance, as well as highlighting areas of non-compliance to Senior Depot Management and demonstrate a proactive problem-solving approach to resolve any areas of non-compliance
• With the support of the appropriate central departments provide advice and guidance on all aspects of site Safety, Health, Environment and Food Standards
• Deliver and co-ordinate all Safety, Health, Environment and Food Standards and compliance related events/induction to update management team and new employees
• Work with the Depot Management Team to identify and review compliance key performance indicators and suggest improvements and efficiencies to better meet business/legal requirements
• Ensure all Safety, Health, Environmental and Food Standards training is completed on time and in full and reports gaps and non-compliance to the General Manager and Head of SHEQ

You will need

Are you an experienced SHEQ Manager looking for your next challenge? Best Food Logistics is seeking a talented individual to join our team! As our SHEQ Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, environmental management, food standards, and internal and external auditing.

To be successful in this role, you will need a sound working knowledge of company processes and standards, as well as the ability to apply this knowledge practically. You will also need to be a strong communicator, able to persuade and influence senior management.

In addition, you should be customer-driven and collaborative, with a hands‑on approach to identifying pragmatic, business-focused solutions to areas of non‑compliance. You should be comfortable working independently and able to interpret and apply safety legislation and policy.

Experience in a fast-moving distribution environment is a must, as is proficiency in Microsoft Office applications. You should also be able to work within tight budgetary controls and deliver effective presentations and training courses.

Working Hours:

• 08:00hrs – 16:00hrs. Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week.
• NEBOSH – National General Certificate or equivalent
• Food Safety Level 3 (or equivalent)
• HACCP level 3

About The Company

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, 8 distribution centres, 5 Best Food Logistics sites, as well as 6 support centre locations across the UK.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Booker and Best, we always welcome conversations about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers; some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life‑changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we may be able to support you.

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, beers, wines & spirits, and driving roles.

On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however, is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*