Safety, Health, Environmental & Quality Manager – Logistics

Safety, Health, Environmental & Quality Manager - Best Logistics

Job Reference booker/TP/330577/28995

Planned Number of Hires:

1

Contract Type:

Permanent

Working Pattern:

08:00hrs – 16:00hrs. Monday to Friday

Competitive

Working Hours:

40

Location:

Closing Date:

03/02/2026

Job Category:

Ops Support Roles

Dept/Region:

Best Food Logistics

Business Area:

Best Food Logistics

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

As a Safety, Health, Environment, Quality (SHEQ) Manager for Best Food Logistics, you will play a vital role in ensuring the depot operates in accordance with the laws that govern company, depot compliance and quality standards.

You will be responsible for leading our Safety Culture, supporting site leadership teams and heads of department in implementing, administering, enforcing all Safety, Health, Environmental, Quality policies and processes.

Your duties will include ensuring that all requirements of the SHEQ, Food Standards policies are met by the depots leadership by overseeing and supporting the depot management team on these related subjects. You will also be responsible for briefing depot teams on updated or new ways of working, expected standards, risk assessments, safe systems of work, SHEQ alerts, reviewing all Depot accident investigations and completing both Depot and National SHEQ reports and presentations.

Reporting into the National SHEQ Manager, working with the wider SHEQ Management Team, you will also be critical leading and ensuring compliance to both business and group set Safety Standards, Goals and Projects set nationally for your depot(s).

Your proactive problem-solving approach will be crucial in resolving any areas of non-compliance and ensuring that all SHEQ, 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 fully compliant with internal and external standards and requirements, audits and meeting business/legal requirements.

• 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(s)
• Ensure that all requirements of the SHEQ, and Food Standards policies are met by the depot through influencing and overseeing the depot management team(s)
• 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 across the business to support assurance, audits and risk objectives
• With the support of the appropriate central departments, provide guidance to the Depot Management team(s) to comply with internal and external audits and help ensure the management and auditing teams close out requirements after audit.
• With the support of the Depot training teams, work to ensure depot compliance to audit standards through induction training, ongoing development and refresher training as required
• Monitor SHEQ business, Group standards & audit requirements to ensure compliance
• Highlight areas of non-compliance to Depot Management Team(s) 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 SHEQ and Food Standards and compliance related events to update management team and new employees
• Work with the Depot Management Team(s) to identify and review compliance key performance indicators and suggest improvements and efficiencies to better meet business/legal requirements
• Ensure all SHEQ, and Food Standards training is completed on time and in full, reports gaps along with any non-compliance to the General Manager as well as Head of SHEQ
• Complete and present SHEQ…