Are you passionate about health and safety?
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a SHE Executive at our Northampton Depot.
This permanent position offers the chance to make a significant impact by ensuring a safe and efficient working environment for all. If you're ready to take on this important role and contribute to our commitment to safety and operational excellence, we want to hear from you.
About the Role
The SHE Executive will be responsible for delivering complete statutory, regulatory, legal and industry-specific policy, safety and training compliance across all site facility areas and activities.
Working with the site management and central safety teams, the SHE Executive will assist in developing individual site safety practices and wider network safety strategy.
The work will also include devising and implementing site safety meetings, campaigns, toolbox talks and referenced documentation for staff, peers, and senior management, and championing site environmental efforts.
The SHE Executive will manage the site efforts in incident investigation, reporting, and closeout while also identifying root causes and developing control measures.
Key Responsibilities
- Support site management to facilitate SHE and MHE training and assessment requirements in line with company policy and national standards.
- Review and maintain the Whistl My Academy Induction & Compliance Modules and coordinate learning activities to ensure staff competence and records of completion.
- Report training progress to the site management and safety teams.
- Work closely with the safety team to develop and implement national safety policy and safety campaigns.
- Ensure control of contractors and liaise with site administration for facilities management.
- Lead site efforts in housekeeping, duty of care and adherence to Company Health & Policies.
- Control the implementation and adherence to Company Environmental and Energy Policies.
- Check and maintain site safety records and related statutory, regulatory, legal and industry certifications to maintain compliance.
- Lead process improvements and subsequent maintenance in line with company "OperTune" ideology.
- Utilise Whistl H&S, ISO Accreditations, local site, and Process Owner Group reporting packs to identify areas of concern and develop action plans to address issues.
- Perform SHE and facilities self-audit & compliance checks, addressing failures or poor practice concerns.
- Lead site-level safety meetings and maintain relevant minutes and actions.
- Oversee site security efforts, including the support of access control, perimeter security tours & walk-around checks.
We welcome applications from candidates with any of the following skills or attributes: depot, warehouse, coordinator, security, SHE, environment, NEBOSH, RTITB, IOSH, compliance, audits, reporting, MHE Instructor, training, health & safety, incidents, document control, and mentoring.
Benefits
- Enhanced annual leave with long service
- Access to our prestigious benefits and rewards portal
- Pension scheme
- Health cash plan
- Life cover
- Career development opportunities
- Access to a well-established Employee Assistance Programme provider
- Other excellent benefits you'd expect from a market leader
Working Hours
Monday to Friday, 08:00-16:30. Flexibility on working hours required.
Essential Skills
- NEBOSH certificate
- RTITB Accredited MHE Instructor
- IOSH / Level 3 Award in Health & Safety
- Good communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Basic maths education
- Ability to carry out and complete regular audit & compliance checks and reports
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
- 3-year minimum experience in a relevant field (Operational, H&S and/or training background)
- Flexible and willing to respond to the needs of 24-hour operation in terms of working hours and location
Why Whistl?
We are the UK's leading delivery management company providing efficient, high-quality, and competitively priced services across business mail, parcels, fulfilment and doordrop media in the UK and internationally. Distributing more than 4 billion items annually, we are market leaders in Downstream Access Mail (DSA) services, handling over 50% of bulk business mail in the UK.
We are in the top 100 privately owned companies with 23 locations across the UK. Our success is down to our people and the values we all follow to deliver excellence to our customers.
We think as part of a team, act with a can-do attitude and do the right thing. Following these simple values has resulted in our people delivering and exceeding our business and personal development goals.
We are a family of uniquely different people with strengths in the areas we work in and always have the opportunity to be curious to enhance ourselves.
We are a disability confident employer and embrace Well Being, EDI and ESG to make ourselves and our environment the best it can be.
Due to the nature of our business, this role may be subject to a DBS check.