Health & Safety Officer

Do hazards have a habit of catching your eye from across the warehouse? Are you happiest when everything is safe, compliant and exactly where it should be? Can you influence people, improve standards and keep a busy operational site running like clockwork?

Here at GXO, we are looking for an Health & Safety Officer to join our team on our Scotland Gateway contract at our Bellshill site. You’ll be at the heart of creating a safe, compliant and well-managed working environment across our Defence site. Working closely with the H&S Sector Lead and local management team, you’ll help drive a strong safety culture, maintain high standards of compliance and coordinate facilities activities that keep the site operating safely and efficiently.

This is a full time, permanent position working Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £30,000per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, 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!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Support the implementation of Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality (HSSEQ) policies and procedures

• Promote a positive safety culture and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Advise managers and employees on health and safety best practice, risk management and compliance requirements
• Monitor and coordinate corrective actions arising from audits, inspections, incidents and risk assessments
• Support site facilities management activities, ensuring a safe, compliant and well-maintained working environment

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Experience in Health & Safety and/or Facilities Management within a logistics, warehousing, transport or operational environment

• NEBOSH Certificate (or working towards qualification)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience coordinating contractors, services or site support activities
• Good organisational, administrative and IT skills
• A proactive approach with the ability to influence and drive continuous improvement

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. 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.

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