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Transport Operations Safety Manager
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Job Description
Pay: £19.81-£21.50ph depending on skills and experience
Shift available: Mon-Fri 0800-1630
About the Role:
Working in this newly created, hands-on operational role supporting the Distribution Operations Safety Manager, you will be responsible for managing and advising on all aspects of on-site health, safety, and environmental regulations across our national transport department.
The primary focus of this role is on Health & Safety, Environment, and Equipment nationally for Transport. You will play a pivotal role in managing the delivery of the safety plan and will be constantly reviewing all safety aspects of the operation, implementing, establishing, and monitoring H&S systems and procedures to reduce accident and incident occurrences.
Based within E3, with a team of safety technicians, you will perform walk-throughs to establish and maintain procedures for the ongoing identification of hazards, the assessment of risks, and the implementation of relevant and necessary control measures. This will include both routine and non-routine activities for all personnel who have access to the warehouse, including staff, visitors, and contractors. Along with your team, you will be responsible for engaging with internal customers to gain ‘buy-in’ across all levels in the operation around the importance of H&S.
You will lead accident and major incident investigations, performing root cause analysis and preparing feedback and reports on accident/incident statistics to the GM and H&S Managers.
As a Transport Operations Safety Manager, you will also have responsibility for strategic management of all vehicle collision investigations, data, analysis, and reporting.
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You will be flexible in approach with national travel required to attend meetings and carry out site visits across the Regional Service Centre’s (Transport department).
Behavioural Competencies:
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) across all levels within the business
- Planning and organization with the ability to prioritize
- Customer focus
- Ability to seek and implement change
- Ability to self-motivate and use initiative
Skills:
- People management skills, leading by example, engaging with colleagues at all levels
- Excellent IT skills with the ability to produce presentations, reports, and spreadsheets
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence in a positive manner to senior audiences
- Solution-orientated
- Ability to prioritize and manage own and teams workload
- Ability to work on own initiative and confidentially lead a team
- Full UK driving licence
Experience:
- Experience of managing a small team
- Experience of coaching and development
- A proven ability to communicate effectively with management and staff at all levels, including difficult discussions
- Project management skills
- Operational experience gained in a service-focused distribution, highly sophisticated environment
- Operational health and safety management experience
- Facilities management experience
- Experience of budgeting and CPU management
- Experience of working with external suppliers/customers
- Strong planning/organizational skills and the ability to prioritize
- Experienced in supporting and advising on health and safety for warehouse operations
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Essential:
- Health & Safety qualification, e.g., NEBOSH Cert
About Us:
You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear, we’re the market leader. At the last count, we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online, and it’s now possible to buy online from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
About The Team:
- Sharesave scheme
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- Generous bonus scheme for many roles
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
- Free on-site parking
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Hot deals and exclusive offers from over 3,500 retailers through our online benefits platform
- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track, and enhance your financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email Recruitmenthelpdesk@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 01977 327 900 and leave a voicemail.
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