At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead safety and compliance across six depots, ensuring best practices in health and transport.
- Company: Join a dynamic team focused on safety and operational excellence.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Hands-on role with strong leadership presence and excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Shape a safety-first culture and influence operations at all levels.
- Qualifications: NEBOSH General Certificate required; CPC in Road Haulage highly desirable.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 60000 £ per year.
Overview
The Group Health, Safety & Transport Compliance Manager is responsible for leading and embedding a best-in-class safety and compliance culture across all operations.
Covering six depots: Skelmersdale, Warrington, Heysham, Isle of Man, and WS Mezeron: Glasson and Ramsey.
This role ensures full compliance across health & safety and transport legislation, including operator licence obligations.
This is a senior, hands-on role requiring strong leadership, regular site presence, and the ability to influence operational teams, drivers, and senior management.
Responsibilities
- Health & Safety
Leadership: Develop and implement a Group-wide Health & Safety strategy; create and standardise policies, procedures, and safe systems of work across all depots; drive a proactive, behavioural safety culture across transport, warehousing, and engineering operations.
- Transport Compliance & Operator
- Licence
Management: Ensure full compliance with operator licence undertakings and transport legislation; act as central compliance lead in line with DVSA requirements; oversee tachograph compliance, driver hours, and Working Time Directive adherence; monitor vehicle maintenance systems, ensuring inspection schedules and record keeping; support and challenge Transport Managers to ensure legal and operational standards are consistently met; prepare for and manage audits, including DVSA investigations and Public Inquiries.
- Compliance & Governance: Ensure adherence to relevant legislation including the Health and Safety at Work etc.
Act 1974; act as main point of contact for regulatory authorities including the Health and Safety Executive; maintain up-to-date knowledge of UK and Isle of Man regulatory frameworks.
- Audits, Risk & Incident
Management: Conduct regular compliance and safety audits across all sites; lead accident, incident, and near-miss investigations, ensuring root cause analysis; develop and maintain risk assessments (RAMS) and safe systems of work; implement corrective and preventative actions across the Group.
- Training & Culture: Deliver and oversee H&S and transport compliance training programmes; ensure driver CPC awareness, toolbox talks, and ongoing compliance training; build a strong safety-first culture across all levels of the business.
- Operational & Commercial
Support: Work closely with depot managers, transport teams, and senior leadership; provide practical, commercially aware compliance solutions; support operational efficiency while maintaining legal compliance.
- Reporting & Performance
Management: Develop and track KPIs across safety and transport compliance; produce monthly board reports on compliance, risk, and performance; drive continuous improvement through data analysis and trend monitoring.
Qualifications
- NEBOSH General Certificate (essential)
- NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent
- CPC in Road Haulage Transport Management (highly desirable)
- Membership of Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) (Grad IOSH/CMIOSH desirable)
- Full UK driving licence (essential)
- Key Attributes
- Strong leadership presence with a hands-on approach
- Detail-oriented with a high level of accountability
- Resilient and confident in enforcing compliance standards
- Commercially aware and solutions-focused
- Passionate about safety, compliance, and continuous improvement
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