Senior Health, Safety & Environment Manager - Logistics
- Employer
- apetito
- Location
- Portbury, Bristol
- Salary
- Very competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits
- Closing date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Reference
- 2025-7635
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Senior Health, Safety & Environment Manager - Logistics
The Health and Safety of our colleagues is the core foundation to how we operate at apetito every day. As part of the HSE Team you will play a critical role in ensuring that our people and contractors can work in the safest and most effective way possible. This key foundational requirement which ensures that our business works within the envelope of the relevant UK legal framework.
apetito is growing, and to support this growth we are introducing this new role into the team. The Senior HSE Manager (Logistics) will manage all HSE aspects of delivery of our products to the customer, including our distribution centre at Portbury, leading a small team to manage those aspects across our Wiltshire Farm Foods estate and supporting those colleagues that visit and support our customers daily.
The role reports directly to the Head of HSE for apetito UK and will have regular communication with senior leaders within our business.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the team that will deliver a safe working environment for all our stakeholders and enable this great company to achieve our objectives.
Due to the location of the Portbury distribution centre, a driving licence and own transport is required.
You will be based on-site 5 days per week.
Responsibilities- Implement the HSE strategic plan to all customer facing business units, with key focus on the business’s safety risk profile
- Manage a small team to deliver our strategic objectives at our Portbury distribution centre, our out depots and Wiltshire Farm Foods depots
- Lead and support multi-functional teams to complete risk assessments to identify and mitigate hazards using the hierarchy of control
- Support multi-functional teams to complete incident investigation and identify root cause and appropriate to prevent re-occurrence.
- Monitor and report on progress to the HSE Plan, HSE KPIs and performance metrics to senior leaders within the business
- Engage with shop floor personnel, identify improvement opportunities, and deliver behavioural & cultural improvement
- Ensure compliance with ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and other relevant standards
- Liaise with regulatory bodies and manage environmental reporting and sustainability initiatives
Essential
- NEBOSH Level 6 Diploma (or equivalent HSE qualification)
- Proven experience leading a team of HSE practitioners
- Proven experience managing HSE in logistics environments. Transport, warehousing etc
- Has experience of delivering strategic requirements in high performing (HSE) businesses
- Multi-site experience is essential
- Strong knowledge of UK HSE legislation and best practices
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Experience in managing ISO 45001, 14001 and 50001 certifications
Desirable:
- Chartered Membership of IOSH (CMIOSH) or working towards
- Environmental qualification (e.g., IEMA)
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