Are you a passionate Health & Safety professional who enjoys leading from the front? Do you have the confidence to influence, challenge and coach colleagues at all levels? Looking for a role where you can truly shape safety culture and standards across a complex operation?
GXO is currently recruiting a Senior QHSE Advisor to join our Currys operation in Newark. In this key role, you’ll take responsibility for promoting positive health, safety and environmental best practice across the Newark Campus, supporting multiple operational areas and leading a small on‑site QHSE team. Working closely with site leadership, union representatives and central GXO teams, you’ll help ensure full compliance with legislation, minimise risk to colleagues and the business, and continuously improve our QHSE standards.
The role is being offered on a full-time, permanent basis. The hours of work will be Monday to Friday, 09:00 – 17:00. However flexibility will be required to be visible across all shifts, this is logistics after all!
Pay, benefits and more:
You’ll be paid a salary of up to £39,000 per annum dependent upon experience and qualifications. You’ll also receive 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more! Including our GXO University which provides you the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with.
What you’ll do on a typical day:
* Promote and embed positive health, safety and environmental best practice across the Newark Campus
* Support the QHSE Manager in developing H&S strategies, policies and improvement plans
* Lead, organise and deliver health & safety objectives and projects across the site
* Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, identifying root causes and ensuring corrective actions are embedded
* Carry out audits, inspections and compliance reviews, sharing learning and driving improvement
* Coach, train and develop QHSE Advisors, including performance reviews and capability building
What you need to succeed at GXO:
* NEBOSH General Certificate, with a strong working knowledge of H&S law and legislation
* Proven experience in a senior QHSE or Health & Safety role within a distribution, logistics or similar operational environment
* Confidence influencing, challenging and building relationships with managers, unions and stakeholders
* Experience carrying out audits, investigations and working with enforcing authorities
* Ability to analyse safety data and trends to drive meaningful improvements
* A proactive, organised and professional approach, with a genuine passion for safety
GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO’s candidate privacy statement here.
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