Job Description
We’re thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a Compliance SHEQ Manager to join our team in Harworth.
In this pivotal role at an upper-tier COMAH site, you’ll lead the design, delivery and continuous improvement of all compliance programmes, ensuring we meet—and exceed—legal and company standards across Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) and site facilities.
You’ll be a key driver of our “safety first” culture, using your expertise to embed risk-based decision-making across the site. Through effective training, coaching and hands-on leadership, you’ll inspire teams to apply SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) principles in everything they do.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive, knowledgeable professional to make a real impact—shaping a safe, compliant and high-performing working environment.
Key responsibilities of the Compliance SHEQ Manager:
1. Deliver a compliant Safety, Environmental and Facilities Management System for site, developing any necessary risk assessments, inspection schedules, control plans and associated documentation.
2. Advise the site management team on effective strategies and controls to reduce and mitigate the health, safety and environmental impacts and risks arising from the materials, equipment and processes utilized on site, implementing the necessary control programs when within remit of the role.
3. With support from the regional H&S team, ensure the site is compliant as a COMAH operator and takes all measures necessary to prevent a major accident, ensuring a credible demonstration of this to the Competent Authorities.
4. Develop and implement programs that ensure the site and all plant and machinery are safe to use and legally compliant, facilitating inspection, servicing and repairs as necessary.
5. Ensure effective and timely accident/incident investigations, contributing specialist knowledge, advice and guidance to Operational Managers where necessary.
6. Maintain effective contractor management and permit to work programs, ensuring activities are supervised and delivered by competent persons using controlled and risk‑mitigated processes.
7. Ensure effective employee consultation, including a Safety Committee and a variety of appropriate mediums to disseminate information on safety and environmental matters and to implement programmes that promote a positive safety culture.
8. Support the design and delivery of a comprehensive programme of Safety Training, bespoke to the needs of individual job roles working in partnership with Operational Managers.
9. Conduct and/or host inspections and audits aligned to the relevant standards, liaising with the Management Team on requirements, outputs, monitoring of improvements and evaluating ongoing compliance using relevant regulatory and company policy, as the basis for content/measurement.
10. Produce accurate and relevant KPIs to measure performance levels against agreed targets sharing data with Depot/Functional Management teams, Statutory Authorities and Customers as agreed and as appropriate
11. Utilise data to drive performance improvement and consistent delivery of Policy/Practice across the site analysing accident/ incident and other measures to contribute to continuous improvement plans.
Qualifications
12. Minimum NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent
13. Educated to A-level standard or equivalent
14. Detailed knowledge of risk management frameworks and methodologies.
15. Comprehensive knowledge of occupational health safety and environmental requirements
16. Practical understanding of equipment and facilities management
17. Experienced in presenting to senior stakeholders and cross‑functional teams
18. Proficient in digital tools and systems
19. Proactive, decisive and pragmatic
20. Ability to drive/influence culture in a dynamic working environment.
21. Experience of COMAH or other high risk regulated industry (desired)
22. Working knowledge within a Warehouse and Logistics operation (desired)
Additional Information
As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.
Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.
Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:
23. Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days plus 8 Bank Holidays
24. Company Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
25. Private Medical Cover– This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa
26. Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer agreat contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer
27. Life Assurance - x4 your annual salary
28. Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programmewe offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
29. Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
30. Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
31. Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!