This is a site-based role at our Head Office in Nelson, Lancashire.

Please note that you may be required to work a later shift to support our Night Warehouse team and to travel to our nationwide Depots on a regular basis.

We are looking for a highly motivated collaborative Health and Safety Manager with experience of working in a lead Health and Safety role. As a Health and Safety Manager, you will be working closely with key stakeholders to ensure mandatory health and safety standards throughout the business are understood and implemented by all colleagues, as well as leading the continual improvement plan to achieve behavioural safety and therefore a culture of Health and Safety as the first consideration for all.

What you will do:

· Build on and deliver the HSE strategy across the business ensuring buy-in and ownership from the SLT and Leadership Team, of which you play a key role.

· Coaching, influencing and supporting managers to own and deliver the plan relevant to their areas of responsibility.

· Promoting and instilling a positive and proactive safety culture and the development of best practice.

· Take a lead role in the People Forum to engage the employee representatives to take an active role within the H&S agenda.

· Ensure an active H&S audit process and programme which engages with the relevant stakeholders to drive awareness, ownership and improvement

· Own the accident reduction plan and delivery of, and the continual focus to increase hazard and near-miss reporting, to maximise colleague engagement.

· Identify and own the H&S budget delivery and the relevant H&S KPI’s, providing analysis and insight to focus on improvement opportunities

· Identify and deliver process improvement projects associated with safety, quality, people and cost improvements

· Effective management, coaching and development of your direct report. Ensure a regular appraisal process is applied and with a live personal development plan in place. Encourage employee led approach to performance management and development, including your own.

· Take the lead role in ensuring all SOP’s are in place as required and similarly SSoW.

· Actively design, implement, manage and audit as required all H&S training inclusive of mandatory, behavioural, knowledge and skills based and a blend of internal and external provision as required.

What you will need:

· NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety or other equal H&S industry recognised qualification

· IOSH or other membership to a recognised organisation is desirable

· Knowledge of ISO Management Systems ISO 14001 and 45001 is advantageous

· Experience in operational procedures and best practices

· Experience of working in a lead Health and Safety role

· Ability to work on own initiative

· A flexible, highly motivated, proactive and 'can do’ working style

Let us tell you some more benefits you would receive:

• Fancy volunteering? We will give you one day off a year to take part in volunteering.
• Generous discounts on our products
• Cycle to Work Scheme that offers discounted bikes and cycling equipment.
• Donate through your pay to a charity of your choice. The money is simply deducted through your pay before tax, so for every pound you donate, the 20p that usually goes to tax will go to the charity instead!
• Holiday Purchase Scheme where you can buy up to one extra week of Annual Leave
• We also have a range of employee assistance services which can be tailored to give you support on various matters such as financial, health and wellbeing advice.
• We treat our teams to a free meal every few months, from our visiting fish & chip van, to freshly made bacon baps from our in-house chefs

About us

Wellocks, is one of the leading UK food distributors in the hospitality industry. We provide fruit, vegetables, dairy, eggs, poultry, meat, store cupboard essentials and everything else chefs will need in their restaurant kitchen. Thanks to our highly skilled team, we also offer pre-prepared veg, which is a key part of our service.

From our humble beginnings in 1961 supplying potatoes to local pubs and restaurants, 60 years later we now supply over 1,200 restaurant kitchens across the country with amazing ingredients.

We’re proud to be part of the William Jackson Food Group, a dedicated family-owned food business which started in 1851. Our sister businesses are Abel & Cole, Jacksons Bakery and Belazu. Family values and the commitment which comes with such a long-standing business are rooted in our culture here at Wellocks.

Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it's like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully. We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet... go on... why not give it a whirl? Good luck!